UCD business school in world top 100

UCD’s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has been ranked 88th in the world, according to the 2012 Financial Times Global Executive MBA Rankings.

It is the only Irish business school to make it into the top 100.

Moreover, it is one of only 60 schools to have stayed inside the top 100 for the past eight years.

China’s Kellogg/Hong Kong UST Business School was the top-ranking school in the latest survey.

Speaking about the ranking results, Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Dean of UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, said: “We are once again delighted to stand as Ireland’s only entry among the top business schools in the world.

“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 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,” he added.

UCD Smurfit School holds the ‘triple crown’ of accreditation from the three international centres of business and academic excellence — EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB.

“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,” added Prof Ó hÓgartaigh.