ESADE Business School is a private

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located in

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. It is part of

ESADE Esade (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses) is an international private educational institution based in Barcelona, Spain. Esade runs two schools of the university, ESADE Business School, Esade Business School and ESADE Law Sch ...

( Catalan: ''Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses'', Spanish: ''Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas'') and is associated with

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. ESADE has been awarded the

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and

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, and is ranked among the world's top business schools and law school programs by the

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and more.

History

The ESADE project was conceived in the spring of 1954 by a group of Spanish professionals and entrepreneurs during the period of isolation or autarchy initiated by the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Linked from the beginning to the Society of Jesus, they saw the need to professionalize the training of businessmen. The school signed an agreement with the

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( Societas Iesu) in October 1958 and started offering its first academic programs in a small building in the district of Sant Gervasi, Barcelona. In 1958, ESADE was ultimately founded. Two years later, in 1960, executive education programmes were introduced as the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. In 1964 the college's

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programme was established. A year later, in 1965, ESADE's Barcelona campus (Av. Pedralbes) opened (Building I). In 2001, the school inaugurated its campus in

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( Chamartín), and two years later its campus in

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. Both are primarily used for Executive Education. In 2009 ESADE opened a new campus in Sant Cugat (

) as well as ESADE Creapolis, a

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based on

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and situated on the new Sant Cugat campus. In 2014, it ranked fourth in the international business school ranking compiled by the Financial Times.

Programmes

ESADE Business School offers a range of

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and graduate degrees, as well as a

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MSc Programmes in Management

* Master in International Management * Master in Global Strategic Management * Master in Finance * Master in Marketing Management, * Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship * Master in Business Analytics

Full-Time MBA

The ESADE Business School offers an accelerated, customizable full-time

programme. Students can choose among a 12, 15 and 18-month track. The 12-month program is completed with classes from September to September, while the 15- and 18-month programs allow for either summer

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s, exchanges with other MBA programmes worldwide, or both. In the first eight months students are divided into three sections, with whom they complete a significant portion of their studies in a team format. In the remaining

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, classes are completed on an elective basis. The

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is highly international, with 95% international students who represent 48 nationalities.

Executive Education

ESADE Business School offers a range of programmes aimed at executives and experienced professionals. These programs include Executive MBAs, Executive Master Programmes, Open Programmes, and Custom Programmes. The Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) is taught in cooperation with the

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and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at

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The course follows a

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, with

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taught in the United States, Spain,

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, India, and Russia. ESADE also offers an International Executive Master in Marketing & Sales (emms) in

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with

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, Milan (Italy).

PhD in Management Sciences

The ESADE Business School offers a PhD programme that consists of two parts: * A Master in Research (MRes) (duration: 1 year) * A supervised research period (duration: 3 – 4 years)

International Rankings

Notable alumni

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(born 1979), Spanish politician *

Enrique Lores Enrique José Lores Obradors (born 1965) is a Spanish business executive, and the CEO of HP Inc. since November 2019. Lores was born in Madrid. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valen ...

(born 1964/65), CEO of

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(born 1964), CEO of

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(born 1963), Former President of

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(born 1967), CEO of

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* Gabriel Escarrer Jaume (born 1971), Billionaire founder and CEO of

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Joan Rigol Joan Rigol i Roig (; 4 April 1943 – 7 May 2024) was a Spanish politician. He was a president of the Parliament of Catalonia. Rigol also sat in the Spanish Congress from 1979 to 1980, representing Barcelona Province. Rigol studied philosophy ...

(born 1943), Former President of the

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(born 1968), Retired Spanish handball player *

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(born 1964), Pioneer of the Call and Contact Center industry in Spain *

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(born 1957), Member of the

for the

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* Eva Granados (born 1975), Deputy of the

for the

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(born 1980), Vice-Chairman and CEO of

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(born 1960), American journalist, television anchor, reporter and producer *

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(born 1965), 117th

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* Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi (born 1968), Italian economist *

Irene Rigau Irene Rigau i Oliver is a Catalan politician from Spain, born in Banyoles (Pla de l'Estany County) in 1951.Counselor of Education of Catalonia *

Sandro Rosell Alexandre "Sandro" Rosell i Feliu (; born 6 March 1964) is a Spanish businessman. He earned an MBA degree from ESADE. Rosell ran as senior adviser of Joan Laporta during the 2003 Barcelona elections and was the vice-president of sports until J ...

(born 1964), Former President of

Josep Maria Vallès Josep Maria Vallès i Casadevall (born July 1940 in Barcelona) is a Spanish academic and politician. Career Vallès studied law ( UB), Political Science (IEP, in Paris) and Business Management (ESADE, Barcelona). He is Emeritus Professor in Pol ...

(born 1940), Spanish academic and politician *

Risto Mejide Risto Mejide Roldán (born 29 November 1974 in Barcelona; born Ricardo Mejide Roldán), is a Spanish publicist, author, music producer, talent show judge, TV presenter and songwriter, best known as a judge on the television talent shows ''Operaci ...

(born 1974), Publicist, author, music producer, songwriter, talent show judge and TV presenter *Ernesto Lucena, Minister of Sports of Colombia *

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(born 1979), Current Prime Minister of

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* Jaume Guardiola Romojaro (born 1957), CEO of

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* Joaquin Duato (born 1962), CEO of

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References

External links

ESADE Official Website
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