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Financial Times ranks UCD Smurfit School Executive MBA amongst top 20 in Europe

Date: 28 Oct 2008

Dublin, Friday 24th Oct 2008:  UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has been ranked 19th in Europe and 61st in the world by the Financial Times ranking of the world’s top 100 Executive part-time MBA programmes, to be published Mon, 27th October 2008. Once again, the Financial Times ranking lists the school as the only Irish business school amongst the top 100 business schools in the world, up from 88th place in 2007. This year, the School has also been ranked 16th in Europe and 40th in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit's ranking of the world’s top 100 full-time MBA programmes and 38th in the world by the Financial Times Masters in Management ranking.

Results for the Financial Times Executive MBA programme at UCD Smurfit School reveal an increase in average graduate salaries of seventy-three percent in the three years since graduation.

Professor Tom Begley, Dean of UCD Smurfit School, commented on the results today saying:

“We are delighted to be the only Irish business school  ranked in the top 100 in the world by the Financial Times.  We will continue to devote resources to making UCD Smurfit School a centre of excellence in business education globally. Steps being taken to achieve this level of excellence include an innovative new MBA curriculum and a continued emphasis on attracting the best quality students.”

As part of UCD Smurfit School’s international strategy, the school has benchmarked itself against the best schools globally over the last ten years. 

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is one of only 25 schools in the world and is the only Irish School to hold the ‘triple crown’ of accreditation from the three centres of business and academic excellence –EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB.

For further information on these rankings log onto ft.com or economist.com.

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