At a glance

• Value:  €32,414 (tuition fees for the two-year UCC CUBS Executive MBA programme 2025 - 2027*).
• You must have applied to and accepted an offer of a place on the UCC CUBS Executive MBA to be eligible for this scholarship.
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to mba@ucc.ie
• Available for 2025 intake only.

(Tuition Fees are exclusive of capitation fees applicable for academic years 2025/26 and 2026/27.)

Cork University Business School offers the Cork University Business School Bank of Ireland Executive MBA Scholarship (Not for Profit/Charity Sector), to cover the tuition fees for one recipient for the 2025 – 2027 cycle of the UCC CUBS Executive MBA programme.

Value: The scholarship consists of 100% of tuition fees for the UCC CUBS Executive MBA  2025-2027 programme for one successful applicant.

Criteria: To be considered for the scholarship

• applicants must be working in the Not for Profit/Charity sector
• applicants must meet the entry threshold and other requirements for the UCC CUBS Executive MBA (course code CKL11), and
• must make an application to the UCC CUBS Executive MBA via www.ucc.ie/en/apply/, and
• applicants must have received an offer and accepted a place on the UCC CUBS Executive MBA.

Apply: 

Applicants must also apply separately to the UCC CUBS Executive MBA Academic Director.

This scholarship application must include a short personal statement (of no more than 1000 words) including detailed

• educational and career history to date.
• examples of excellence in professional career and/or personal achievements, an outline of future career ambitions with specific reference to the scholarship.
• the reasons why the applicant would benefit from participation in the UCC CUBS Executive MBA with specific reference to why they would be a worthy recipient of the Scholarship.

In addition to the above applicants must submit an up-to-date CV.

Deadline: The deadline for submission of the scholarship application to the Academic Director is 5 p.m. Friday, 20^th June 2025.

Selection and Interview: Applications to the Scholarship will be reviewed by the Dean of CUBS (or a nominee), the CEO of Cork University Foundation / Director of Business Development and Advancement (or a nominee) and the MBA Academic Director. A shortlist of candidates will be drawn up following the closing date for applications, and these shortlisted applicants will be called for an interview with the Dean (or a nominee) and the Academic Director.  Interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing 30^th June, 2025.

The awardee will be the person who, in the opinion of the Dean (or a nominee), the CEO of Cork University Foundation / Director of Business Development and Advancement (or a nominee) and the MBA Academic Director, can best evidence, thorough their written application and interview performance, the benefit of their receiving the Scholarship.

The decisions of the Dean of CUBS (or a nominee), CEO of Cork University Foundation / Director of Business Development and Advancement (or a nominee) and the MBA Academic Director on the selection, interview and awarding process is final.

Note: Students withdrawing from, suspending, or repeating their studies, due to illness, bereavement or other exceptional circumstances will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

If any recipient of Cork University Business School Bank of Ireland Executive MBA Scholarship (Not for Profit/Charity Sector) withdraws from the programme or fails to continue throughout the year to meet the attendance and other requirements for the programme including examination entry, they may be required to repay to the University the whole or part of the scholarship.

For more information on the scholarship application process, please contact mba@ucc.ie