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Scholarships

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School offers a range of scholarships to candidates applying for the full-time MBA programme.

The closing date for scholarship applications is March, 26 2010.

Scholarship Objectives

The aim of our scholarships is to attract the world’s best MBA students and to lower barriers to entry for those who may require financial assistance.

Scholarship Details

We offer 11 "Full-time MBA" scholarships (50% of the full-time MBA tuition fees) based on a combination of merit and financial need. These are open to all candidates for the MBA programme.

• 4 x GMAT scholarships – open to all applicants scoring above 700 on the GMAT
  
• 1 x “Ideas for the Future” – open to all applicants and awarded to the candidate who best exemplifies creativity in business
  
• 6 Regional scholarships
  Region 1: Asia and Australasia
  Region 2: Central and Eastern Europe
  Region 3: North and Central America
  Region 4: Western Europe
  Region 5: Middle East and Africa
  Region 6: Discretionary

Note: All scholarship applicants must already have been admitted to (have applied for, been interviewed and offered a place on) the full-time MBA Programme before they can be considered for a scholarship.

Deadline: The application deadline for these scholarship awards is March 15th, 2011. However, the school reserves the right to award some GMAT and regional scholarships to exceptional applicants in advance of this date. Following this date, if Scholarship awards remain, late applications may be accepted.

Aspire

UCD Smurfit School has received a generous donation to support the Aspire Scholarship programme. This programme offers up to three MBA scholarships worth 50% of the tuition fee. In addition, there are arrangements in place to borrow the remainder of the fees if necessary. This programme will be run in February 2011. Candidates must be normally resident in Ireland and will be assessed on the basis of economic need as well as merit.

IMAGE – Women on the MBA

Every year UCD Smurfit School partners with IMAGE magazine to encourage women in business and in particular in undertaking an MBA programme. Participants have the opportunity to win a scholarship worth €15,000 of tuition fees for either the Full-time or Executive MBA. This competition is typically launched in March. Candidates must be resident in Ireland to enter.