Beth Gormley

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is Ireland’s leading business school and research centre offering world-class business programmes that equip students to become impactful global business leaders. Accredited for more than 20 years, UCD Smurfit School is one of an elite group of schools worldwide to hold the ‘triple crown’ of accreditation from three centres of business and academic excellence,  EQUIS (Europe), AACSB (US) and AMBA (UK). 

For over two decades, academic programmes at UCD Smurfit School consistently rank among the world’s best and are accredited by the most internationally respected organisations including The Economist, The Financial Times and QS.

The College was also awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award which recognises the advancement of gender equality.

UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is one of four constituent parts of the UCD College of Business and offers postgraduate courses, including the MBA and a wide range of specialist business masters. UCD Smurfit School opened a campus solely dedicated to graduate business education in 1991 and grew most recently with a new centre for PhD research in 2017.

ALUMNI
Engagement efforts have resulted in one of the world's leading business school alumni communities with over 107,000 professionals around the globe in over 32 international chapters. Along with academic administration, leadership derives from two advisory boards, the Irish Advisory Board and the North American Advisory Board.

More information at www.smurfitschool.ie

UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business is Ireland’s leading undergraduate business school and a progressive and engaging environment, which places a strong emphasis on independent thought. 

Gathering the best business students from around the world, undergraduates meet some of the world’s top employers and interact with leading research-active lecturers. 

Ranked within the top 0.5% of business schools in the world, the School’s focus is not only on providing education but also on the skills necessary to succeed in the working world. An emphasis is placed on an inclusive environment that openly welcomes people from around the globe with diverse experiences and ideas. With over 2,000 full-time students and 500 visiting international students each year, UCD Quinn School offers a global classroom experience.

At UCD Quinn School, there is a commitment to transformational learning, and to research, innovation and impact in Ireland and globally. Faculty and staff work to cultivate students to be informed, active, global citizens with the capacity to think, act, reflect and keep learning. Students are challenged to become skilled decision-makers for professional careers and impact-makers in the world of business and beyond. The school offers five degree programmes taught by academic staff from over 50 countries who offer over 110 introductory to advanced level modules across all business disciplines. Graduates are well regarded by industry and in the most recent graduate outcome survey reports 95% of graduates were in employment or further education within one year of graduation.

In 2019, an exciting, new wing was opened—the UCD Moore Centre for Business. The expansive space doubles the footprint of the School and is a fresh canvas of active learning classrooms, digital collaboration spaces, a showcase auditorium, entrepreneurship and innovation hub, labs, media suite and extensive co-working zones. This creates a community-focused epicentre for students, and a space purpose-built for business education, formal and informal connecting, collaboration and continuous development.

Students have the opportunity to lead within the School and University through a range of opportunities, including volunteer organisations, clubs and societies that allow for leadership development to continue outside of the classroom. Extensive exchange and internship opportunities are available within all undergraduate programmes.

ACCREDITATIONS and AWARDS
UCD College of Business’ international accreditations (EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA), rankings (Financial Times, QS) and associations (PRME, CEMS, GNAM, PIM) are marks of quality for our elite international business schools and the leading business school in Ireland.

The College was also awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award that recognises advancement of gender equality.

ALUMNI
Engagement efforts have resulted in one of the world's leading business school alumni communities with over 107,000 professionals around the globe in over 32 international chapters. Along with academic administration, leadership derives from two advisory boards, the Irish Advisory Board and the North American Advisory Board.

More information at www.ucd.ie/quinn

UCD Smurfit Executive Development has been consecutively ranked as one of the world’s best by the prestigious Financial Times Rankings over the last five years. Programmes are taught by academic and industry leaders and diplomas and short courses offer executives the latest academic theory and business knowledge applicable to real-life situations. The portfolio of programmes includes business finance, coaching, strategy, organisational change, leadership development, corporate governance, high-performance sales and business development and digital innovation and transformation.

Specialising in creating bespoke learning solutions, UCD Smurfit Executive Development helps organisations to address critical business challenges and to help drive change. These customised programmes are mapped to the unique development needs of clients and designed to allow organisations to unlock personal and corporate potential better equipping them to face an uncertain and rapidly changing world.

In 2023, Open Enrolment programmes were ranked 35th in the world in the prestigious Financial Times Executive Education Rankings.

UCD Smurfit Executive Development is a member of UNICON, an invitation-only alliance of the world’s leading university-based executive education providers. 

UCD Smurfit Executive Development is part of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Ireland’s leading business school and research centre offering world-class business programmes that equip students to become impactful business leaders. 

ACCREDITATIONS and AWARDS
UCD College of Business’ international rankings (Financial Times, QS) and associations (PRME, CEMS, GNAM, PIM) are marks of quality for our elite international business schools, and the leading business school in Ireland. In addition, UCD Smurfit School is one of an elite group of schools worldwide, to hold the ‘triple crown’ of accreditation from three centres of business and academic excellence—EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA.

The College was also awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award that recognises advancement of gender equality.

More information at www.smurfitschool.ie/executivedevelopment/

The UCD College of Business Global Campus has provided undergraduate and graduate programmes on our partner campus in Asia since 2002. With over 30 years of activity, our Asia Hub represents a strategically significant focus for the UCD College of Business, combining our priority of international diversification of our student population and achieving this in the most environmentally sustainable fashion.

Our Asia Hub in Singapore is staffed by a team of full-time UCD lecturers and professional staff and is a central pillar of our global strategy providing quality, accessible business education in the Asian market.
 
Amplifying the opportunities opened up by educational technology, the College delivers transnational education in both traditional and non-traditional ways. Undergraduate and graduate programmes are offered on both a full-time and a part-time basis, with a student population of approximately 3,000 students.
 
Our graduates benefit from a diverse, 15,000 strong alumni community in South East Asia with regular networking events connecting faculty, current students and our broad UCD College of Business community in Asia.

ACCREDITATIONS and AWARDS
UCD College of Business’ international accreditations (EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA), rankings (Financial Times, QS) and associations (PRME, CEMS, GNAM, PIM) are marks of quality for our elite international business schools, and the leading business school in Ireland.

The College was also awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award that recognises advancement of gender equality.

ALUMNI
Engagement efforts have resulted in one of the world's leading business school alumni communities with over 107,000 professionals around the globe in over 32 international chapters. Along with academic administration, leadership derives from two advisory boards, the Irish Advisory Board and the North American Advisory Board.

More information at www.ucd.ie/quinn/aboutus/globalcampus/