By Beth Gormley, PR and Communications Manager, UCD College of Business

For the eighth consecutive year the Financial Times has named UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School among the top 30 in Europe. Considered the 'ranking of rankings' in terms of measuring business schools’ quality and a range of ranked programmes, the latest FT European Business Schools Rankings place UCD Smurfit School at 24^th.

“Our new College strategy outlines our vision to advance as a European-leading centre of excellence for rigorous, relevant, business education and research,” said Professor Anthony Brabazon, Dean of UCD College of Business. “This ranking continues to highlight UCD Smurfit School’s status as Ireland’s leading business school, and one of an elite group of global business educators, that creates a transformational educational environment and new knowledge, with positive, sustainable, impact for business and society.”

Considered as part of the 2023 ranking were a number of UCD Smurfit School globally ranked programmes including, the Full-Time MSc in International Management, which is ranked 17th, the Executive MBA which is ranked 64th and the Full-Time MBA which is ranked 94^th.

UCD Smurfit Executive Development achieved a FT ranking of 35^th globally for its Open Enrolment programmes.

The individual programme rankings take into account graduate outcomes, including salary and career progress, as well as factors such as quality of research and international and gender diversity of students and faculty.