Why do an MBA?
An MBA from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School equips you with the academic and practical business skills you need to become a leader in your field.
Who should do an MBA?
Fulfilling career goals
If you are an experienced professional from any discipline looking to fulfil ambitious career plans and maximize your potential in the workplace, an MBA will satisfy your intellectual curiosity, speed up your current progress and update your managerial toolkit. It will also present you with the ideal opportunity to learn from others while working as a team.
Why do an MBA?
Career development
An MBA gives you a valuable competitive advantage in the job market by developing new management skills, which allow you to contribute at a higher level in your organisation. It can also fast-track your career and improve your promotion prospects. It can also significantly enhance your salary prospects in both the short and long term.
Career independence
Our MBA students often find that studying an MBA gives them the independence required to switch functions or sectors, or even to pursue entrepreneurial ambitions using the support and guidance offered on the programme.
Personal development
An MBA can develop your ‘soft’ skills in communication, interpersonal skills and leadership ability, while increasing confidence in your professional capabilities. There is also a strong focus on absorbing new ideas and experiences while studying with a diverse and motivated group of students. In essence studying for an MBA is a positive transformation.
Networking opportunities
Many MBA students are highly experienced professionals and valuable sources of information and contacts. from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School form a global network that can offer you career guidance or job opportunities; while the MBA Career Management Centre helps you develop your career strategies and promotes you to companies and recruiters.
Objectives of the MBA
Knowledge
UCD Smurfit School is Ireland's leading research-based business school and our MBA students are ideally placed to take advantage of the research we conduct here. Our internationally-trained faculty offer high-quality tuition and extensive business experience; and our MBA programme focuses on the impact of the global environment on business decisions and trains our students to always look at the big picture.
Managerial skills
Improve your critical analysis and problem-solving skills through questioning, enquiry and solution-oriented learning. Develop "soft skills" such as communication and interpersonal skills, through instruction and coaching; and learn how to team-build through group work and team-based learning.
Leadership mindset
We focus on encouraging your creativity and innovation, which are the two key qualities in any successful business strategy. You will learn how to think strategically, plan ahead, adapt to change and always stay one step ahead of your competitors, while developing skills, such as cultural sensitivity and awareness, to bring a more global perspective to your MBA and help you succeed as a global business leader.
Why UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School?
The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School holds the ‘triple crown’ of accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. The School has also been ranked in the 'Top 100 MBA Programmes' by the Financial Times and the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Not only will you benefit from our world-class faculty and an innovative approach to teaching, you will also be based in Dublin, at the very heart of one of Europe’s most dynamic economies.
The intimate size of our classes ensures that we can offer a unique support service to our MBA students. Our dedicated programme team can help with everything from accommodation arrangements and visas to one-to-one career advice, as well as assisting with class social occasions. In fact, our programme team is there to make sure that you have the very best learning experience with the minimum of distractions.
