EXECUTIVE MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

ESADE

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Global Executive MBA

Av. Pedralbes, 60-62
Av. Esplugues, 92-96
Barcelona , Spain

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

Classes meet:

Days

Occasional week-long sessions

11 days * 6 moduls, taken in different countries

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $ 90,500
Non Resident: $ 90,500

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Association of MBAs (AMBA)

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

EQUIS

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 1,279
Full-Time MBA: 303
Part-time MBA: 249
Executive MBA: 178
PhD Program: 49

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

1,501

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Finance

Master of Human Resources

Master of international Management/Business

Master of Marketing

Other graduate degree programs:

Executive Master in Marketing & Sales; Master of Operations & Logistics; Executive Masters in Public Administration (EMPA)

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

Based on teir academic backgraound or professional experience

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

N/A

Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Yes

Minimum TOEFL required:

600

Application fee:

$ 125

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

90 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

CLASS PROFILE

EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

Female: 20 %
International: 100 %

Entering students are from the following regions:

Africa : 0 %
Asia: 14 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 11 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
Middle East: 3 %
North America: 55 %
Oceania : 0 %
Western Europe: 14 %
Dual citizenship: 14 %

Entering North American citizens are from the following regions:

N/A

U.S. students in newest entering class who are:

N/A

Average months of work experience:

180

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 96
To: 276

Average age:

Middle 80% age range:

From: 32
To: 44

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 100 %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 5 %
Work at an organization with 100 or fewer employees: 50 %
Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 40 %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

3 %

Average base salary for new EMBA entrant:

$ 214,000

Middle 80% base salary range:

N/A

Students work in these functional categories:

N/A

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 3 %
Financial Services: 17 %
Government: 7 %
Manufacturing: 24 %
Non-Profit: 3 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
Real Estate: 10 %
Technology: 21 %
Other: 7 %

Top organizations sending students:

Price Waterhouse Coopers
Gas Natural
Banco Santander
Sonae
Banc Sabadell

Academics & Lifestyle

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

142

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 69
Non-Tenured: 30

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 22
Non-Tenured: 37

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 14
Non-Tenured: 14

Minority Faculty:

N/A

International Faculty:

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 9

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 51
Non-Tenured: 29

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

49 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

28 %

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

How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles)

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case Study: 20 %
Distance Learning: 15 %
Experiential Learning: 15 %
Lectures: 10 %
Simulations: 20 %
Team Projects: 20 %
Other: 0 %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

100 %

Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty:

85 %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:

15 %

Average class size, core EMBA class:

Average class size, EMBA electives:

Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

Hours per week in class: 9
Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 9

Last revision of core EMBA curriculum:

2008

Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium?

Description:

N/A

Group work done via the Internet:

17 %

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

Additional EMBA Programs:
EMBA programs run in another country:

Executive MBA (Barcelona - Spain)
Executive MBA (Madrid - Spain)

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

N/A

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)

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

7,249

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?

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:

www.esadealumni.net

Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Does the school offer EMBA students access to the career services office?

Yes

Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs?

Yes

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

N/A

Graduate Comments

I would choose ESADE again because: its teaching method, they promote the relationship between the members of the community (students, teachers, companies) and help us to open to relate and to think about business world reality in a wide perspective which is multicultural, multinational and "multi-business". They have also help us to enhance our abilities and capabilities.

The day to day experience was great but maybe I'd have liked to change the teams (students teams to do some work) more often.

Too many people in each classroom (around 50).

Many classes were given by 2 teachers, making it very rich: we got to know the last trends in academic research on various business fields, as well as getting to get practical lessons from world-class professionals.

From my point of view ESADE doesn't take care us: our satisfaction, our expectation, They don't care for our feedback.

They should optimize complexity of the various topics during program (beginning was too easy, end quite tough, with impact on workload)

The official language is Spanish (English could be much better).

Strengths are great professional performance. Weaknesses are no English language speaking and students are too focused in their careers and actual positions.

I would choose the same business school because ESADE fulfill all my expectations, professional expectations and personal ones. The staff and faculty are excellent, and most of my classmates become friends and my networking improved.

I think that some classroom experience could be improved, although there are details without importance. Most important is that when classmates suggested any improvement to program manager or program director, they solve it efficiently.

Very complementary: many classes were given by 2 teachers, making it very rich: we got to know the last trends in academic research on various business fields, as well as getting to get practical lessons from world-class professionals.

I think ESADE has reached all my expectations about the program, I'm sure is one of the best EMBA that are in Spain, speaking with other friends enrolled in other Spanish EMBA's.

ESADE works a lot about TEAM building, coaching skills a part from the excellent academic content.