EACH DAY AT Fora, we bring our readers all of the latest developments and insights from Ireland’s best entrepreneurs and game changers within the ever-evolving world of business.

And to help grow the next generation of talent in business, we’ve teamed up with Ireland’s best business school for the third year to offer one reader a career-changing opportunity.

Fora is looking to award one reader an MBA scholarship at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, commencing next August. The scholarship will cover tuition fees for a two year part-time or a one year full-time course, worth up to €34,500.

So if you’d like to take your career in business to the next level, find out how you can win it below.

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What’s so great about a Smurfit School MBA?

If you’re determined to make it in business, an MBA from UCD Smurfit School is the perfect next step. Smurfit has provided high-quality MBA qualifications for over 50 years and was in fact one of the first in Europe to establish an MBA offering in 1964.

The UCD Smurfit MBA core pillars incorporate action learning, global immersion and leadership development into the learning process. Students even get an opportunity to participate in two international modules which are delivered overseas.

Hear students’ insights from what they learned on their visit to Peru and Chile earlier this year in the video below:

Here, Professor Karan Sonpar explains how the Smurfit MBA programme combines globalisation and experiential learning, and gives students an opportunity to take a course in some of the other top-ranking business schools in the world:

UCD Smurfit School’s MBA Alumni Network consists of an impressive network of 3,500 other MBAs around the world – a ready-made, powerful network at your disposal. Even after graduation, being part of this network gives you access to networking evenings, clubs, mentoring and workshops so that you can unlock all of your potential contacts.

Tell me more about UCD Smurfit School

UCD Smurfit School is the only Irish institute that has been included in the prestigious Financial Times Global MBA rankings for almost two consecutive decades. Currently the full-time MBA is ranked 94th in the world by the Financial Times, while the Executive Part-Time MBA is ranked 68th.

The school is the only one in Ireland to hold the impressive ‘triple crown’ of accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA – an accolade accomplished by only 82 other schools worldwide.

UCD Smurfit School is part of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), a global alliance of leading business schools including London School of Economics, Yale and University of California Berkeley.

This network offers Smurfit MBA students a global perspective through exchanges, study trips, action learning with global virtual teams as well as exposure to thought leadership on global issues and problem-solving.

To learn from live business problems on the ground, MBA students travelled to Iceland earlier this year for the International Consultancy Project Trip. Here’s a look at the challenges they tackled over there:

I’m sold. How can I be in with a chance of winning?

Good question.

To be in with a chance of winning this unique MBA scholarship opportunity, the first step is to sign up to Fora’s newsletter as the competition will be exclusively open to subscribers.

Once you’re signed up, simply follow this link for all the application details. The closing date for entries is 10 December. Terms and conditions apply.

Good luck!