UCD Smurfit School has slipped back one place to 36th in The Financial Times European business school ranking 2015.
The Dublin business school, the only Irish college featured in the annual ranking of the 85 top business schools across Europe, has slipped back one place in this year’s ranking, and is down two places from its 34th position in 2013.
London Business School has retained the top spot in this year's survey, followed by HEC Paris and another French school, Insead in third.
UCD’s full-time MBA programme, which costs €34,500, is ranked higher, at 23, while its Executive MBA programme, which costs €15,350 a year over two years , is ranked lower, at 39.
MBA graduates of the university can expect to see their salary increase by 69 per cent within three years of completion, to an average €108,154.
In comparison, MBA graduates of London Business School can expect a salary of $154,147 within three years, while EMBA graduates can expect a higher salary of $181,083.