April NUI Galway Announces New MBA Scholarships Ahead of Open Evening Event

NUI Galway will hold its MBA Open Evening on Wednesday, 10 April, at 6.30pm in J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics. The MBA at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics now also offers six scholarships available to applicants from a wide range of industry and backgrounds. All scholarships on offer cover up to 50% tuition fees for the NUI Galway MBA, commencing September 2019.

The mission of the NUI Galway MBA is to developing globally talented leaders of vision, with regional edge. The programme was recently re-accredited by AMBA, which is the global mark of excellence for MBA education worldwide.

Scholarships on offer include:

• 30% Club Scholarship for Female Leaders
• MedTech MBA Scholarship
• Social Impact MBA Scholarship
• Information and Communications Technology MBA Scholarship
• NUI Galway Foundation MBA Scholarship for NUI Galway Alumni
• J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics MBA Scholarship

To be eligible for the scholarships applicants must have submitted their applications to the programme by Friday, 10 May, 2019.

Martin Hughes, MBA Programme Director, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway, said: “Driven by experienced, passionate and dedicated faculty, the NUI Galway MBA integrates an academically rigourous and challenging real-world business education with industry learning and global learning. Pursuing an MBA is about positioning oneself for further success and we are delighted to broaden access to our MBA through the introduction of these scholarships.”

Gillian Harford, Country Executive for the 30% Club Ireland, commented: “Providing focused support for female talent is one of the key pillars of our strategy and we know how important and impactful executive education is for senior career progression.  We are immensely grateful to NUI Galway for their very generous support in the provision of the Executive MBA.”

To register for the MBA Open Evening visit https://www.nuigalway.ie/mba/. For more information on scholarship application process, or to submit your application please, contact Mairead McKeon, MBA Programme Administrator at mba@nuigalway.ie.

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