IE Business School is a graduate school located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1973 under the name Instituto de Empresa and since 2009 is part of IE University. IE Business School runs MBA, Executive MBA, master's degree programs in finance and management, executive education programs, PhD and DBA programs. Approximately 1,900 students from 90 countries undertake degree programs at IE each year. There are approximately 5,600 annual participants in the school's executive education programs. The school has offices in 28 countries and approximately 40,000 alumni residing in 102 countries.
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Programs
Master in Management
The Master in Management is for people with 0-2 years of work experience. It is a 10-month full-time program with two intakes (February and September) which can be extended to 13 months if the student wants to take part in the so-called Beyond Border Experience. During the third term, students study one of the following business specializations: International Business, Sales & Marketing or Digital Business. Students can also opt to do a Dual Specialization by doing an additional specialization, do an International Exchange program, or join the IE Venture Lab, i.e. undertake research or a consultancy project.
Masters in Finance
IE offers both pre and post-experience specialized masters in finance. The Master in Finance is a pre-experience, 10-month course designed by capital markets professionals with a practical approach to the subjects covered. The first two terms are dedicated to the core curriculum, which covers the key topics in finance. During the third term students choose elective courses.
Students can avail of preparation classes for the CFA Level I exam. IE Master in Finance students have five scholarships available per calendar year to enable them to take CFA level I, and five students are selected per annum to take part in the CFA Research Challenge. Students may participate in micro-finance projects in Ghana. Students have the option of going to New York with students from other Finance programs.
Ninety per cent of students in the MiF program are non-Spanish (from approximately 30 countries).
International MBA (IMBA)
IE's international full-time MBA was established in 1983. It runs for 12 months and has two intakes each year in the months of January and September. Each year, more than 600 IMBA students graduate in December and July respectively. The program is divided into four terms, two core, the Labs period and an elective along with a pre-program covering quantitative methods and financial accounting. The program has a flexibility for students to choose the Spanish version or an English version with electives in English or Spanish respectively. The IMBA November 2012 intake consisted of 92% international students and 68 nationalities with an average work experience of 5 years. Students can choose from around 80-100 electives during the elective period as well as a broad set of alternative offerings such as Consulting Projects with a Corporate Partner for the Business Impact Lab, Business Accelerator for Start-Up Lab, International Exchange Programs, Internships and Volunteering Projects.
Global Executive MBA
The Global Executive MBA Program at IE is a blended program which combines online periods with onsite modules in Spain, China, USA and Brazil. In addition to traditional MBA components, the program has a special focus on Asian markets, sustainable development, and the liberal arts.
The Global Executive MBA Program runs for 13 months, and the average age of participants is 37 years old. The average class size is 32 students, comprising typically 20 nationalities.
Executive MBA
The Executive MBA has a duration of 15 months and is offered in two different formats, both combining residential modules with interactive online classes. It consists of five building blocks: Soft skills, Hard skills, Networking, Career Management and Entrepreneurship.
Global MBA
The Global MBA delivers a learning experience which combines interactive online teaching via video conferences and debate forums, with short face-to-face periods at the IE Campus in Madrid. The Global MBA runs for 15 months and the average age of participants is 30 years old.
Doctoral programs
IE Business School has both Ph.D. and DBA programs. The Ph.D. and DBA programs are very similar in content but the DBA program focuses more on the application of academic research to practice of business whereas a Ph.D. focuses more on the development of new theories relating to the practice of business. IE Business School accepts a maximum of 15 DBA students per year; the average intake is 5 students. The director of the Ph.D. program is Professor Angel Díaz Matalobos.
Executive education
Approximately 5,600 participants attend open and in-company programs at IE Business School each year.
The English edition of the Advanced Management Program (AMP) was created in 2003, and the Global Senior Management Program (GSMP) in 2004. The GSMP is a joint venture with the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Notable faculty
- Eduard Punset Casals - Innovation and technology professor, lawyer and economist
- Enrique Dans - PhD. - Innovation and technology professor, Blogger
- Martín Varsavsky - Argentine entrepreneur, author and professor
- Juan José Güemes - Former Politician, General Secretary of Tourism 2000-2003, Madrid Councilor for Employment 2003-2007, Madrid Health Councilor 2007-2010, accused by Spanish daily El Confidencial of breach of ethics for later working for a company that had previously benefited from privatization while he was the Madrid Health Councillor He resigned immediately stating in a subsequent article in Spain's ABC newspaper that he wanted to remove all possibility of criticism of conflict of interest in order to continue to promote collaboration between public and private sector organizations.
Campus
IE Business School is centrally situated in Madrid's financial district (Barrio de Salamanca). The IE campus currently occupies a total surface area of some 28,000 m2 distributed amongst 17 buildings along and near Calle Maria de Molina (between metro stations Gregorio Marañón and Avenida de America).
References
External links
- IE Business School Main Website
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