November 19, 2008
About us
  • AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
    ESADE, founded in 1958, is an institution whose main activities of education, research and social debate take place on three campuses: Barcelona, Madrid and Buenos Aires.
  • Education
    With a vision committed to personal development and social responsibility, ESADE's unique and innovative learning model, a pioneer in Europe, is based on the development of professional and management skills and abilities. The two educational areas are:

    ESADE Business
    School

    ESADE Law School

    Through its three programs, the MBA, Executive Education programs and Bachelor in Business Administration - BBA, the Business School is committed to offering leadership education to already working men and women who hope to become leaders of successful, innovative and socially responsible institutions.

    The university programs offer training in law with differentiating characteristics -- a practical, innovative focus -- and close and active ties to the legal profession.


    Research
    The business management research that ESADE carries out is internationally renowned. ESADE offers doctoral and PhD level courses in Management Studies that rely upon various academicians, institutions and research centers, who focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership and governance, management, skills and knowledge, business social responsibility, economic law, branding, etc.

    Social Dialogue
    ESADE provides a meeting point for many businesspeople, managers and directors, academicians, jurists, politicians and various representatives of society. In the roughly two hundred and seventy events organized annually, approximately 20,000 people participate. Furthermore, ESADE has the highest number of published opinion articles in the press of all business schools in Spain.
  • INTERNATIONAL VOCATION
    ESADE's international network has always been and continues to be an integral part of the institution. ESADE has agreements and collaborations with over 100 universities and business schools on five continents and is currently the European business school with the most extensive student exchange network in Latin America. The institution is a founding member of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS), the most prestigious European network on the university level.


    A HUGE NETWORK
    The over 35,000 ESADE alumni worldwide are another indication of the high regard that is held for ESADE graduates globally. These alumni currently hold positions of importance in almost 95 countries and in nearly all sectors of business and governance. ESADE also has the largest professional volunteer association in Spain, the second largest in Europe.


    INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND PRESTIGE
    ESADE was one of the first business schools to obtain the three most recognized awards in the sector: International AACSB, EQUIS y AMBA. ESADE ranks among the top ten business schools in Europe in the most important international MBA, Executive Education and university program polls. It was also ranked the international business school of choice in the business world according to a September 2006 Wall Street Journal article.