Course Summary
UCD Smurfit School and Bord Bia will be seeking applications from ambitious executives with a minimum of 4 years experience who come from a broad range of specialist areas and who want to hone their skills in the area of business sustainability for the 2025 intake at the end of 2024.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
The MSc Business Sustainability is designed for individuals who come from a broad range of specialist areas and who want to develop their expertise in business sustainability in the global food & drink industry. This full-time, highly intensive programme will challenge participants to learn and develop leadership and management competencies. We look for participants who have four/five years work experience and can demonstrate an ability to manage academic requirements along with the flexibility to relocate internationally and a passion for pursuing a career in the food, drink and horticulture industry.
In particular, this programme is suitable for:
High achievers with the potential to be effective industry leaders
Candidates with a genuine interest in sustainability and the food/agribusiness sector
Experienced functional or technical specialists in transition to a change management role
Participants with key technical skills and experience in areas such as food, agricultural, environmental, social responsibility, sustainability, science, energy, among other areas.
A strong passion for pursuing a career in the food, drink and horticulture industry.
Working-level fluency in English, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Dutch or Chinese.
Additional requirements
It is a requirement that the participants are willing/able to live in a foreign country, and travel in-market at relatively short notice
Application Details
Applications will open March-May 2023* with expected programme start month September 2023.
How to apply?
Applications are welcomed from graduates with a minimum of 4/5 years’ work experience and an interest in business development, sustainability and the food industry. The programme aims to recruit high potential, ambitious and motivated professionals who have aspirations to become future leaders in the Irish food industry.
There are 10 places available on this programme and participants will be selected following a rigorous and exacting recruitment process. Interested participants must be available if selected to take part in the interview and assessment process and if successful must be ready to commence the programme in September/ October 2023. A second-round interview will be necessary for short-listed candidates.
If you have any queries about this programme, please contact a member of our team on email [email protected]
Applications Open: March 2023 - May 2023
Interviews: May 2023
Programme Start: September/October 2023
Next Intake: September 2025
Fees
How to apply?
Applications are welcomed from graduates with a minimum of 4/5 years’ work experience and an interest in business development, sustainability and the food industry. The programme aims to recruit high potential, ambitious and motivated professionals who have aspirations to become future leaders in the Irish food industry.
There are 10 places available on this programme and participants will be selected following a rigorous and exacting recruitment process. Interested participants must be available if selected to take part in the interview and assessment process and if successful must be ready to commence the programme in September/ October 2023. A second-round interview will be necessary for short-listed candidates.
If you have any queries about this programme, please contact a member of our team on email [email protected]
Applications Open: March 2023 - May 2023
Interviews: May 2023
Programme Start: September/October 2023
The Student
Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Administrative
Administrative people are interested in work that offers security and a sense of being part of a larger process. They may be at their most productive under supervisors who give clear guidelines and while performing routine tasks in a methodical and reliable way.
They tend to enjoy clerical and most forms of office work, where they perform essential administrative duties. They often form the backbone of large and small organisations alike. They may enjoy being in charge of office filing systems, and using computers and other office equipment to keep things running smoothly. They usually like routine work hours and prefer comfortable indoor workplaces.