Admission process

The participants who are interested in joining ESADE's PhD on completing the Research Master in Management Sciences should apply in writing. The PhD Commission will assess their application in accordance with three criteria: the academic record of the candidate, the research skills demonstrated during the MRes and the affinities between the candidate and ESADE's lines of research.

Having successfully passed ESADE's Research Master in Management Sciences does not imply automatic admission to the PhD.

The average number of students admitted to the PhD is 10 per academic year.

Rest of candidates

Candidates who have taken their Research Master in an institution other than ESADE can access ESADE's PhD after successfully completing the following admission process: 

1. Submit your Admission Application

 To begin the process, you need to send Admissions the duly completed admission application.

2. Send us the required documentation

• Your university academic record
• Certificate of Language Proficiency
• GMAT or GRE score
• CV
• 2 letters of recommendation
• 4 recent passport-size photosPhotocopy of ID card or passport

3. Take an Admission test

You can choose between taking the GMAT or the GRE.

Both are tests which are held exclusively in English in any city of the world. Remember that on taking any of these tests you should indicate the code of ESADE's PhD so that they will send us your results direct:
 

• GMAT: 93M-3K-62
• GRE: 5761

4. Interview

You should have a personal or telephone interview as part of the admission process.