Our role in educating business leaders stretches back over 100 years with the establishment of the UCD Faculty of Commerce in 1908. Today, UCD College of Business comprises UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Smurfit Executive Development and UCD College of Business Global Campus.
In 1964 UCD became one of the first European universities to offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
In 1991, the Graduate School of Business moved to the dedicated campus at Blackrock.
The school is built upon an extraordinary leadership gift from Dr Michael WJ Smurfit. His generosity, and that of our patrons, sponsors, alumni and friends, has enabled us to maintain our position as one of the top European business schools.
Our History
1908: Establishment of the UCD Faculty of Commerce. One of the first faculties formed with the establishment of the National University of Ireland
1964: Launch of the UCD Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree
1970: Faculty of Commerce moved from Earlsfort Terrace to Belfield
1991: The first full-time MBA was introduced and the graduate business school was located to its current campus in Blackrock and named UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
2000: The school became Ireland’s first world-ranked school (Financial Times) and joins the CEMS network, a global alliance of academic, corporate institutions and NGOs jointly delivering business education
2002: The School becomes the first school in Ireland to receive triple-crown accreditation from the awarding bodies in the US, UK and Europe (AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS). The new undergraduate Quinn School building was officially opened on the Belfield campus
2007: Centre for Executive Education opens at UCD Smurfit School
2012: The school was invited to be a founding member of GNAM (Global Network of Advanced Management), a partnership of international business schools initiated by Yale School of Management.
2014: UCD Smurfit School celebrates 50 years of the MBA. The School also joins PIM (Partnership in International Management) and signs the UN-back Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
2021: UCD Smurfit School celebrates 30 years since the opening of its dedicated campus in Blackrock
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