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UCD College of Business

UCD College of Business

UCD College of Business is a dynamic education and research community featuring world-renowned academics, staff and students from around the globe who contribute to Ireland’s vibrant commerce capital in Dublin. From influencing international business policy to creating innovative algorithms to make everyday banking safer, our faculty and researchers are at the forefront of business innovation.

Students learn, and work side-by-side with, leading researchers and faculty who offer world-class business programmes that equip students to become impactful global business leaders. Students are challenged to become skilled decision-makers for professional careers and impact-makers in the world of business and beyond.

Engagement efforts have resulted in one of the world's top business school alumni communities with over 110,000 professionals around the globe, in over 35 international chapters, who are actively involved with our students and programmes.

For over a century, UCD College of Business has been Ireland's leading business school and is one of an elite group of schools worldwide to hold the 'triple crown' of accreditation from the three centres of business and academic excellence—EQUIS (Europe), AACSB (US) and AMBA (UK).  In addition, the School is a member of leading business school alliances, including GNAM (Global Network for Advanced Management), CEMS (Community of European Management Schools), UNICON (Consortium for University-based Executive Education), PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education), PIM (Partnership in International Management) and GBSN (Global Network of Business Schools).

The College has consistently featured in prestigious global rankings administered by The Economist, Financial Times and QS for over two decades. These rankings and associations are marks of quality and place the UCD College of Business amongst the world’s elite international business schools.

The College is comprised of four constituent parts, UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business (undergraduate), UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, UCD Smurfit Executive Development and UCD College of Business Global Campus.

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