| ESADE Business School | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1958 |
| Type | Business School |
| Dean | Xavier Mendoza [1] |
| Location | Barcelona, Spain |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.esade.edu |
ESADE Business School is a business school founded in 1958 in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of ESADE and the Ramon Llull University. Besides the Barcelona campus, the school has centers in Madrid, Buenos Aires, and Casablanca.
ESADE has signed collaboration agreements with over 100 universities worldwide. It is one of only 35 business schools worldwide which have been awarded the triple crown, through an accreditation through the EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA agencies.
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Founders of ESADE Business School include Ignasi Vidal Gironella, Joan Vidal Gironella, Antonio Jover Lamaña, Leandro Jover Lamaña, Ramon Mas-Bagà Cros, Esteve Negra Valls, Fernando del Pozo i de Querol, Albert Folch Rusiñol, Fernando Maristany Pomar, Francesc Torras Ferrer, Antoni Pérez Portabella, Francesc J. Pérez Portabella, and Josep I. de Anzizu Borrell.[1]
Graduate business education offered by ESADE includes a full-time MBA, a one-year MBA, a part-time MBA, a MSc & CEMS MIM, a MSc in International Management, and a MSc in Marketing Management.
| School rankings (overall) | |
|---|---|
| Worldwide MBA | |
| América Economía[2] | 16 |
| Business Insider[3] | 28 |
| CNN Expansion[4] | 20 |
| Economist[5] | 17 |
| Financial Times[6] | 21 |
The ESADE Business School offers an accelerated, customizable full-time MBA programme for students wishing to complete their MBA in a full-time setting in either 13, 15 or 18 months. The 12 month program is completed with classes from September through September, while the 15- and 18-month programs allow for either summer internships, exchanges with other MBA programmes worldwide, or both. In the first eight months the 180 accepted students are divided into three "sections" of 60 each, with whom they complete all their studies in a team format. In the remaining terms classes are completed on an elective basis.
The student body at ESADE is highly international. A typical 18-month MBA class consists of 30% students from Spain, 22% students from other European countries, 30% students from Latin America, 11% students from North America, and the remaining 7% from Asia and other areas. The Exchange Programme lets students take part of their MBA, MSc or undergraduate degree at one of the ESADE international partner institutions.
The Full-Time MBA also features a strong focus on student clubs, organized and managed by the MBA Student Association, or "MBASA". Popular student clubs include Consulting, Media, Finance, Innovation & Design, Marketing and Clean Technology among many more, and provide frequent guest speakers, competitions and case studies, dinners, visits to other schools and "treks" to visit companies in Spain, the UK, Ireland, and many other countries. All club activities are managed and made visible to the public via the ESADE MBA's student-run website.
In overall global rankings for 2011, ESADE Business School's MBA program was ranked #28 by Business Insider, #17 by The Economist, and #21 by Financial Times.[5][6]
Additionally, the Aspen Institute, which ranks institutions on how well schools incorporate issues concerning social and environmental stewardship into the curriculum, ranked ESADE #12 worldwide for 2011.[7]
ESADE Business School offers a range of programmes aimed at executives and experienced professionals. These programs include Exectutive MBAs, Executive Master programmes and open customised programmes. The Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) is taught in cooperation with the McDonough School of Business and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at the Georgetown University in Washington D.C.. The course follows a modular structure, with modules taught in the USA, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, India and Russia. The programme length is 16 months.
Executive Master degree courses are offered in the fields of finance, operations, and sales and marketing.
The ESADE Business School offers a PhD programme consisting of two parts:
The instruction language of the PhD programme is English, and the annual intake was around 10 candidates in 2008.
ESADE's Executive Education conducts customized programs that are tailored to the company's needs. ESADE has provided such programs to executives for more than three decades for both small to mid-sized companies as well as multinationals. The Customs Program Design Team consists of ESADE faculty members and also of senior executives from the client's firm.
Professional masters cover the field of finance, operation, and sales and marketing
Master in Financial Management:
ESADE's Master in Financial Management covers finance techniques and concepts.
Master in Operations Management and Services Management:
This Master's programme provides a forum for academics and professionals working in the operations field.
Executive Master in Sales and Marketing:
The EMMS programme is designed for working executives. It has a mix of residential modules and distance learning sessions, enabling the students to develop a career path while continuing to work. The EMMS programme aims at tackling key issues in marketing and sales management.
The remainder, together with the students taking the One-Year MBA, get international exposure through the Global Residency week at Georgetown University.
Students go to one of ESADE's partnering schools for one or two weeks, where they intensively study key themes in the business world under the direction of local faculty members. There are partnering programmes at:
This option caters to those aspiring to an international career. Candidates begin the course in Barcelona by focusing on the foundations of business strategy and management and on improving their Spanish and/or English. Students meeting the requirements of both institutions will receive the Double Degree conferred by ESADE and its partnering business school.
One of the most important decisions candidates will have to make during the MBA programme is choosing a future career. Support to candidates falls under three main heads: employer relations, advice and gGuidance and the Career Resource Center (CRC).
The Career Services Employer Relations team is in contact with the international business community. In 2005, Career Services managed over 4,000 internship and job advertisements from 1,500 organizations around the world. ESADE publicises vacancies via on-campus Talent Recruitment Events and the student employment portal.
The Advice and Guidance team helps candidates develop and meet their professional objectives and has developed the Career Management Programme for that purpose.
The CRC houses the following resources:
In addition, the CRC is available on-line through the MBA student portal, which enables students to manage their internship/job search and applications. Through the portal, students can access internship/job offers as well as many of the CRC's career development resources.
The Association's creation was finalised with the ESADE collaboration agreement protocol, and its official recording in the Registry of Associations on October 9, 1989.
The Association is governed by the General Assembly and the Executive Board. The General Assembly meets at least once a year. One of its functions is to appoint the Executive Board, the Association's executive body.