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 a prestigious international private educational institution based in Barcelona, Spain. Esade runs two schools of the university, Esade Business School and Esade Law School, as well ...

(

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: ''Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses'', Spanish: ''Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas'') and 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 who later founded the university. 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. 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 (Barcelona) as well as ESADE Creapolis, a

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based on

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and situated on the new Sant Cugat campus.

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 terms, 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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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 partnership 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

* Albert Rivera (born 1979), Spanish politician *

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(born 1964/65), CEO of

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(born 1964), CEO of

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* Josep Maria Bartomeu (born 1963), Former President of

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(born 1967), CEO of

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(born 1971), Billionaire founder and CEO of

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(born 1943), Former President of the

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(born 1968), Retired Spanish handball player *

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(born 1975), Deputy of the

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(born 1980), Vice-Chairman and CEO of

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

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(born 1965), 117th

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(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 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 FC Barcelona elections and was the vice-president of sports until Jun ...

(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 *

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(born 1979), Current Prime Minister of

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*Jaime Guardiola Romojaro (born 1957), CEO of

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References

External links

ESADE Official Website
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