Program Basics

• • Global Executive MBA Program
  • ESADE Business School
  • Av. d'Esplugues, 92-96
  • Barcelona, 08034
  • Spain
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 14

• Classes meet:

  • • Days
    • Occasional week-long sessions
    • Other
    • Evenings

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $135,000.00
  • Non Resident: $135,000.00

• 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)
  • Spanish government accreditation

SCHOOL BASICS

• 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

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? Yes
  • GMAT Required? No
  • If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? Based on their academic background or professional experience.

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • Average GMAT Score NA
  • 10th Percentile NA
  • 25th Percentile NA
  • 50th Percentile (median) NA
  • 75th Percentile NA
  • 90th Percentile NA

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • Average GMAT Score NA
  • 10th Percentile NA
  • 25th Percentile NA
  • 50th Percentile (median) NA
  • 75th Percentile NA
  • 90th Percentile NA
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $125.00
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

CLASS PROFILE

• EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

  • Female: 31 %
  • International: 100 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 5 %
  • Asia: 15 %
  • Europe: 42 %
  • North America: 29 %
  • Oceania: 2 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 %
  • Dual citizenship: 21 %
• • Average months of work experience: 180

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 96
  • To: 384
• • Average age: 38

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 100 %

• Top organizations sending students:

  • Johnson&Johnson
  • US Military
  • Europepan Institutions
  • McDermott
  • AstraZeneca

FINANCIAL AID

• • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? Yes

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

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: There are 6 on site residential modules
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Description: Hotel and meals
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • Special student/home/work/life initiatives: The modular format allows participants to keep up with work. Flex time has also been introduced
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 8

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 10 %
  • Distance Learning: 20 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 10 %
  • Simulations: 20 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 85 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 42
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2011
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management

• Graduation Requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2011

• 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)

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 7,609
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 66
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 33
  • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • University alumni networking site: http://www.esadealumni.net/
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.esadealumni.net/ea/online_services/nexus
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes

• • -There were 53 students in the classroom. A lower number of students would improve the classroom experience.
    
    -I think the classroom experience is very good balanced between the explanations of the faculty, invited members and students.
    
    -I’d like to see more hours in some subject, and dig a little bit in some financial issues that I think are very interesting.
    
    -It is really difficult to improve above the standard given. Even the speakers level was amazing
    
    -The technical facilities were not at the level foreseen for such a kind of B-school. The library was in a separate building quite far from the school.
    
    -The school should bring in more top executive invited speakers from the Spanish business community.
    
    -I would have liked more social happenings with other MBA programs and within the MBA as well
    
    -The B-School should be more active in helping students to contact companies.
    
    -I would have liked to have more time to assimilate deeper knowledge on certain aspects of management, especially those of which I had little experience.
    
    -We got no lessons on how to start up a company, I mean in terms of what is the best type of legal way. That should be improved. Some subject such as corporate governance was a big mess.
    
    -I believe it is the best path to make a jump in your career as it gives an excellent overview of the company. I do feel more comfortable taking on responsibilities than before. It has changed my professional behavior and also my personal skills. It's ideal for ambitious people eager to keep on improving day by day. It's about planning, sacrifice, commitment, hard working, and open-mindedness.
    
    -I think the classroom experience is very good balanced between the explanations of the faculty, invited members and students.