The ESADE MBA has been ranked #5 in the list of non-US international MBA programmes published every two years by the American business magazine Forbes. Moving up five places since the last edition, ESADE has obtained its best result yet in this classification. The list is published as part of the biennial Forbes MBA ranking, which rates programmes in three categories: top American MBAs, top one-year international MBAs and top two-year international MBAs. The Forbes rankings are based on the return on investment achieved by graduates five years after completion of the programme.

“This result consolidates ESADE’s position as one of the best schools in the world,” commented Luis Vives, Associate Dean of the Full-Time MBA at ESADE. “The assessment criterion applied in this ranking recognises that ESADE helps students advance in their careers and recover their investment in the MBA programme. We will continue to update and improve the programme, adapting to the changing needs of organisations and equipping ourselves to train leaders capable of thinking differently, going the extra mile and becoming creative activists for change. Now more than ever, the new MBA is forward-looking and strives to design a better future.”

The current MBA class at ESADE, which is set to graduate in 2019, consists of 187 students from more than 50 countries in Asia (32%), Latin America (30%), Europe (24%), North America (10%), the Middle East (3%) and Africa (1%). These students have an academic background in a wide range of fields, including economics and management (47%), engineering (31%), humanities and social sciences (6%), law (3%) and science (2%), and are focused on various functional areas: marketing and sales (32%), auditing (17%), general management (15%), operations and logistics (15%), and consulting (14%).