Open to all successful female applicants for the Executive MBA or Modular Executive MBA programme, who are resident in Ireland, achieving the relevant minimum GMAT score or above (min GMAT 520 OR Executive Assessment (EA) 149 and above).

Please note the GMAT/EA deadline is 31st May 2022.

There is no separate application process for this scholarship. All successful female applicants for the Executive or Modular MBA who meet the eligibility criteria and have met the deadlines noted below, will be considered for short-listing for the assessment centre.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Early application is recommended.

MBA Application Deadline: 30th April 2023

GMAT Deadline: 31st May 2023*

Assessment Centre Date: TBC

* Please select UCD Smurfit as a recipient school for your GMAT Official Score Report on the day of the exam (University College Dublin - Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School). Score reports can take up to 20 days to become available to the School, so please email a copy of your provisional results to mba@ucd.ie (which you will receive on the day of the exam), before or on the GMAT deadline noted above. For further information please refer to the GMAC website.

Learn more about our Executive MBA Programme and how to apply here. Or learn more information about our Modular Executive MBA Programme and how to apply here.

1. The competition is open to female candidates who have already submitted an application directly to UCD Smurfit School for 2023 entry to the EMBA or Modular EMBA programme.
2. The scholarship will be awarded to the candidate deemed to be of the highest calibre by the UCD Smurfit School assessment panel. UCD Smurfit School reserves the right not to award the Scholarship prize if no candidate of the required calibre is identified. The decision is final and any further correspondence will not be entered into.
3. Candidates should have a university degree or equivalent professional qualification, a minimum of three years' professional experience, the required minimum score or above on the Graduate Management Admission Test or GMAC EA test, and two references, normally from current and/or former employers and/or colleagues.
4. The competition is not open to recipients of any other MBA scholarships being awarded by UCD Smurfit School, but is to open to those who have applied for 2023 entry to the programme.
5. Deadline for submission of MBA programme applications: 30th April 2023
6. The scholarship winner must have taken and secured the relevant minimum GMAT/EA test entry score by 31st May 2023
7. Shortlisted candidates will attend the assessment centre on a specific date TBC.
8. Winning candidate will be informed following the Assessment Centre.
9. Candidates must be available to commence the MBA programme end of August 2023.
10. Scholarships cannot be deferred to a future academic year.
11. No cash alternative.
12. No substitutions allowed.
13. Winner must agree to participate in publicity, if applicable.
14. By entering you are deemed to have accepted the rules and terms & conditions of the competition.

If you would like more information on this scholarship or our MBA programmes, please contact UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School on mba@ucd.ie or phone +353 1 716 8862