ESADE Business School

Through its two programs, the MBA and Executive Education programs, ESADE Business School fosters the development and management skills and expertise and an entrepreneurial spirit, with the emphasis on a clear global outlook, ethical principles and a sense of social responsibility.

ESADE is an institution that was founded with a clear aim: to adopt a humanistic approach in the training of critical professionals capable of coping with changing times.

ESADE Business School together with ESADE University Faculties are the two education areas of ESADE, currently incorporated to the Ramon Llull University. ESADE has over 6,000 students among its various training centres in Barcelona, Madrid, Buenos Aires and Casablanca.
ESADE provides a wide range of programs catering to the needs of diverse groups and has signed collaboration agreements with over 100 prestigious universities world-wide. Infobox University
name = ESADE Business School
established = 1958

city = Barcelona/Madrid
country = Spain
type = Business School
website = http://www.esade.edu
dean = Xavier Mendoza [http://exed.esade.edu/access.php?file=/secure/cv/CVMendoza_es.pdf]
campus = Urban
address = Av. Pedralbes, 60-62,
Barcelona 08034
Spain

Programmes

MBA Programmes

18-month or Full-time MBA

For professionals with minimum of two years' work experience who are looking for management training with a clear international focus and the opportunity to share their experience with students from different countries. The programme is offered in English and Spanish.

* Key figures:
**18-month programme
**80 electives subjects
**Intake of 115 students
**Student profile: an average age of 28 and 5 years' professional experience, 70% of the students are from overseas, from 30 different countries
* [http://esade.papelaweb.com/esade/fulltime07/papelaweb.htm link multimedia brochure]

One-Year MBA

For professionals with an educational background in economics or business studies, with more than five years of professional experience, prrogramme in English.

*Key figures:
**10-month programme
**80 optional subjects
**Student profile: an average age of 32 and 7 years' professional experience, 100% of the students are from overseas
* [http://esade.papelaweb.com/esade/fulltime07/papelaweb.htm link multimedia brochure]

Part-Time MBA

For active professionals with a minimum of three year's experience, compatible with full-time work.

*Key figures:
**20-month programme
**80 optional subjects
**Intake of 120 students
**Student profile: an average age of 29 and 5.2 years' professional experience
**Imparted on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays and alternate Saturdays

Executive MBA

This MBA is imparted at the school campuses in Barcelona and Madrid. The program format is especially designed so that students can reconcile their management commitments.

*Key figures:
**18-month programme
**Imparted on Friday evenings Saturday mornings

Ranking

ESADE and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Recently, the Aspen Institute recognised ESADE's efforts in incorporating CSR issues into its MBA curriculum and ranked the school second in the world in its biennal survey "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" . This ranking celebrates the top 30 schools among the 600 full-time MBA programs across six continents invited to participate in the survey.

The ranking assesses schools across four criteria:
* Student Opportunity: measures the number of courses with social and environmental content
* Student Exposure: indicates the percentage of course time dedicated to considering social and environmental issues
* Content: reflects the degree to which courses illustrate the value of integrating social and environmental considerations into business decisions
* Research: is indicative of the number of relevant articles published in leading peer-reviewed management journals

References

External links

Institutional websites

* [http://www.esade.edu Official ESADE website]
* [http://www.esade.edu/business_school/index.php ESADE's Business School website]
* [http://www.esade.edu/universidad/index.php ESADE's University Faculties website]
* [http://www.aaaesade.net ESADE's Alumni Association website]
* [http://www.eHRMS.com HRMS Research at the Institute of Labor Studies(IEL)]
* [http://www.eabis.org European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS)]

Programme brochure

* [http://esade.papelaweb.com/esade/fulltime07/papelaweb.htm 18 months - one year programme]
* [http://esade.papelaweb.com/esade/parttime07/papelaweb.htm part time programme]