What our graduates gained from the UL part-time MBA
Real people, real outcomes – from sharper strategy to stronger leadership.
Watch Mike Fleming’s video
Mike’s MBA experience sharpened his strategic thinking and leadership skills – enabling him to take the next step in his career with practical tools he could immediately apply to a demanding leadership role.
Mike Fleming
Superintendent, An Garda Síochána
Sector: Law Enforcement
Watch Jean McCabe’s video
Already heading up a successful business, Jean joined the MBA to challenge her thinking – gaining fresh perspectives and skills that reshaped how she leads.
Jean McCabe
CEO, Retail Excellence Ireland
Sector: Retail
Watch James Ring’s video
For James, the MBA helped to connect knowledge with instinct, merging technical grounding with the soft skills that make his leadership genuinely effective.
James Ring
CEO, TTM Healthcare Group
Sector: Healthcare Recruitment
More than an MBA
What could you achieve with greater leadership capabilities, more advanced business skills, and a broader perspective? Our part time MBA will empower you to discover how far you can go, personally and professionally. Through real-life coursework, expert lecturers, and accomplished peers, you will learn, examine, reflect, debate, and grow in new and exciting ways.
An MBA designed around you
Master the skills to lead with impact
The UL Executive MBA equips you to succeed in fast-changing environments by sharpening your critical thinking, strengthening your strategic decision-making, and developing you into an innovative, proactive leader. You’ll build the resilience, tools, and data analysis skills to empower others, act strategically, and make measured, informed decisions.
A two-day block structure that works
Our part-time MBA is structured around in-person learning blocks; two days’ lectures per month, with one day of development workshops at the beginning of each semester. Students repeatedly highlight this method as far less disruptive to work and family life, allowing your time on campus to be focused entirely on learning.
Accredited by AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS
The UL Executive MBA sits in the top 1% of business schools globally, accredited by AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS. Together, these accreditations confirm a first-rate, future-focused business education that places a high emphasis on corporate engagement, innovation, impact, governance, research, ethics, and internationalisation.
Gain a genuine international perspective
Our international workshop helps expand your business acumen through engaging directly with senior leaders across various business types, including Coca-Cola, Spotify, Intel, HP, and Stripe. Through virtual conferences and discussions, you’ll gain practical insights into workplace cultures, organisational behaviour, and international business practices.
Genuine business pedigree
For over four decades, the University of Limerick has cultivated deep relationships with industry. These connections keep our teaching current, relevant, and immediately applicable in real-world scenarios. Our part-time MBA leans on these connections to feature guest lectures from industry leaders and case studies drawn directly from that experience.
Diverse student groups
The Executive MBA is a shared learning experience – you’ll gain a variety of perspectives, experiences, and ideas from your fellow students. This is designed to create a dynamic learning environment that will help you fully bridge the gap between technical skills and management ability, by expanding your understanding of underlying motivations in your team.
A supportive environment and team
Students consistently describe the MBA team as personable and hands-on, offering extra tutorials on challenging subjects, one-on-one support around fees, dedicated thesis guidance, and professional coaching sessions whenever it’s needed.
Professional gains
- Enhanced leadership qualities
- With the part time MBA at UL, you’ll gain the tools you need to become a resilient, adaptive leader, successfully navigating challenges as they appear.
- Strategic thinking
- Our Executive MBA places a strong emphasis on strategic thinking skills and enhanced data analysis to support more astute and decisive business moves.
- An international perspective
- Our international workshop offers a deeper understanding of global markets and valuable insights into successfully conducting international business.
- Managerial vision
- Develop your understanding of the concepts and disciplines underpinning successful managerial positions.
Personal gains
- Personal effectiveness
- As you progress through the Executive MBA programme, you’ll be exposed to the latest business thinking – helping you to develop the confidence needed for senior positions.
- Respond to accelerated change
- Throughout the part time MBA, you’ll learn the skills and techniques to evaluate dynamic shifts across a range of conditions, and assess their impact on the global business environment. You’ll also have the chance to benefit from real-world business examples to apply this learning proactively.
- Develop a lifelong peer network
- As well as gaining new perspectives and insights by working closely with peers from a range of industries, you’ll also form and build strong relationships and a wider network to draw inspiration from.