Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
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Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School | |
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University College Dublin | |
Motto | Ad Astra |
Established | 1908 |
Named for | Michael Smurfit |
Architectural style | Victorian |
Dean | Anthony Brabazon |
Website | https://www.smurfitschool.ie/ |
The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is the graduate business school of University College Dublin (UCD) and is located in Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, on the site of the former teacher-training Carysfort College. 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, which became the first institution in Europe to offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, in 1964.[1] In 2018 the Financial Times ranked the school as 1st in Ireland and 23rd overall in their ranking of the Top 100 Business Schools in Europe.[2] UCD's Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is ranked 28th in the Financial Times' ranking of leading European Business Schools in 2021. The business school's Masters in International Management is ranked 3rd in the world.
Memberships
The Smurfit School is a member institution of the
Rankings
In 2018 the
People
Benefactors
- Michael Smurfit – business executive
- Denis O'Brien – business executive
Teachers and Professors
- Conor Brady – newspaper editor
- Brian Hillery – politician
- Jim Power – economist
Alumni
- UNIFILcommander
- Sarah Carey – columnist and broadcaster
- choral, and film music
- Conor McNamara – sports commentator
- Derval O'Rourke – athlete
- Nóirín O'Sullivan – 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 – CBS News correspondent
- Phillip Matthews – director