Posted: 16 Oct 2012
UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School – only Irish business school to make Financial Times Executive MBA Rankings
The UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School is the only Irish business school to make the 2012 Financial Times Global Executive MBA Rankings. This year it is ranked 88th in the world.
“We are once again delighted to stand as Ireland’s only entry among the top [100] business schools in the world,” said Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Dean of the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.
“It is the nature of rankings that your position changes from year to year but what is important to note is that for the past 13 years the UCD Smurfit School has consistently ranked in the top 100 global Executive MBA programmes.”
“This year there were 18 new entrants, many of which were Asian and half of the top 20 are now either Asian or joint programmes between Asian and European/US schools.”
“I think this gives us a window into the commitment to and investment in graduate business schools for these nations as demand for business education increases to compliment the growth of their economies,” added Professor Ó hÓgartaigh.
China’s Kellogg/Hong Kong UST Business School is once again ranked number 1 in the world by the Financial Times Global Executive MBA Rankings.
The UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School is one of a number of elite business schools in the world to hold the ‘triple crown’ of accreditation from the three international centres of business and academic excellence – EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB.
The full-time MBA programme at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has also recently been ranked 63rd out of 100 of the world’s leading MBAs by the Economist. The ranking also places the programme among the top 20 in Europe.
“The School will continue to benchmark itself against the world’s premier business schools and our commitment to the ongoing pursuit of excellence and to maintaining our place as the leading business university in Ireland is a continuous one,” continued Professor Ó hÓgartaigh.
“Our ultimate aspiration is to make a significant impact in business education globally and have the UCD Business School brand synonymous with the best business education, not just in Ireland, but worldwide.”(Produced by UCD University Relations)
