Welcome to UCD School of Business which is the leading Business School in Ireland and holds accreditation from both AACSB and EQUIS. Our Graduate Business School, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, also holds the prestigious AMBA accreditation and is a member of the CEMS global alliance of leading business schools.
In 2009 we officially celebrate 100 years of business education. The commerce faculty was first formed in 1908 and the first Dean, Professor Oldham was appointed in 1910. By 1912 records show 10 students studying commerce at UCD. In the last 100 years we have come a long way and now have over 3,000 students and 30,000 alumni.
The undergraduate students are housed in a new state of the art building on the Belfield campus, known as the UCD Quinn School of Business. The graduate students are based at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Blackrock, County Dublin which offers superb facilities for postgraduate education and research. The students are taught by over one hundred academic staff who are also active in international research.
The School holds a number of firsts:
- First School to establish an MBA programme in Europe in 1964
- First School in Ireland to receive international accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA
- A Financial Times survey ranked UCD Smurfit School as the leading business school in Ireland, and 14th in Europe overall.
Our graduates are building successful careers in every branch of business, industrial and professional life in Ireland and internationally. The School’s academics hold the highest qualifications from the world's leading universities and this together with their business experience enables them to create a stimulating environment both in teaching and research.
