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ESIC University is a Higher Education Institution that offers education in Marketing, Business and Technology, fostering our students' capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship. In order to respond to all the educational needs of both professionals and companies throughout their life cycle, ESIC University also relies on the Business School - ESIC Business & Marketing School - and its School of Higher Vocational Training.

ESIC University is the result of the legacy built by ESIC since its foundation in 1965. Our purpose is to contribute to the transformation of people by providing them with knowledge, training them in skills and raising their awareness of values in order to respond to the current and future challenges of society.

Our brand is present in different national and international markets in more than 40 countries on 5 continents, thanks to strategic alliances with major educational institutions

Founded in 1958, ESADE currently has offices in Barcelona, Sant Cugat, Madrid and Buenos Aires, and has collaboration agreements with more than one hundred universities and business schools around the world. Every year, more than 10,000 students participate in its courses (MBA, Executive Education, undergraduate and master's degrees in Business Management and Law). It also has the ESADECREAPOLIS business park, a pioneering centre dedicated to innovation in which university and business merge. With a clear international vocation, ESADE is ranked among the top ten European schools in the main business school rankings (Financial Times and BusinessWeek). ESADE currently has a network of more than 42,000 alumni who hold positions of responsibility in companies on all five continents.

As its institutional motto. In doing so, the school demonstrates its intention to foster a spirit of renewal in the world of Business and Law. ESADE is a member of Ramon Llull University (URL). The URL is a private, non-profit university that promotes a public service.

ESADE has been accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the most prestigious recognition awarded to business schools worldwide. ESADE was the first business school to be accredited in Spain and the seventh in Europe. ESADE was also the first

We are a transformative educational institution that seeks to empower our students to make a difference in the world. We provide them with the skills, knowledge and space to make a difference. Our students are part of an international community that supports them for life.

Our aim is to make the world a better place, which is why we integrate sustainability into everything we do and follow ESG criteria, which focus on the environmental, social and governance aspects of sustainability.

We strive to address climate change and environmental challenges through education and through projects and activities that inspire students. In terms of social action, we implement projects and programmes aimed at bringing improvements to communities, and we help our students to become active, lifelong citizens. Finally, in governance, we follow best practices to respect the interests of all stakeholders, the law, international codes of conduct and human rights.

Our values

FOSTERING DIVERSITY TO HARNESS THE FULL POWER OF PEOPLE

A diverse community thrives on the many qualities of the people in it. We are committed to diversity, be it gender, ethnicity, culture, age, physicality, experience and ways of thinking. This allows us to see the world from multiple perspectives, and to promote creativity and understanding throughout the IE experience.

DRIVING CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION

Curiosity is key to stimulating the development of new and sustainable patterns of thinking. IE University offers innovative education, with industry-leading faculty, personalised learning, the latest technologies and a style that seeks to humanise learning. Our Liquid Learning educational experience takes the learning process to another level, and allows our students to customise the programme they study to suit their goals.

UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE HUMANITIES

The secret to understanding the complexities of our world is to understand the people who inhabit it. That's why the humanities are present in everything we do: in the modules of our programmes, but also in the artistic and cultural initiatives we launch. By exploring the human experience, our graduates become well-rounded individuals with a more developed and inclusive mindset.

TRAINING IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO EMPOWER AGENTS OF CHANGE

Entrepreneurship is a way of life, a notion that has been essential to IE University since its founding. We are committed to empowering our students to find their own entrepreneurial path and unleash their creativity, launching innovative projects and ideas that make a difference.

FACILITATING THE CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Wisdom is gained by questioning the status quo. Our community is made up of people who strive to push the boundaries of what is commonly known and accepted. We encourage research because we see it as a vital process for generating and sharing knowledge and ideas, and we provide our faculty and students with the tools they need to make a positive and sustainable impact on our world.

IESE is the business school of the University of Navarra, founded in 1958, with campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, New York, Munich and Sao Paulo. It offers MiM (Master in Management), MBA, Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA and PhD (Doctoral Programme) degrees, as well as a wide range of programmes for companies and executives from all over the world, in Spanish and English.

IESE has been at the top of the rankings of the world's best business schools for years. These rankings recognise the quality of our professors, students and the education we provide. IESE has been singled out by various prestigious media outlets such as Business Week, Financial Times and The Economist as one of the best schools in the world.
It develops leaders who aspire to have a profound, positive and lasting impact on people, business and society through professional excellence, integrity and a spirit of service. It aspires to be a world-leading business school of purpose, inspiring leaders who believe that everyone matters. Accompanying men and women on their journey of lifelong learning, it brings deeper meaning to the business of doing business through global management programmes, and leadership based on relevant research.

IESE's reach is global. Currently, MBA students (almost 800) come from 70 countries, 85% of them from abroad. This is in addition to programmes for senior executives from all over the world in Barcelona and Madrid, Munich, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Sao Paulo, or Singapore; an international exchange programme with more than 25 of the best business schools in the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America; with more than 55,000 alumni of 153 nationalities; and finally, it has helped to establish 15 partner business schools on four continents, the largest network of partner schools in the world.
A defining feature of IESE's personality is its close collaboration with the world's top business schools. One of IESE's most important programmes, the MBA, was born in 1964 thanks to an academic alliance: IESE and Harvard Business School created the joint Harvard-IESE committee, which has met every year since 1963.
IESE has a faculty of 116 full-time professors from 22 countries. They are experts in their fields and bring their knowledge and cutting-edge research into the classroom to discuss with students. The training process for professors is long and demanding, and includes a doctorate at an international university or business school.

The Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI) is the first business school founded in Spain (1955). Its objective is to train managers of change with a social base through digitalisation, entrepreneurship and sustainability to contribute to the improvement of the economy and people.

In its more than 67 years of history, more than 84,500 executives and business managers specialising in leadership, internationalisation and sustainability have passed through its classrooms.

Its training activity is developed in postgraduate training, management training and training financed with European Funds for entrepreneurship and unemployment. Proof of this are its specialised postgraduate programmes related to digitalisation, sustainability and women's leadership.

EOI is made up of an academic brain in the form of the Centro Estratégico y Prospectiva Industrial, a private muscle composed of all its teaching and academic offerings, and a public policy soul that determines the four lines of action common to the entire school.

As a public foundation attached to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness and with co-financing from the European Social Fund, it has promoted the businesses of more than 52,000 new entrepreneurs in Spain and founded a National Network of 50 Coworking Spaces in different cities in the country, to which the virtual Espacio 51 has been added.

The mission of La Salle is to equip its students with the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to be highly effective in the development of their professional careers.

We train professionals with a high ethical commitment to the institutional values needed to be innovative, to know how to adapt to change and to lead the transformation of a society in continuous development.

The pedagogical and teaching vocation of La Salle, as can be seen through its three-hundred-year tradition and its worldwide expansion, has meant that, at each historical moment, La Salle has offered the best that the circumstances of the time and the social environment required. Its extensive presence in each and every one of the continents and at different levels of training; the 73 American, European and Asian university institutions, constitute a test bed in which experiences of recognised and verifiable value have materialised.

La Salle offers practical and innovative training in content and methodologies, with an advanced application of technology in business innovation. A training defined with the rigour and focus of a university. The infrastructures and technological laboratories allow students to develop real projects in professional environments and with real equipment. The teaching staff is made up of active professionals of recognised national and international prestige.

One of the key factors for the development of the Programmes are the people who join the programme: people selected according to curriculum criteria, with a desire to create heterogeneous groups in their academic, functional, sectorial and geographical dimensions, which will favour the enrichment of the group.

The result of the studies is the incorporation in the personal curriculum of a programme endorsed and prestigious by the group of previous graduates who occupy positions of responsibility in companies. Companies that value and seek out La Salle alumni for their knowledge, their values, their skills and their networking.

In addition, through the La Salle Innovation Park, the university maintains a clear, close and broad vision of the business world and the La Salle Business Creation area helps entrepreneurial students in the initial stages of creating new companies.

EAE Business School is an international higher education institution, belonging to Planeta Formación y Universidades, with a cutting-edge, innovative vision to tackle the challenges of the 21st Century. Over 80,000 students from more than 100 different countries have been taught at EAE by a faculty of more than 500 lecturers (35% international), the majority of whom combine their professional activity with their teaching. The School has international partnership agreements in place with leading institutions such as Babson College and UC Berkeley Extension, among others.

Within the framework of its commitment to its students’ professional development, this year, EAE Business School has processed 2,000 job offers, thanks to our network of partner companies. These figures have enabled EAE to increase the employability rate of its students and the ROI of its Masters, which has led to recognition in the international Bloomberg and QS rankings.

Planeta Formación y Universidades, the international higher education network of Grupo Planeta, owns twenty-two education institutions in Spain, Andorra, France, Italy, Northern Africa, the USA and Colombia. Each year, over 135,000 students from 100 different countries study at its business schools, universities, specialist higher education colleges and professional training centers.

Deusto Business School is the business school of the University of Deusto. In 2016 it celebrated its first centenary, making it the earliest business school in Spain. With campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastian and also located in Madrid, it is a benchmark for business leaders’ training.

Deusto Business School covers all stages of management education: undergraduate, postgraduate, executive education and in-company training.

Deusto Business School shows a strong practical orientation throughout all its different programmes, nurtures a very close relationship with the business world and enhances firm commitment to internationalization, by building tight ties that translate into numerous student and faculty exchanges as well as joint programmes with European and American universities.

It currently holds two international accreditations: AACSB and AMBA.

Programmes such as the EIBM (Master in European & International Business Management) have emerged as a result of international collaborations. Organized jointly with Audencia (Nantes Ecole de Management - France) and Bradford School of Management (UK), it is structured in three academic periods, each of them taught at one of the three schools, and delivered in Spanish, French and English.

The EMBA (Executive MBA) includes intensive stays at INSEAD (Fontainebleau) and Fordham University, in addition to the teaching modules in Bilbao and San Sebastian.

The academic offer covers a broad range of options depending on the duration, focus and specialization of each of the masters and programmes.

Among the official master's degrees, the Master in Human Resources, the Master in Auditing, the Master in International Business and the Master in Management stand out.

Within the executive education area, programmes such as the PEDF (Executive Programme in Financial Management), or the PDG, as well as those related to health management and innovation are highly demanded.

The in-company unit designs programmes tailored to the specific needs of the companies and trains over 1,500 professionals every year in areas as diverse as strategy, finance, management skills, etc.

The main lines of reference that permeate all the educational offer and the knowledge transfer activities are: excellence in learning, humanistic leadership for transformation, entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness; as well as connection with the business, social and institutional ecosystem.

And behind it... the strength of a powerful network of alumni: over 20,000 professionals at relevant managing positions in national and international organisations. An important human capital actively involved in the development and activities of Deusto Business School.

EADA Business School is a private university foundation, an economically and ideologically independent institution. It was founded in Barcelona in 1957 by a group of businessmen and professionals with the aim of providing training services to the business community.

EADA offers MBA, EMBA and specialised Master's programmes. In the field of Executive Education, EADA offers general management programmes and programmes designed for the functional areas of the company, including training aimed at the different economic sectors.

Since its foundation, EADA has maintained a permanent link with the business world through the group of associated companies, by offering tailor-made training through the EADA Corporate department, and the participation of leading professionals as speakers at conferences, seminars and forums.

Since its foundation, EADA has maintained a permanent link with the business world through the group of associated companies, by offering tailor-made training through the EADA Corporate department, and the participation of leading professionals as speakers at conferences, seminars and forums.

In order to offer the most appropriate training, the school is committed to experienced teaching staff, close to the business world, as well as an educational offer that includes the residential training centre that EADA has in the town of Collbató (40 km from Barcelona), which is a perfect combination of a hotel located in a setting of great beauty, and the most suitable facilities for outdoor training activities, as well as meeting rooms and all the necessary infrastructure for any outdoor training activity.

The main functions of the School of Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning at the Pontifical Comillas University are the promotion, management, and organization of courses, programs, and other activities designed for active professionals and anyone who wishes to approach university education at any point in their life.

IEB is a leading university center focusing on financial education in Spain and Ibero-America. Affiliated with Universidad Complutense and Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, it offers both undergraduate and master’s degrees, as well as Executive Programs in financial, legal, and economic areas, all of which hold top positions in national and international rankings. IEB boasts a vital Research Department and provides Personalized Business Training. Its methodology focuses on the study of real-life cases presented by a faculty of active professionals who hold key positions in the fields they teach, providing students with practical experience and a deep understanding of the realities within the profession.

In September 1982, the San Telmo Foundation, an independent non-profit institution, created an International Centre for the Improvement of Top Management of Public and Private Companies and Institutions with the academic support of IESE Business School: San Telmo Business School (formerly San Telmo International Institute).
Due to its permanent location in Malaga and Seville, and the development of its activities throughout the South of Spain, San Telmo Business School's priority objective is to serve the community closest to it geographically: its ultimate aim is the economic and business development of its areas of influence, through the training and executive development of businessmen and women. However, from the outset, this Business School has had a marked international vocation, with a special focus on Latin American and North African countries. San Telmo is currently active in a large number of countries, as well as in other parts of Spain to which it occasionally travels.

All San Telmo Business School programmes are designed with the idea of covering all segments of training in the business field, that is to say, from the further training of people with extensive experience who are already in senior management positions, to the training of young people with experience, many of whom will occupy positions of responsibility in the future. Since 1982, when the first Senior Management programme was held, more than thirteen thousand entrepreneurs and senior managers from private and public companies and institutions have completed a training or further training programme at San Telmo.

San Telmo Business School has its own teaching staff, whose main activities are teaching, research and advising companies and institutions. This faculty is complemented by the incorporation of visiting professors from various Business Schools, with special collaboration from IESE in Barcelona and other centres such as IPADE in Mexico, IAE in Argentina, MIT and Harvard Business School in the United States, or INSEAD in France.

In July 1990, San Telmo became a full member of the European
Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), an institution in which the main European Business Schools are represented; in October 1992 it joined the Latin American Council of Business Administration Schools (CLADEA). In addition, since April 2000, it has been a member of the Spanish Association of Representatives of Business Schools (AEEDE).

Universidad Loyola Andalucía is a Jesuit Higher Education institution. It began its activity in 2013 and has become a reference institution in the Spanish university system thanks to the academic results of its students, the high percentage of employability of its graduates, its considerable degree of internationalization and its research activities and projects. Universidad Loyola has started its eleventh academic year in September 2023 with a total of 5,670 undergraduate, postgraduate and executive students on its three campuses located in Seville, Córdoba and Granada.

Universidad Loyola is part of various national and international networks in the area of Business such as the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS) and is in the process of achieving AACSB international accreditation.

Loyola Leadership School, its graduate school offering Business Administration degrees, is located on the Seville Campus. It began operating in 2013 with 6 degrees and currently offers more than 20 individual degrees, in addition to various double itineraries and specialization diplomas whose objective is to achieve even more complete training for its students. Loyola Masters, within the lifelong training cycle, offers postgraduate and executive degrees in the areas of Business, Communication, Legal, Psychology, Engineering, Health, Education, Theology and Research.

The Business offering includes the official Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree in different formats, as well as official degrees such as the Master in Management with sector specialties. Among the executive programs, Loyola Leadership School has developed open programs, as well as customized in-company training courses.

Excellence, leadership, innovation, ethics, entrepreneurial spirit and joint work with companies, public administrations and institutions of all types are the principles that govern the activity of Loyola Leadership School.