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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University College Dublin
Smurfit School of Business, UCD— Full-Time One-Year MBA

Sections: Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle |  Career & Alumni Affairs 


Address: Smurfit School of Business, UCD
Blackrock
Co. Dublin Ireland
E-Mail: mba@ucd.ie
Web site: http://www.ucd.ie/smurfitschool
Directions to school


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

2003 graduates seeking employment (1)   87%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 85%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 95%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 4%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 0%
were starting a new business (4) 6%
postponed their job search 3%
did not seek employment for other reasons n/a
 
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 10
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year 10

(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Airtricity 3
2. DCC 3
3. PWC 2
4. Allied Irish Bank (AIB) 1
5. Xilinx 2
6. GE 2
7. A&L Goodbody 2
8. CRH 3
9. Kerry Group 1
10. Bank of Scotland 1
11. Royal Bank of Scotland 1
12. Alltech 3
13. Salesforce.com 1
14. Davy Stockbrokers 1
15. McKinsey 1

Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

 $77,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

 $74,000
Average first-year signing bonus

 $8,500
Median first-year signing bonus

 $8,500
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

 n/a

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 6%
Finance/Accounting 16%
General Management 25%
Human Resources 2%
Marketing/Sales 23%
Management Information Systems 6%
Operations/Logistics 9%
Other 13%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 1%
Asia 6%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 4%
Latin America and the Carribean 1%
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: 3% / U.S.: 97%)		 13%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 75%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 3%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. n/a
Midwest U.S. 5%
Northeast U.S. 5%
South U.S. n/a
Southwest U.S. n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. n/a


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. DCC n/a
2. Virgin n/a
3. IBEC n/a
4. Network 365 n/a
5. Schering Plough n/a
6. Jury's Hotel n/a
7. Accenture n/a
8. Diageo n/a

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 83%
Average internship compensation (per week) $1,114
Median internship compensation (per week) $1,114
Average internship length (weeks) 12


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
 n/a


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: n/a

Technology changes made over the past three years:
n/a
ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
n/a

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 1,817 living MBA alumni, and 8 MBA club(s) throughout 6 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

 Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Niamh Boyle
 
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