International Standing
Accreditation
As the oldest university in Ireland, dating from 1592, Trinity has upheld a reputation of tradition and quality in education. Trinity College was one of the first European universities to offer an MBA programme in 1964. The Trinity MBA has developed continuously since then, and in 1999 it became the first Irish programme to receive international accreditation from the International Association of MBAs (AMBA).
AMBA provide the only dedicated accreditation regime for MBA Programmes - all other accreditation schemes accredit whole business schools, and all their degree programmes combined, rather than the MBA specifically. The Trinity Business School has chosen to work with and be accredited by ABMA for this reason of focus and specialist evaluation.
International Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Trinity College was ranked in the top 50 universities in the world and 13th Europe by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) 2008 World University Rankings. The College achieved excellent rankings across all five discipline categories: Arts and Humanities (32), Social Sciences including the School of Business (59), Natural Sciences (66), Life Sciences and Biomedicine (97), Engineering and IT (135). Trinity College is the only Irish university to achieve a place in the top 100 world universities. For further details please see http://www.thes.co.uk/worldrankings/
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities
In the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s listings of the top 500 universities in the world, Trinity has achieved the highest position among Irish universities. Trinity College is also the only Irish university ranked in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s top 100 European universities. The world listings are compiled by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China which ranks institutions on their academic and research performance. It applies six indicators to reflect the quality of education, faculty, research output and size of the institution.
MBA Rankings
The Trinity MBA is designed with small class sizes, consistent with Trinity's 400-year tradition of tutorially-oriented learning. The programme admits between 30-35 participants, thus allowing for close interactive, one-on-one working relationships between faculty and students. The ranking of MBA programmes conducted by newspapers such as the Financial Times, Business Week, and the Economist among others, are aimed at larger programmes, and for that reason the Trinity MBA does not participate in these rankings.