Business School Profiles

IESE Business School

Phone:	+34 93 253 4200
Email:	mbainfo [at] iese.edu
Address:	Avenida Pearson, 21 08034 Barcelona

Rankings

Businessweek	9
Financal Times	12
Economist Intelligence Unit	2

Class Profile

Number of enrolled	458
Gender	Female: 28 % / Male: 72%
Years of work experience	4
Average age	27
International Students	80 %
North America	16%
Asia / South Pacific	19%
Eastern Europe / Central Asia	3%
Europe	44%
Central / South America	12%
Africa	1%
Oceania	1%

Admissions

Deadlines	October 26, 2009
Early decision	No
GMAT	Middle 80% range 620-730

Application Requirements

Undergraduate Degree	Yes
GMAT/GRE	GMAT
TOEFL	TOEFL or TOEIC or Cambridge Certificate of Profici
Recommendations	2
Transcripts	Yes
Interview	Required
Application Fee	$130 through The Princeton Review/Embark

Program Cost

Tuition	67.900 euros
Food	160 euros
Insurance	50 euros
housing	650 euros
Transportation	70 euros

Intro

IESE Business School has a proven track record of innovation. It was the first school in Europe to establish a two-year MBA and the first in the world to offer a bilingual MBA. Today, IESE has secured its position as a top business school globally, with campuses in Barcelona and Madrid, and pioneering activities in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States.

Our mission is to transform business and society through management education and leadership development, creating a better world by growing better leaders: people with big aspirations and a spirit of service, equipped with the skills and capabilities to make a positive difference.

IESE and its general management MBA provide a cross-cultural learning environment: one that transforms inspires and impacts your future.

Learning Style

The first year of the MBA program is divided into three sections, each comprising 70 students. The sections are equal in all aspects, except one section will have classes in Spanish and English while the other two will have classes in English only. In the third semester of the first year, students have the option to change sections. This allows for integration of all students during the first year. During the second year of the program, students choose elective courses, thus interacting with all students.

During the Admissions Process interview, candidates will be able to speak to admissions representatives regarding their section preference. The Admissions Committee reserves the right to assign students to a specific section, although student preference will be largely taken into account.

Curriculum

FIRST YEAR: BUILDING A FOUNDATION				SUMMER TERM	SECOND YEAR: DEFINING OBJECTIVES
Pre-Term	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3		Term 1	Term 2
September	October-December	January-March	April-June	June-September	October-December	January-May
Intensive Spanish*	Analysis of Business Problems	Managerial Accounting	Leading Organizations: Systems, Values & Ethics	Corporate Internship Program	Electives**	Electives**
Career Planning	Decision Analysis	Marketing Planning and Implementation	Global Economics		International Exchange Program
	Financial Accounting	Operational Finance	Transforming Organizations and Markets with ICTs
	Capital Markets	Operations Management	Operations Strategy
	Marketing Management	Managerial Communications	Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Management
	Managing People in Organizations	Quantitative Methods for Management	Corporate Finance
	Business Spanish*	Competitive Strategy	Business Spanish*
		Business Spanish*
Global Economics The objective of this course is to provide a conceptual framework for understanding the international economy from a managerial point of view. Using different countries' economic policies, political and institutional analysis is developed conjointly with a study of economics. The case method is used to apply this knowledge. A series of cases analyzes the economic situation in various countries within the context of the international economy.

International Perspective

Each year, around 60 IESE MBA students are selected on a competitive basis to spend the first semester of the second year at one of the schools listed below. The chance to supplement our MBA program in Barcelona with a semester at a top business school in another country provides an additional challenge, as well as valuable academic and networking opportunities.