The CIMA Global Business Challenge is an international business competition for undergraduates around the world, designed to bring out the best in the young business leaders of tomorrow.

By working together as a team of four to present a business case study, it is a great opportunity for you to showcase your talent in business management, and learn how to become the business leaders of the future. You also have the opportunity to win a place at the global final in Warsaw, Poland.

The competition is organised in partnership with Barclays, who share our vision of developing and nurturing young talent around the world.

2015 competition now open

• Register your team today*
• Find out more about the competition in your region

The next DBS Open Evening will take place on Tuesday 9 June 2015 from 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. in our Aungier Street campus building. Come along and meet lecturers and students - you can take a tour of the different campus buildings and have a chat about college life in DBS. 

Lecturers from all areas will also be on hand to talk to students about their courses choices, what is involved and what you can expect from coming to college at DBS.

The Open Event will be a great way to help you to learn how to make the most of your student experience at DBS!

We also haveanother open event on:
- 18 August 2015 from 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. in our Aungier Street campus building

Alternatively you can call in to speak to a member of the Admissions team at our Aungier Street Campus between 9.00 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. on Monday to Friday.

Terence Lawless, CIMA P2 Lecturer at Dublin Business School has been awarded the CIMA Tutor of the Year for 2014. The accolade follows the results of the combined March/ May and September/ November 2014 sittings in which Paul Cunningham, who sat the CIMA Performance Management (P2) at the November 2014 sitting achieved a global ranking of 3rd in the world. This is the highest global ranking achieved by any Irish student last year. 

Pictured at the presentation of the announcement of the award were Fiona Arnold, Student Progression Manager, CIMA; Terence Lawless, CIMA P2 Lecturer, Dublin Business School and CIMA Tutor of the Year and Darren Brien, Academic Faculty Manager, Dublin Business School. 

From all of the staff and students at DBS, congratulations to Terence on this wonderful achievement!

DBS is a CIMA Quality Partner – the highest academic teaching status awarded by both professional bodies. In recent years our students have won over 1000 prizes and placings at national and international level in external professional accountancy examinations.

Why Choose DBS for your CIMA Studies?

• "Learning Through Partnership (LTP) Quality Partner” is the highest status of tuition provider recognition granted by CIMA. DBS is the longest standing Irish LTP Quality Partner in Ireland and now the only one to offer the full Professional suite of papers.
• DBS has been offering CIMA tuition in Ireland longer than any other tuition provider and remain committed to the provision of CIMA education in this country    
• The CIMA lecturing team have a combined 85 years experience teaching their respective paper specialism.
• The course structure at DBS is designed to maximise your opportunity to pass the exam first time.
• Kaplan’s CIMA study materials are the only study materials approved and endorsed by CIMA.

A Dublin Business School student has won joint first place worldwide in CIMA P2 in the most recent sitting of the CIMA Professional Accountancy exams. When the college started in 1975, the main focus was the delivery of Professional Accountancy programmes. Since then, DBS students have achieved thousands of prizes on a national and worldwide basis in the professional accountancy examinations. In this most recent set of CIMA exams DBS has twenty four prize winners placed in the top ten across the suite of exams. In addition to the joint first place worldwide in CIMA P2 there were:

Six first place in Ireland winners,

Two second places in Ireland winners,

One third place in Ireland winner.

If you would like further information on CIMA at DBS, or to download a brochure click here.


DBS is an ACCA Platinum Approved Learning Partner and CIMA Quality Partner – the highest academic teaching status awarded by both professional bodies. Our CIMA programmes can promise:

• The strength of our carefully selected academics.
• Lecturers have an average of 15 years of experience.
• Effective use of exam-focused notes preparing students for exam success.
• Quality-assured core manuals and study materials.
• A supportive learning environment.
• A modern, fully-resourced campus.
• Our ongoing commitment to excellence through learning.

Most accounting qualifications train people for private practice, working on external audit and tax issues. CIMA prepares people for a career in business. It teaches skills for strategic advice, managing risk and making key decisions.

Our syllabus is designed to deliver a strong understanding of all aspects of business so our members can contribute in many areas of an organisation.

Find out how to study with us.

What is management accounting?

Management accounting combines accounting, finance and management with the leading edge techniques needed to drive successful businesses.

Chartered management accountants:

• Advise managers about the financial implications of projects.
• Explain the financial consequences of business decisions.
• Formulate business strategy.
• Monitor spending and financial control.
• Conduct internal business audits.
• Explain the impact of the competitive landscape.
• Bring a high level of professionalism and integrity to business.

The management accounting skillset

Our members are qualified to work across an organisation, not just in finance. In addition to strong accounting fundamentals, CIMA teaches strategic business and management skills:

• Analysis – they analyse information and using it to make business decisions.
• Strategy – they formulate business strategy to create wealth and shareholder value.
• Risk – they identify and manage risk.
• Planning – they apply accounting techniques to plan and budget.
• Communication – they determine what information management needs and explain the numbers to non-financial managers.

Ethical code

CIMA members and students are required to comply with the CIMA code of ethics and to apply the fundamental principles of CIMA’s ethical code to their working lives. CIMA members are at the heart of business as its conscience, bringing judgment, independence and objectivity in addition to their professional qualification.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to speak with CIMA qualified professionals, tuition providers, CIMA affiliated employers and recruitment specialists about the qualification and career opportunities.

Full details to follow.