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UCD Smurfit School MBA ranked among world’s best in The Economist rankings

  • Date: Thu, Oct 31, 2019

October 31, 2019 - UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School’s Full-Time MBA programme was ranked 90th in world in the The Economist's 2019 ranking of full-time MBA programmes.

The only Irish MBA programme ranked in the prestigious list, UCD Smurfit School scored highly in a number of areas. Notably, a ranking of 39th in the ‘Education experience’ category attests to the outstanding educational experience students have both within, and outside of, the classroom at the School.

The programme also performed highly in the ‘Number of overseas alumni chapters’ with a ranking of 43rd globally. The UCD College of Business boasts an incredible cohort of 95,000 alumni worldwide with 40 international alumni chapters.

The Economist rankings analyse programmes based on several criteria including opening new career opportunities, personal development/education experience, salary and potential to network.

See full rankings table here.

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