Business schools in Barcelona

Barcelona University (Universitat de Barcelona)

The Department of Economics and Business:

One of the best and oldest universities in Spain

• Executive MBA;
• Full-time education, including evening classes;
• 1 academic year: October – September;
• perfect “price/quality” ratio – the cost of the program is 9600 euros;
• bilingual program: Spanish and English;
• average student’s age– 32 years old;
• minimal job experience for a candidate– 3 years;
• 65% of the students are men;
• curriculum includes: business activities, conferences, debates, case analyses, business plan development;
• 6 directions of the program: strategy and entrepreneurship, technologies and operations management, accounting, finances, marketing and general management.  

IESE Business School,

Navarra University

Campuses: Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York

Top business school of Barcelona: first position in the Spanish and international school rankings<

School Experience – 50 years

• МВА, Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA;
• 2-year program duration (including a module in New York) +summer internships;
• 43,000 graduates from 30 countries of the world;
• the total cost of the programs starts at 77,700 euros, with payment by installments;
• scholarship programs and students' credit programs;
• graduate employment rate is 90% within 3 months of the graduation date;
• average student’s age– 28 years old;
• 85% are foreign students;
• minimum job experience– 2 years.

ESADE Business School

Ramon Llull University:

One of the best business schools in Barcelona, Spain, and Europe

School Experience – over 50 years

The school is included in the top rankings of Financial Times, Business Week (USA), The Economist, América Economía, Forbes.com, CNNExpansión.com, and El Mundo.

• МВА, Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA, Multinational MBA;
• English and Spanish programs; bilingual programs;
• Program duration: 12,15,18 months;
• Program costs start at 61,700 euros;
• Scholarship programs, grants, students’ credit programs, and financial aid;
• minimum job experience– 2 years;
• over 56,000 graduates.

University of Pompeu Fabra (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

UPF Barcelona School of Management:

One of the best recently-founded state universities in Spain

• Executive MBA;
• Language of teaching – Spanish;
• Duration is one year and a half;
• Program cost is 27,600 euros;
• Average student’s age– 32 years old;
• Internships are not mandatory;
• 15 successful graduates of the program

ESERP Business School

Campuses: Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca

One of the oldest business schools in Barcelona and Spain, founded in 1881

• МВА, Online MBA, International MBA;
• Program duration: 9-15 months;
• Program cost is 11,920 euros;
• Programs in Spanish, English, and bilingual programs;
• 12th position among the Spanish business schools in the El Mundo ranking;
• minimum job experience from 4 years.

EAE Business School

Campuses: Barcelona and Madrid

One of the oldest business schools in Spain, operating in Barcelona since 1958

It is included in the list of the best 30 business schools in the world (ranking from América Economía).

• МВА, International MBA, Executive MBA, Global Executive MBA;
• 65,000 graduates;
• opportunity to spend a semester in New York at Pace University;
• more than 3,000 employment and internship opportunities with cooperating companies on an annual basis;
• job experience is from 2 years;
• 88% of students are foreign students;
• broad choice of scholarships and grants;
• opportunity to earn a double degree with the State Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya)

EADA Business School

One of the first business schools in Spain, operating in Barcelona since 1957

It is included on the list of the best business schools in Europe – position 24 (Financial Times).

It is included on the list of the top-100 business programs in the world (The Economist).

ЕМВА is included on the list of the top-100 business schools in the world (Financial Times).

•  МВА, International MBA, Global Executive MBA, Euro MBA;
• Programs in Spanish, English, and bilingual programs;
• Job experience is from 3 years;
• Program duration is between 10 and 21 months (for the programs of the mixed form of education);
• For the students of Global Executive MBA there is an opportunity to study in Spain, Germany, Brazil, India, and China;
• Programs’ cost begins at 35,800 euros;
• Numerous scholarship programs;
• Graduates' employment rate is 85% within 3 months of the graduation date;
• Mandatory international business trips.

EU Business School

Young, international business school of Barcelona

Campuses: Barcelona, Geneva, Munich

• МВА;
• Teaching is in English;
• Offers narrow MBA specializations: international business, communications and PR, international marketing, tourism, entrepreneurship, sports management, HR management, global banking and financial systems;
• opportunity to earn a double degree in the MBA with the University of Rockhampton (Great Britain);
• program cost is 5,500 euros per trimester+ 3,800 euros in administrative and application fees;
• program duration is 3 trimesters.

Global Business School

Young, dynamically developing business school in Barcelona with a global focus

• MBA;
• Teaching is in English;
• Offers narrow MBA specializations: international business, operational management, international finances, and entrepreneurship.
• Duration is 1 academic year;
• Program cost is 16,200 euros;
• International teaching environment.