UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has been ranked 28th globally in the latest Financial Times European Business Schools Rankings for 2021.

The Financial Times European Business Schools Rankings are a “ranking of rankings” measuring schools’ quality and breadth of ranked programmes.

Considered in this ranking are the following UCD Smurfit School programmes which are ranked by the Financial Times: Full-Time MSc in International Management which is ranked 3rd globally and the Executive MBA which is ranked 72nd globally.

UCD Smurfit Executive Development achieved a Financial Times European School Ranking of 24th in Europe for its Open Enrolment programmes and 43rd in Europe for its Customised programmes and are the only business school in Ireland whose Executive Education programmes are featured in the European Business School Rankings. 

The individual FT rankings take into account graduate outcomes, including salary and career progress, as well as factors such as quality of research and international and gender diversity of students and faculty.

This ranking independently validates UCD Smurfit School’s status as Ireland’s top business school and one of an elite group of global business educators.

The full rankings list can be found here.