The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is the graduate

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University College Dublin University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...

(UCD) and is located in

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, on the site of the former teacher-training

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. Undergraduate business education is provided by the Quinn School of Business on the main Belfield campus of UCD. It originates from the UCD Faculty of Commerce, founded in 1908. UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is ranked 24th in the Financial Times' ranking of leading European Business Schools in 2023. The business school's Masters in International Management is ranked 3rd in the world.

History

In 1964 UCD became one of the first European universities to offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA). In 1991, the Graduate School of Business moved to the dedicated campus at Blackrock. The school is built upon an extraordinary leadership gift from Dr Michael WJ Smurfit.

Memberships

The Smurfit School is a member institution of the

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International (AACSB), the

European Quality Improvement System The EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is a business school accreditation managed by Brussels based EFMD. It provides accreditation for higher education institutions of management and business administration and is run by the European Fo ...

(EQUIS), the quality improvement system administered by the

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, and the

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. The school is also a member of the Global Alliance in Management Education, an alliance of 26 academic institutions and over 50 leading

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Rankings

In 2018 the

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ranked the school as the best business school in Ireland and 23rd in the top 100 business schools in Europe. The

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ranked the full-time MBA programme 63rd in the world in 2014. The Financial Times ranked the school 89th in the world's top 100 full-time MBA programs (2018), while it ranked the Smurfit School's

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programme 94th in the world (2014) and 41st in Europe (2015). Smurfit is the only Irish institute that has made into the top 100 in the Financial Times rankings. The business school's Masters in International Management is ranked eighth in the world.

People

Benefactors

* Michael Smurfit – business executive *

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– business executive

Teachers and Professors

* Conor Brady – newspaper editor *

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– politician * Jim Power – economist

Alumni

* Michael Beary –

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general and former UNIFIL commander * Sarah Carey – columnist and broadcaster * Ciarán Hope –

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and composer of

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l, choral, and film music * Conor McNamara – sports commentator * Derval O'Rourke – athlete *

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– Garda Commissioner * Julie-Ann Russell – footballer * Eóin Tennyson – Alliance Party MLA for Upper Bann

Board members/Advisors

* Kathleen Murphy – lawyer and business executive * Margaret Brennan –

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correspondent * Phillip Matthews – director

References

External links

* {{University College Dublin University College Dublin Blackrock, Dublin Business schools in the Republic of Ireland