Esade Executive MBA in global top 10 according to QS
QS, the publisher of the TopMBA and TopUniversities web portals, ranks the Esade Executive MBA 9th best in the world and 7th best in Europe thanks particularly to the results of this programme in the sphere of international diversity and gender, where it came in 2nd in the world, and its reputation amongst employers which ranks 6th in the world. QS highlights Esade’s close links to the business world in response to its need for executives well prepared to lead the fourth industrial revolution.
In the words of Luis Vives, deputy dean of Esade programmes, "This result is a great acknowledgement of our innovative, disruptive education model that enables executives to adapt to today’s exceptional circumstances and become leaders with a global mindset able to take initiatives, engender trust and find solutions to current challenges in a landscape of uncertainty”. “All this is possible,” added Vives, “thanks to the knowledge and skills that the Esade Executive MBA gives their participants, enabling them, amongst other things, to improve their analytical skills and decision taking, increase the success of their problem solving and maximise their teamworking abilities.”
The Esade Executive MBA is taught in a weekly or monthly format, and in Spanish and English. The last of its four modules enables participants to personalise the programme by choosing from more than 50 optional subjects taught at Esade and network of 17 business schools on 5 continents, including UCLA Anderson School of Management, Coller School of Management (Israel) and Fundaçao Dom Cabral (Brazil).
The programme is based on the smart learning method, a combination of different teaching practices that not only ensures all-round skill development during the 20-month programme but also offers the possibility of taking additional subjects during the five years after the end of the programme, thanks to Esade’s commitment to lifelong learning.
Spearheading classroom diversity and career advancement
Classroom diversity at Esade places second in the QS world ranking, a reflection of the wide variety of profiles graduating each year. Specifically, Esade Executive MBA students this year have an average age of 35 and ten years’ experience, 35% are women and 65%, hombres. They hail from 34 countries, and 50% are in industry (food, construction, energy, pharmaceuticals, chemical, machinery, metallurgy, telecommunications, textiles, transport and logistics) and the other 50% in the service sector (banking, consulting, distribution / department stores, insurance and financial services).
Another aspect of the Esade Executive MBA highlighted in the QS ranking is its reputation amongst internationals: the programme ranks 6th best in the world. “We are extremely proud of our international reputation, thanks to the work of the Esade Careers team,” added Vives. On programmes like the Executive MBA, it is essential to support participants’ career advancement and for participants to work towards their professional goals. Esade Careers runs a wide range of activities from specific training workshops, to advisory sessions and networking with companies”.
It is particularly noteworthy that 75% of last year’s Esade Executive MBA graduates had changed jobs, been promoted or set up a company one year after graduation. According to a recent survey, they attribute these achievements to the knowledge and skills acquired during the programme in the realms of strategic vision (90.7%), management skills (67.4%), finance (53.5%), marketing and sales (44.2%), business development (41.9%) and decision taking (39.5%).
