Pat Cotter

Senior Engineering Manager, DePuy Synthes Companies

Setting out on the MBA journey was not a decision I made lightly.  I did a careful analysis of the commitment required to embrace the journey, professionally and personally. 

When I signed up for the MBA, I was expecting that I would just be given templates to work with and that the classes would utilize rote learning methods v’s critical thinking methods.  I was greatly mistaken. 

The journey that I and my class mates took at UCC combined personal and professional development. 

The course interweaved thought experiments that enables you to look at situations from multiple perspectives and with growing independent thought which is essential for progress and performance improvement. 

During the 2 years I felt the classes’ capacity for Critical thinking grow and ideas and strategies became much more thought out and reasoned, leading to some exciting co-created ideas.

All the lecturers were of high integrity and possessed a world class knowledge of their specialist subject.  The course supervisors very open and supportive, with excellent facilities for team and individual assignments.

Once I made the commitment, the 2 years’ journey to attain an MBA became one of the most rewarding experiences I ever had personally and professionally.