The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has risen 18 places to 73rd in this year's Financial Times Top 100 Global Full-time MBA Rankings. The school ranked 22nd in Europe, up three places on last year.

Harvard Business School topped the list for the third year running, followed by the London Business School and Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania. Stanford Graduate School of Business in California and Insead in France tied for fourth place.

The UCD school is the only Irish college to make the rankings, which analyse programmes based on a number of criteria including alumni success, school and programme quality, and faculty research capabilities.