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Our History

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has long been synonymous with excellence in business education.

UCD School of Business

The School of Business at UCD has a long and distinguished history since it was established in 1908.

We became the first European university to offer a Master of Business Administration in 1964. We continued to build on our reputation as a standard-bearer in business education, by providing full-time and part-time postgraduate programmes for graduates from both business and non-business backgrounds.

In 1991, the graduate school of business moved to the dedicated campus at Blackrock, with cutting edge facilities, including wired and wireless internet, spacious modern classrooms and the largest academic business library in the country.

Today, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business is Ireland’s top business school, one of the best in Europe and ranked among the highest in the World.  We are one of less than 50 schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation from the US, Europe and the UK accrediting bodies.