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Customized corporate solutions for companies

Innovation and leadership with transformative impact

At Esade, we recognize that the sustainable success of an organization depends on its ability to align talent development with strategic objectives. Therefore, we design customized corporate training solutions that transform your teams, encourage innovation, and develop results-oriented leaders.

Customized training

Creation of exclusive programs that address the unique challenges facing your company and enhance the key skills needed to achieve its objectives.

Management and executive development programs

Advanced training that develops visionary leaders capable of managing change and creating significant impact within the organization. 

Advanced functional specialization

Modules that delve into strategic business areas to enhance performance and operational efficiency.

Esade Women. Female leadership with impact.

They are clear about their future and find their own path. As entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders, they lead with purpose in organizations and companies around the world. They are shaping the future by creating positive change.

They are women with impact. Women like you.

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A strategic approach: partnerships for talent development

  • Individual and group plans: we work with you to identify specific development needs, ensuring that each program aligns with short, medium, and long-term business goals.
  • Strategic alignment: to encourage cohesion and overall performance, we ensure that training plans address organizational challenges and the growth aspirations of internal talent.
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We are leading educational innovation for entrepreneurship and sustainability

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MBA programs for entrepreneurship, worldwide

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Best Executive Education, worldwide for Open Programs

Financial Times

#5

MBA in Europe

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+135

activities for entrepreneurs with more than 9,000 attendees.

+350

startups supported on the eWorks accelerator program.

83,000

Alumni, 74 international chapters, 12 territorial chapters, and 24 cross-club chapters.

Esade Executive Education, 5th best in the world

Esade Executive Education has consolidated its global leadership, reaching the top 5 position globally in terms of Open Programs, while its Custom Programs were ranked 11th, according to the Financial Times’ 2025 ranking. Esade’s Open Programs received an overall score of 9.76 out of 10 from participants, standing out as the 1st business school in the world in terms of guiding students after they graduate, the #2 in terms of acquiring new skills and #3 for faculty.

This recognition reflects Esade’s commitment to providing a transformative education, one that’s connected to the real challenges that companies and professionals face.

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  • Tomas Waisman

    Tomas Waisman

    Participant, Esade Fusion Point, CBI 2023 Program and Esade MBA student

    "As an MBA student, I was given the opportunity to create, together with a team of engineers and designers, a prototype that empowers individuals and governments to prevent air pollution and improve air quality. This project goes beyond finance and economics and shows how to understand and create dynamic systems and maximize sustainable benefits".

  • George Chondrakis

    George Chondrakis

    Director, EEI - Esade Entrepreneurship Institute

    “Entrepreneurship is an art and a science. We study entrepreneurship to identify the best practices and the startup configurations that are most likely to survive”.

  • Irene Unceta

    Irene Unceta

    Academic director of the Bachelor of Business Administration & Bachelor in Artificial Intelligence for Business

    “This new degree is a great opportunity to have the best of both worlds. You study the business aspects and therefore consider the impact of your job – while also focusing on developing more technical skills. It offers a unique balance between both”.

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Esade in the world’s top 5 for executive Open Programs once again says the Financial Times

Esade Executive Education consolidates its position as #5 in the world for executive Open Programs and #13 for corporate Custom Programs

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Esade reinforces its commitment to inclusive education through InvestEU-backed initiative with EIF and Quotanda

The agreement, signed by the European Investment Fund, Quotanda and eight leading European universities, education providers and non-profit organizations, will unlock up to €55 million in financing an...

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Ramon Laguarta, chairman of the board and CEO of PepsiCo: winner of 2026 Esade Award

The award will be presented to the Esade alumnus and PepsiCo CEO during the 30th Annual Esade Alumni Day – a gathering of Esade’s global alumni community on May 20 at L’Auditori

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