Executive MBA

The world of business is changing fast. DCU’s Executive MBA has evolved to meet these changes – giving you what it takes to lead and succeed. Developed by our award-winning Business School, our MBA gives you the edge in key areas like Leadership, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainability. Our Executive MBA has now been redesigned in close collaboration with Industry leaders to meet the demands of the future world of work. Our EMBA graduates are confident business leaders, with the skills and tools to achieve success in any context.



The DCU Executive MBA is a 2 year part time programme, delivered in a blended format with approximately two thirds of lectures taking place face to face at DCU. Lectures are held on Thursdays from 2pm to 9pm during each of the four 12 week semesters, with typically 3 additional Saturday sessions per semester.



The DCU Executive MBA Programme is triple accredited (AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS) and is designed to be a professionally and personally transformative experience for participants.

General Entry Requirements

For admission to the Executive MBA candidates must hold:



• A 2:1 Honours degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional qualification



AND



• At least 3 years’ relevant managerial experience



• Applicants who have achieved a 2.2 Honours degree (and meet the experience requirement) may, based on the Programme Chair’s recommendation, still be offered a place. This will depend on availability of places and on obtaining high grades in relevant modules on their undergraduate programme.



• Additionally, applicants who do not meet the academic requirements outlined above may be eligible for an offer of a place based on at least 7 years’ relevant managerial/organisational experience based on DCU’s Recognition of Prior Learning Policy. The process for approving such an offer involves an application and an interview with the Programme Chair and approval by the School’s Teaching & Learning Committee. The number of such places is limited in any given year so it is recommended that applicants considering this option apply early.



• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) applicants are required to submit a cover letter along with their application under the Transcripts section of the portal, affirming their intent to apply for RPL. For more information on RPL see here.



As part of the application process applicants may be called for interview.

2 years part-time.

The programme commences in September 2025

Career Impact

At DCU Business School, we believe that the MBA should be about much more than just acquiring some useful extra tools for the management toolkit. It should also be a transformative experience at the personal level. Our value proposition is that our MBA is an educational experience that is both professionally and personally transformative, aimed at developing business leaders with the ambition and enterprise to help create a better, more sustainable world and featuring leading edge thinking with tangible application.



Graduates of our programme talk about how they have grown in confidence, how their own self-awareness as leaders has deepened, and how their perspective on business management has been raised to a more strategic level.



Our graduates tell us that these ‘personal growth’ effects of the MBA become very apparent back in their workplaces, in terms of the issues to which they are invited to contribute, the roles they are asked to take on, and in how they are perceived as future leaders.