Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School MBA Scholarships 2010, University College Dublin

University College Dublin, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School offers a range of scholarships to candidates applying for the full-time MBA programme.

The aims of the scholarships are to attract the world’s best MBA students and to lower barriers to entry for those who may require financial assistance.

Scholarship Details

We offer the scholarships (50% of the full-time MBA tuition fees) based on a combination of merit and financial need. Each award is valued at approximately €15,000.

• 4 x GMAT scholarships – open to all applicants scoring above 700 on the GMAT
• 1 x “Ideas for the Future” – open to all applicants and awarded to the candidate who best exemplifies creativity in business
• 6 regional merit based scholarships
  Region 1: Asia and Australasia
  Region 2: Central and Eastern Europe
  Region 3: North and Central America
  Region 4: Western Europe
  Region 5: Middle East and Africa
  Region 6: discretionary

Note: All scholarship applicants must already have been admitted to (have applied for, been interviewed and offered a place on) the full-time MBA Programme before they can be considered for a scholarship.

Deadline: The deadline for scholarship award applications is March 26, 2010. However, the school reserves the right to award some GMAT and regional scholarships to exceptional applicants in advance of this date.
How to apply?

Applicants will need to include in their application a 200-300 word essay on why they feel they deserve a scholarship.

For the “Ideas for the Future” scholarship, an additional 300-500 word essay is required detailing the best idea the applicant has ever had for business and how this will impact the next generation.

Contact:

UCD Michael Smurfit
Graduate Business School
University College Dublin,
Carysfort Avenue,
Blackrock, Co.Dublin Ireland.
Tel: +353 1 716 8934
Fax: +353 1 2831911 Email: smurfitschool[at]ucd.ie

More information see; MBA Scholarships in Ireland