Why study Business at Maynooth?

    The work experience that many of our students have completed in Ireland and overseas, has given them real-world business skills and innovative problem-solving techniques.

    Business graduates are consistently amongst the most employable of all in the Irish education system. As a student of business, you will gain a firm grounding in all key areas of business and management.

    Our degrees all offer the opportunity to undertake specialist options in the subjects you enjoy so you can specialise your degree based on your own strengths and interests.​


    Options for studying Business

      Options What you study CAO Code Points 2015
      Business as a subject in the Bachelor of Arts degree Choice of Business (Management) OR Business (Marketing) and another subject to degree level. In first year you can take either 15 or 30 credits of Business. In second and third year you take Business (Management) OR Business (Marketing) along with one other subject. MH101ATS 350
      BBS in Business and Management You will concentrate on Business and Management subjects for each of the three years of the degree (BBS): foundations of management and business in first year, functional disciplines in second year and
    strategic aspects of business in third year.    		 MH404BMA 435
      BBS in Marketing Offers students a thorough education in marketing and an understanding of how marketing is embedded in business and management. First year foundations of marketing and management. Second year intermediate subjects in marketing and functions of business. Final year strategic aspects of marketing and business, with options in marketing and management. MH404MKT 435
      BBS in Equine Business A range of equine, business and management subjects are taken across the three years of the programme. Each year you develop your understanding of the business and how to manage within the equine industry and a wider appreciation of business, marketing and management. MH404EQB 435
      BBS in Entrepreneurship In first year you’ll study the fundamentals of business, innovation, the digital economy and enterprise. Second year: financing, designing business models, protecting intellectual property and maximising revenue. Third year is where you’ll lift-off with your business idea - studying strategy, innovation, negotiation and managing social media marketing. MH404ENT 435
      BCL in Law and Business Business is taken jointly with Law for the three years of the programme. Students may opt in second year to take an internship in third year (subject to availability); they graduate after four years. MH502LWB 450
      BBS in Business and Accounting Specialist degree focused on gaining a thorough education in financial and managerial accounting, corporate finance and taxation with a strand of business and management modules in each year to understand how accounting and finance are embedded in a business context. MH407 410