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Accessibility & LanguageJ.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
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J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
A School of Business and Economics for the Public Good
Our mission is nurture and inspire responsible leaders who create, share, and apply knowledge for the public good, and advance an equitable and sustainable future globally.
Our School now has over 2,600 undergraduate and postgraduate students spread across areas such as Accountancy and Finance, Economics, Management, Marketing, and Business Information Systems.
We offer a wide range of programmes, from undergraduate degrees to MBA executive education and PhD, tailored to deliver the specific professional skills required to succeed in a globalised and competitive environment. Led by our highly-experienced faculty, we pursue an innovative teaching approach that incorporates face-to-face delivery, blended learning, professional mentoring, global experience, student placements and group-based project work.
Accreditations and International Recognition
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Year in Review 2025 Edition
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at University of Galway is delighted to launch our new Year in Review Report. This report looks at our strategic developments around the 2024-2025 academic year and beyond, and offers insights from a wide variety of members of our School community.
The report is centred on our four key strategic priority areas of research and impact, teaching and learning, external engagement and internationalisation, and is shaped by our core values. Our Impact and Innovation report is filled with inspiring stories of transformation, growth, and global impact.
We hope you find the report both insightful and enjoyable to read.
Strategic Plan 2026 - 2030
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics is part of the University of Galway’s College of Business, Public Policy & Law. The School contributes to the University’s 2030 ambitions across research and innovation, education and learners, internationalisation, sustainability, and impact. This strategy integrates University-level and College-level targets with School-level outcomes and actions and translates them into an implementation framework suitable for School governance and accreditation.
United Nation Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Showcase
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics has launched a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) integration mapping project. The SDGs are a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
Here you can find what faculty in the School are doing in research, teaching and engagement that aligns with the SDGs at target level. Search by SDG, by target, by department, by keyword – or for an academic whose name you already know.
The project has been underway since April 2023, using desk research, interviews and the Accelerating Action SDG analysis tool to explore, discuss and share knowledge of sustainability-oriented work to SDG target level to create faculty profiles. These profiles describe how each academic’s research supports the SDGs, their personal approach to the integration of sustainability in teaching, and how they interact with groups and organisations outside the boundaries of the University. Research, teaching and engagement in higher education contributes largely indirectly to the UN sustainability goals, but in some cases – which we have highlighted – make direct contributions to their achievement.
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