UCD Smurfit School places 86th in Financial Times 2025 Executive MBA Ranking
- Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2025
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The Executive MBA programme at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has been ranked 86th globally in the highly reputed Financial Times 2025 Executive MBA Rankings.
The Financial Times ranks Executive MBA programmes based on several criteria as part of its analysis including average absolute salary increase and research, among others.
The average salary increase for a UCD Smurfit School EMBA graduate within three years of completing the programme is a 61% increase from when they graduated. This percentage is the national leader among EMBA programmes. The average salary for the School’s EMBA graduates three years after graduating is equivalent to a salary of US$177,942.
Notably, the School’s research ranking is 64th globally and the top in Ireland. This ranking is calculated according to the number of articles published by a School’s current full-time faculty members in 50 academic and practitioner journals between January 2023 and May 2025.
The Financial Times 2025 Executive MBA Rankings are available on the Financial Times website.
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