Esade (Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses) is an international private educational institution based in Barcelona, Spain. Esade runs two schools of the university, Esade Business School and Esade Law School, as well as a language centre, the Esade Executive Language Center.[2] The school has also formed a strategic alliance with Ramon Llull University in its undergraduate programmes in Law and Business. ESADE is ranked among the world's top business schools and law school programs by the Financial Times, The Economist, Forbes, QS World University Rankings and more.

Esade
Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses
MottoDo good. Do better
TypePrivate
Established1958; 66 years ago (1958)
DeanJosep Franch Bullich (Esade Business School) Eduardo Berché Moreno (Esade Law School) David Dinwoodie (Esade Executive Education)
DirectorKoldo Echebarria
Academic staff
307 [1]
Administrative staff
379 [1]
Students10,600 (Business & Law, 2017)[1]
Location, ,
41°23′29″N 2°06′42″E / 41.39139°N 2.11167°E / 41.39139; 2.11167
WebsiteEsade

History edit

 
Building 3 at Esplugues avenue

The Esade project was conceived in the spring of 1954 by a group of Spanish professionals and entrepreneurs who later founded the university. The school signed an agreement with the Jesuits (Societas Iesu) in October 1958 and started offering its first academic programs in a small building in the district of Sant Gervasi, Barcelona.[3]

In 1958, Esade was ultimately founded. Two years later, in 1960, executive education programmes were introduced. In 1964 the college's MBA programme was established. A year later, in 1965, ESADE's Barcelona campus (Av. Pedralbes) opened (Building I), as well as the Executive Language Centre. In 1993, Esade Law School opened. In 2001, the school inaugurated its campus in Madrid (Chamartín). In 2009 Esade opened a new campus in Sant Cugat (Barcelona) as well as Esade Creapolis, a technology park based on open innovation and situated on the new Sant Cugat campus.[3]

Today Esade's campuses, if the premises in both Madrid and Barcelona are included, cover an area of 30,000m2.

Esade Creapolis edit

 
EsadeCreapolis

Esade Creapolis is a joint venture between Esade, a consortium of Spanish financial institutions, local government institutions and business associations. The organisation manages a technology and innovation park on the Esade campus in Sant Cugat, Barcelona. It is an open innovation centre promoted by Esade business school, where companies, students, the academic community and scientists come together intending to promote both creativity and innovation. Between 2005 and 2008 Esade Creapolis invested €70 Million in its facilities in Sant Cugat[4] and has since become home to various startups.

International Rankings edit

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS - World University Ranking for Master's in Management[5](MSc in Management) - 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 6th 8th
QS - World University Ranking for Master's in Finance[6](MSc in Finance) - 6th 7th 10th 11th 14th 15th 15th
QS - World University Ranking for Master's in Business Analytics[7](MSc in Business Analytics) - - 5th 7th 8th 9th 12th 18th
QS - World University Ranking for Master's in Marketing[8](MSc in Marketing Management) - - 4th 7th 4th 6th 6th 6th
Financial Times - Master's in Management[9] 8th 11th 11th 14th 16th 16th 8th -
Financial Times - Master's in Finance[10] 13th 14th N.A. 18th 15th 18th N.A. -
QS - Global MBA[5] N.A. 17th 13th 17th 13th 13th 17th 19th

Notable alumni edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Annual Report ESADE Foundation 2016-2017" (PDF). ESADE Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "List of Triple-Accredited Business Schools (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) 2021".
  3. ^ a b "ESADE History". ESADE. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ^ "ESADE Creapolis invests €70 Million in Sant Cugat del Vallès". 2005-10-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  5. ^ a b "QS Business Master's Rankings 2023: Management".
  6. ^ "QS Business Master's Rankings 2023: Finance".
  7. ^ "QS Business Master's Rankings 2023: Business Analytics".
  8. ^ "QS Business Master's Rankings 2023: Marketing".
  9. ^ "Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com". rankings.ft.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com". rankings.ft.com. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  11. ^ Feldman, Amy (4 October 2019). "HP's New CEO Enrique Lores Will Steer A Smaller Printer Company". Forbes. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

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