Trinity Business School,(TBS) is one of the 24 academic schools ofTrinity College Dublin in Ireland. Located onPearse Street, the business school is triple accredited (AACSB/EQUIS/AMBA), a distinction held by under 1% of business schools worldwide. It offers programmes at undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and Executive Education levels. In 2023 TBS was ranked as Ireland's best business school in theFinancial Times Global MBA Ranking.[1] At the same time,Trinity College Dublin ranked number 134 worldwide in the relevantTimes Higher Education World University Rankings.[2] TheEduniversal Best Masters ranking rates consistently all TBS graduate programmes among the 50 best worldwide.[3]
Since 2023 the new Dean of Business School is Laurent Muzellec.[4]
Established as a School of Commerce in 1925,[5] the School has grown from offering B.A. and BComm degrees to offering an MBA programme since 1964 when it was transformed into a School of Business Studies. A full suite of Masters programmes exist today and this began in 1976 when the MSc (Mgmt) degree in Management Practice for practicing senior executives was launched, with a curriculum based on action research principles. The School is part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences of Trinity College.[6]
The new €80 million 11,400 square metre Trinity Business School building was opened in 2019 and includes an innovation and entrepreneurial hub, a 600-seat auditorium, restaurant spaces for up to 200 people, smart classrooms and a rooftop conference room. It is a near zero energy building, with some 500sq m of photovoltaic panels installed on the roof contribute to the electrical provision of the building and offsetting 35 tonnes of carbon per annum. Water for toilets is provided by recycled rainwater.[7]
