ESAN University
| ESAN University | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1963 |
| Type | Private |
| Vice-president |
Academic: Dra. Nancy Matos de Vallejos of Investigation: Dr. Peter Yamakawa Tsuja |
| Dean |
Economy and Business Administration: Mg. Jorge Cortez Cumpa Engineering: Dr. Javier del Carpio Gallegos |
| Location | Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru |
| Colors | Granate |
| Website |
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ESAN University or Universidad ESAN in Spanish (acronym: UE) is a private University located in Lima, Perú on Santiago de Surco district. ESAN University is a leading academic institution that was founded in 1963 as the first Graduate School of Business in Latin America. Throughout these years ESAN has achieved a relevant role in Peru, based on the quality of its MBA, specialized masters, executive programs, etc. Currently ESAN University offers undergraduate programs divided in three schools: the School of Economics and Management, the School of Engineering and the School of Law, fields of specialization at the Bachelor level are: Management and Marketing, Management and Finance, Economics and International Business, Information Technology and Systems Engineering, Organizational Psychology, Corporate law, etc.
History
In 1962 the U.S. Agency for International Development – established by US president John F. Kennedy – summons the main business scholes to study the possibility of developing management and businesses programs on Latin America. This Project was trusted to Ernst Arbuckle, Dean of the Graduate School of Business of Standford University, he assumes the chalenge and group up a profesors team lead by Gail M. Oxley and Alan B. Coleman to evaluate in site the feasibility of undertaking this ambitious project. This is how on July 25 of 1963 the Peruvian and American government founded the “Escuela de Administración de Negocios para Graduados, ESAN” or “ESAN, Graduate School of Business” as known in english. It’s organization was trusted to the Standford Graduate School of Business and profesor Alan B. Colemanand shortly after a seminar on international high management was taught. A few month later ESAN opens and professionals from all Latin America apply for studying in the first full-time MBA in the Spanish-speaking world. The following year, on April 1st of 1964, the 1st promoton of the Magister program started classes. It has been 51 years since then, but the tone, style and spirit of American teachers who forged ESAN remains valid even these days in ESAN University.
International Acreditation
ESAN received AMBA (Association of MBAs) accreditation in 2002, being the first Peruvian MBA program and institution of higher education to be internationally credited by this association. In 2013 ESAN University received international accreditation from AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) for 10 of their programs: 7 postgraduate masters and 3 bachelor degrees.