- Students study equine business as a specialism throughout their degree, including themes such as: thoroughbred racing and equestrian sport and its management here in Ireland and internationally.
- This degree enables you to develop an understanding of equine leisure and tourism, and stud farm management sectors of the industry, as well as the functions of a business, including marketing, management, information systems, and operations.
- Horse Racing Ireland and Maynooth University offer four Michael Osborne Equine Business Scholarships each year for the three years of the Equine Business degree. The objective of the scholarships is to promote Irish and international horse racing.
- Students have the opportunity to take a one-year work placement (subject to availability) or spend third year studying at either the University of Arizona on the Racetrack Industry programme or the University of Kentucky (subject to availability).
- Graduates are likely to be primarily focused on careers in the equine industry but will also be well qualified to work in other
- sectors, such as in banking or financial services, business and management, marketing, or the public sector.
- Business graduates are consistently among the most employable in the Irish education system.
- Equine graduates typically enter careers in stud farm management, racetrack management, regulatory organisations, bloodstock sales, marketing/promotions, the betting sector, equine leisure and tourism sector, and ancillary businesses (e.g. feed, transport, veterinary services, equipment, insurance, accountancy, and teaching), here in Ireland or abroad.
Why choose this Equine Business degree at?Maynooth University?
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