Key facts
  • Consult the following for a selection of basic data on ESADE:
  • Most relevant dates

  • 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

  • Campus

  • Barcelona

    Madrid

    Buenos Aires

    Sant Cugat

    29.475 m2

    2.500 m2

    1.487 m2

    46.600 m2


  • Student body
  • University Programmes: 3,073
    Business School: 5,454
    Executive Language Center: 3,190

    "76% of ESADE's full-time MBA students are non-Spanish
    and represent 31 countries."
  • Faculty and Staff


  • 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


    "The ESADE faculty is distinguished for its
    diverse and international profile"
  • International Accreditation


  • 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).