1958   ESADE Founded
1960   Executive program created
1964   MBA program begun
1965   Language school opened
1993   Law school opened
2003   Madrid campus expanded
2003   Buenos Aires (Argentina) campus inaugurated
2007   ESADE's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2008-2009 ESADE's new CREAPOLIS campus

Total number of professors: 1,215
> Full-time professors: 114
> Part-time professors: 13
> Lecturers: 87
> Visiting professors from world-renowned business institutions: 46
> Academic Assistants: 644
> Honorary Professors: 8
> Executive Language Center Professors: 66
> Guest speakers: 237 

Countries of origin: 33

AACSB International: ESADE is the first business school in Spain and the seventh in Europe to receive this prestigious recognition from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business honoring the excellence of ESADE management training programs.

EQUIS: ESADE is recognized by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), and is the first school in Spain - and one of the very first in Europe - to be awarded accreditation by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).


AMBA: ESADE MBA programs have received world-wide recognition from the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

• European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
• European Business Ethics Network (EBEN)
• Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN)
• AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
• Latin American Council of Schools of (CLADEA)
• European Doctoral Programs Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA)
• European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Management (EUDOKMA)
• International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS)
• Community of European Management Schools (CEMS)
• Partnership in International Management (PIM)
• The Association of MBAs (AMBA)
• European Academy for Business in Society (EABiS)
• Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
• Executive MBA Council (EMBAC)
• International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON)
• Themis

MBA

#1 Business School in the world
(The Wall Street Journal, September 2007)

#2 MBA in Europe and #14 in the World for its social and environmental approach
(Beyond Grey Pinstripes, October 2007) 

#4 Business School in Europe and #7 internationally
(BusinessWeek, October 2006)

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

#4 top Business School for Latin American enterprises
(BusinessWeek, October 2007)

#4 top Business School in Europe for Latin American companies
(América Economía, November 2007)

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES

#11 top European Master in Management
(Financial Times, September 2007)