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Executive Education Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

ESADE Business School

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • ESADE Business School
      • Av. d'Esplugues, 92-96
      • Barcelona, 08034
      • Spain
      • Executive education run by for-profit entity? No
      • Status:
        • Private
      • Executive nondegree open enrollment programs offered: 46
      • Executive non-degree custom programs offered: 89
      • Number of attendees previous academic year: 3,449
      • Does school have a separate Executive Education center/centers? Yes
      • Year building opened: 1964
      • Number of classrooms: 12
      • Does the school offer temporary housing for executive education participants?: Yes

    • Graduate business school is accredited by:

        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other
        • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
        • EQUIS
        • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)
      • Other accreditation by: Spanish government accreditation

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Open-enrollment executive programs run in other countries: 26
      • Custom executive programs run in other countries: 46
      • Companies for which the school ran custom programs in previous year: 70

    • School partnerships with non-business schools:

      • Title: Leadership & Social Innovation in the NGO
      • Partner(s): Savings Bank "La Caixa"
      • Title: Vicens Vives
      • Partner(s): ABERTIS - GAS NATURAL - "La Ciaxa"
      • Title: Innovation Through design thinking
      • Partner(s): Art College of Design
      • Title: Programme for Leadership Development
      • Partner(s): University of St.Gallen
      • Title: Doing Business Globally
      • Partner(s): XLRI / Fudan
      • Title: High Performance Leadership
      • Partner(s): Fundaçao Dom Cabral

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,383
      • Full-Time MBA: 358
      • Part-Time MBA: 184
      • Executive MBA: 171
      • PhD Program: 44
      • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,541
      • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance, Other, Master of Human Resources, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

    • Range of costs, open enrollment programs:

      • Low: $800.00
      • High: $1,300.00

    • Range of costs, custom programs:

      • Low: $13,000.00
      • High: $20,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Percentage of Participants in open enrollment executive education programs are:

      • Female: 37 %
      • International : 27 %
      • Completely sponsored by their employers: 75 %

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Title: GAMP - Global Advanced Management Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 18 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $32,400.00
      • Comments: Taught in Washington, Sao Paulo, Dubai & Madrid
      • Title: PMD - Program for Management Development - International edition
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 25 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $28,380.00
      • Comments: Taught in Barcelona, Madrid & Washington
      • Title: Management in the Non-Governmental Organizations
      • Type of Course: Non Profit & Social Innovation
      • Course Length: 23 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,960.00
      • Title: Leading sustainability strategies
      • Type of Course: Non Profit & Social Innovation
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,970.00
      • Comments: Embedding social and environmental responsabilities into your business
      • Title: Innivation through design thinking
      • Type of Course: Innovation
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,870.00
      • Title: Redesign your Bio Start-up Strategy
      • Type of Course: Biotech
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,970.00
      • Title: Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
      • Type of Course: Innovation
      • Course Length: 5 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $4,500.00
      • Comments: Directed by Ken Morse & Henry Chesbrough
      • Title: Developing mindsets for strategic learning and innovation
      • Type of Course: Innovation
      • Course Length: 3 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $2,970.00
      • Comments: Cultivating robust imagination for creating sustainable futures and achieving excellence
      • Title: PLD - Program for Leadership Development
      • Type of Course: Leadership
      • Course Length: 38 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $30,000.00
      • Title: Global Executive MBA
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Course Length: 72 days
      • Estimated price (excluding travel and book fees): $135,000.00

    • International programs:

      • Title: Global Advanced Management Program
      • Type of Course: General management
      • Partner(s): Georgetown
      • Year Established: 2011
      • Title: Global Executive MBA
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Country: USA / Brazil / India / Russia
      • Partner(s): Georgetown
      • Year Established: 2008
      • Title: Global Management Program
      • Type of Course: General Management
      • Country: Peru
      • Partner(s): INCAE
      • Year Established: 2010

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 128

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 62
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 22
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 26
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 62

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Main teaching methods:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 25 %
      • Team Projects: 13 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Faculty for executive education:

      • Full-time faculty (with tenure and/or permanent): 40 %
      • Full-time faculty (without tenure): 15 %
      • Adjunct faculty: 45 %

    • Percentage of faculty who are:

      • Female: 9 %
      • International: 40 %

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: New campus with 44 new classrooms technologically fully equipped. Private social network (Nexus ESADE). New teaching support platform (Moodle). New University ID card that can be used to access facilities, add e-signatures and as a debit card. CRM. Teaching activity and research management platform. Upgrade in Intranet services in Career Services. Adjustment to LOPD (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos)

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