Executive MBA Testimonials

DCU Executive MBA Testimonials

Developing your leadership skills, self-awareness, stretching past your comfort zone are the essential components in bringing your career to the next level. The DCU Executive MBA provides you with the necessary insights, learning's and a toolkit to transform your way of thinking, enhance your skillset and optimise your ability. In my case, I have seen a powerful transformation, that genuinely changed my perspective and thinking profoundly on numerous fronts. The structure of the programme maximises the learning opportunities, the timetable, the debates, the lecturers and your classmates all lend to enriching your experience. A must do for the entrepreneurs and business leaders of tomorrow.

Pat Ward, Head of Corporate Services, Dublin Port Company

Completing the DCU Executive MBA really enriched my understanding of a broad spectrum of business areas.  The programme was well designed and I particularly appreciated the focus on developing Leadership skills. The collaboration with industry provided an opportunity to test knowledge and skills in the real world setting and gave participants access to company executives. While the course work is rightly demanding, the focus on personal development helped me deal with the challenges. Working with a team on assignments helped develop a strong network and support system. I strongly recommend the DCU MBA if you are seeking to develop a strategic mindset and leadership skills. 

Bernadette Prendergast, Business & Banking Manager, AIB Dublin West Local Market 

Undertaking the executive MBA program at DCU was one of the best decisions I have made to date. Firstly, I met and learned from a great class and secondly I gained decades worth of learning in two very short years. The broad education I received during the MBA will stand to me for my entire career and has already opened up opportunities for growth. A short time after completing the executive MBA I was requested to take over the Innovation Incubation function at Nokia Bell Labs. It is the goal of this organization to turn world leading research into reality. I am also responsible for global activities in the area of Experiments in Arts and Technology (E.A.T.). I report to the President of Bell Labs and Nokia CTO and I occupy a role two levels below the CEO in a global technology company – in my opinion the things I learned during the DCU MBA played a major role in furthering my growth opportunities.

Domhnaill Hernon (PhD, MBA), Head of Innovation Incubation, Nokia Bell Labs

My pursuit of an Executive MBA at DCU Business School provided me with the opportunity to round out my business knowledge while exposing me to talented lectures and accomplished peers. The varied experience and diverse backgrounds of my classmates contributed to the learning environment, pushing me out of my comfort zone and led to challenging discussions that supplemented the course materials. I now have the ability to confront the difficulties of a global organisation, reflect on the hard questions, reconcile differing viewpoints and make rational business decisions.

Dr. Caroline Murphy, Director Injectable Quality Operations – Europe & Brazil, Mylan Pharmaceuticals

Considering an MBA was one of the most important decisions in my career and the DCU MBA journey was one that was both fulfilling and exceeded all expectations. From the high calibre of the lecturers coupled with studying relevant business topics to engagement with indigenous and international experts; DCU's MBA provides professionals of all types a real opportunity to increase your knowledge and excel your career. DCU's tailored teaching method of presenting important business subjects from organisational behaviour, HR, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Innovation to strategy is central to those who may simply wish to improve their skills or those who have aspirations of becoming successful senior leaders in the future. The DCU Executive MBA acts as an important platform to achieving your professional goals. I have already reaped the benefits of the MBA; I have increased my knowledge, established new long-term friendships and taken my professional career in a different direction. If you are considering an MBA, I would most highly recommend DCU's Executive MBA program. 

Karl Kohler, Technology Consulting Manager, Accenture 

I found the DCU MBA excellent. Firstly it is accredited by both AMBA & AACSB, delivered by capable and committed lecturers, in a state of the art facility, on an easy to get to campus. Importantly however the class size is kept small to around 30 participants and made up of  experienced people from a wide spectrum of industries with a multitude of different qualifications. It is not a finishing school for recently qualified graduates but a course aimed at equipping experienced people with essential strategic and management tools and capabilities. It was privilege to be part of a class who were not only great fun but shared their own personal and professional experience to enhance mine. I couldn’t recommend it more. 

Johnny Cosgrove, Finance Director, Manor Farm

The journey through the DCU Executive MBA Programme has undoubtedly been an enriching and rewarding experience, stimulating and transformative both professionally and personally. It brought together all my prior experience and validated it by giving it an academic underpinning. Through the academic knowledge and a wider understanding of other people's experience, I acquired knowledge in fields that were completely unknown to me up to that point. The practical application of my new skills to my own organisation has been extremely rewarding. I developed new competencies and enhanced old ones, facilitated though the lecturers and my class colleagues who were inspiring and supportive. I grew in my own confidence and the most valuable of all benefits was the insight I gained on myself. The DCU Executive MBA has helped me to evolve as a person by enabling me to discover new potential in myself and at the same time it provided me with a lens through which, now, I approach both my personal and professional life, a world of possibilities. 

Caroline Pigott, Director of Finance, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Completing the Executive MBA at DCU enabled me to Build my business skills in an engaged and interactive environment. The comprehensive mix of academia and industry broadened my global Business and strategic perspective. The domestic and international assignments opened my eyes to the synergies across industry platforms and enabled me to build a broad business network. The comprehensive personal development Journey with my classmates and the leadership development program will stand to me for the remained of my career. 

Jonathan Downey (BSc. EMBA), Associate Director Operations, MSD 

The DCU Business School Executive MBA is a two-year part-time programme, globally ranked and accredited by the leading bodies including AMBA and AACSB. To find out more visit the Programme Outline here or email mba@dcu.ie