International MBA

English
11 months
September
Full time
+ 3 years
€43,000
  • MBA - Practical, active and participatory
  • MBA - Become a Leader of the Future
  • MBA - Go international
  • MBA - Develop the leader in you

The EADA MBA

We are committed to a personalised approach to learning, from regular one-to-one meetings with the director to individual executive coaching sessions. EADA’s methodology is based on small classes and active participation, encouraging feedback and personal follow-up.

The extensive experience of MBA faculty ensures real-world relevance and a strong pedagogical model promotes critical thinking and sound analytical skills. In the classroom, participants from all over the world share different experiences, backgrounds and interests, preparing them to succeed in a globalised world.

The unique MBA executive leadership development programme takes place over several modules in our Residential Training Centre. EADA is the only European business school with a campus specially designed to optimise your leadership skills through outdoor training, role plays and team-building activities.

Tailor the MBA to your specific background and future goals

Sustainability & Business Impact

  • Take the wheel
  • Get informed
  • Put into practice
  • Determine your future

Structured Finance & Private Equity

  • Dive deep into analysis
  • Get strategic
  • Succeed in new ventures
  • Go international

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Innovation is a Mindset

Innovation is not a choice and is a core of our programme. You will develop your innovative mindset throughout different modules and challenges designed to shape your mind to drive and forecast change.

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Inspirational Leadership & Empowerment

EADA's Leadership campus provides high impact, lasting learning in a unique dedicated campus. Discover and grow the leader in you at your fullest potential.

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Sustainability & Business Impact

We firmly believe in responsible leadership and business with a positive impact. Sustainability is a core pillar of the MBA and the school. From being one of the best MBA in the world, to one of the best MBA for the world.

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Grow Internationally

Multicultural study environment in Barcelona combined with a business trip to an Innovation hub in Asia and the exchange programme of your choice. Diversity of perspectives is a trigger for innovation and the base of an effective international network.

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Boutique learning experience

Small class size and personalized follow up makes the difference in your learning experience.  Exchange ideas, receive feedback and monitorize your growth in a school where each participant matters.

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Hack your dream career

With a business-centred curriculum, regular networking opportunities, dedicated MBA career advisor and recruiting events with top companies, it is no wonder that 93% of graduates are working after 3 months.

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Best business practices

Get your hands dirty through simulations, projects with real companies, interaction with industry experts and delivering your solutions to real life business problems. Time to be challenged, bring your insights and learn from others.

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Customize your MBA

Become an expert with a clear added value in your future career thanks to specialized paths of development. Gain insights into best business practices from leading professionals in Finance or Sustainability.

Dates and timetable

Format: Face-to-face in Barcelona, Spain

Start: September

Timetable: Monday - Friday, full time (General schedule with exceptions)

The core of the EADA MBA: innovation, leadership & impact

The EADA MBA creates next-generation professionals who can innovate at the drop of a hat and inspire others to do the same -- all while ensuring a competitive advantage through sustainable practices. We believe that these skills sets are fundamental for the leaders of tomorrow, and you will grow in each of these areas through our carefully designed curriculum and strategy-building challenges.

 

Run with the best

EADA offers the only top-ranked, internationally-accredited MBA in the Barcelona city centre. We don't like to toot our own horn, but we have consistently placed among the top MBA's worldwide - and that's just a fact.

The Economist

56 th

in the world


12 th

MBA in Europe

 

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94 th

MBA in the world*


24 th

in the world in career progress


30 th

Business schools in Europe - 2023 | based on MBA, MiM & Executive Education

 

* Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2024

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Among 29 Transforming Schools
(level 4)

Best Business Schools FOR The World Rating

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1st in Spain
19th worldwide

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Focus on Innovation: think beyond the box

Innovation is no longer an option, it is a requirement. But making a product or service better doesn't happen overnight - and it doesn't happen without a rigorous understanding of the key concepts that have proven successful and stood the test of time. 

The EADA MBA content takes a deep dive into concepts like market disruption, accelerated design thinking, the lean start-up methodology and global trends in tech and digital transformation, preparing you to make your mark in the future of business across sectors. Plus plenty of chances to put your new knowledge into practice, with bootcamps, conferences and challenges.

 

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CORPORATE INNOVATION CHALLENGE

During this experiential learning initiative, you work through a mini-case together with the top professionals who lived it, identifying the strategies that lead to disruptive innovation and how to promote them in your team.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOTCAMP 

Find out if you have what it takes to launch your innovative idea in the market. Develop and pitch an idea that addresses one of the pressing challenges of the global community today.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRIP TO SINGAPORE

See innovation in action in Singapore -- the perfect city to analyse the benefits and challenges surrounding innovation, hosting a diverse ecosystem of companies experimenting with new ways to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

 

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Focus on Leadership: inspire your team

Rome wasn't built in a day, and it wasn't built by one person, either. At EADA, we are committed to building up your skills and knowledge to make you a well-rounded professional with both the hard skills and the soft skills to succeed. From a specially designed executive leadership programme to challenges devoted to key competencies, you learn about yourself to be able to lead others better.

In the EADA MBA, you become an expert in the development and implementation of strategies that sustain competitive advantage by building relationships and gaining buy-in from stakeholders. Your soft skills are key in this process, and you develop the confidence, flexibility and creative problem-solving skills to leverage strengths and work through areas of improvement.

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

EADA is a pioneer in the field of leadership, with our own leadership development campus providing high impact, lasting learning by pushing you out of your comfort zone. You develop an action plan that is your guide for personal and professional development. 

THE NEGOTIATION WEEK

The Negotiation Week develops the attitudes, behaviours, and analytical and decision-making skills that you need to become a successful negotiator. Together with your classmates, you take part in a team-based negotiation competition incorporating a wide range of activities.

EXECUTIVE COACHING

Through dynamic coaching sessions, you identify and define objectives, discover new resources and approaches, establish workplace action plans, generate bold insights and perspectives, and align your efforts. Your coach is your partner in pushing your growth potential and making your ideas come to life.

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MBA Responsible Management 1

Focus on Impact: make change happen

Our graduates are a powerful force for shaping the future, and we are committed to a bold vision of tomorrow that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable for all.

At EADA, you learn the tools to imagine –and build– a future in which sustainability and integrity are prevailing principles that form part of every decision in every department of every organisation. You are at the centre of the drive to harness innovation and leverage the capacities of global business to support economic growth while reducing pressures on the environment and taking into account social and governance impact.

You join the future generation of leaders motivating others to lead ethically and accelerate change towards a more sustainable, value-driven world

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A WELL-ROUNDED VISION

Our holistic approach trains you to anticipate future challenges in business, and to initiate change in an innovative and ethical manner. You are challenged to actively contribute to the international conversation on sustainability and champion ethics and integrity.

A SENSE OF COMMUNITY 

As a non-profit foundation and an active member of the community, EADA is driven by the principles of inclusion, sustainability and transparency. EADA is committed to connecting you, the student, to the wider community. Throughout the year, you are invited to take part in initiatives with a positive social and environmental impact such as food drives, charity events and disaster relief efforts.

A GENERATOR OF KNOWLEDGE

EADA believes that innovative research into sustainable business and ethical management is essential to creating the next generation of business leaders. As leaders in research, our faculty has the expertise to help you develop responsible management strategies and align them with specific social, environmental and economic sustainability goals.
 

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Programme Structure

Pre-Programme

Welcoming

  • Walking tour, online workshops and orientation sessions with our Student Relocation Provider (optional)

 

Orientation modules

  • Precourse in Accounting
  • Intro precourse to Statistics
  • Precourse Excel skills
  • Spanish language precourse (optional)

1st term

Core courses

  • Design Thinking
  • Disruptive Innovation
  • Financial Analysis for Managers
  • Market & Business Research
  • Introduction to Accounting
  • Marketing Management: Creating Sustainable Value
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Strategic Thinking: Analysis

Corporate Innovation Challenge

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Leadership Development Programme

  • Leading Oneself
  • Executive coaching sessions

 

2nd term

Core courses

  • Global Trends in Tech Innovation
  • Managing Digital Transformation
  • Strategic Digital Marketing
  • Financial Decision Making
  • Management Control
  • Operations & Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Human Resources Management
  • Strategic Thinking: Decision-making & Implementation
  • Valuation: Measurement & Management of Value
  • Geoeconomics and Geopolitics

International Business Trip to Singapore

Leadership Development Programme

  • Leading Teams
  • Leading Across the Organisation
  • Executive coaching sessions

3rd term

Core courses

  • Business Simulation

Paths of Development (specialisations)

  • Sustainability & Business Impact
  • Structured Finance & Private Equity

 

Leadership Development Programme

  • Leading In Society
  • Executive coaching sessions

Final Business Project pitches and report

4th term (optional)

Post-Programme

Exchange module abroad (optional)

One term abroad in one of more than 25 partner schools in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe Participants applying to take part in the exchange programme must complete the admission process (in some cases including GMAT, TOEFL, etc.) with the participating school.

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Paths of Development in the 3rd term

With the EADA MBA, you get the best of both worlds: a general business overview followed by the opportunity to choose a strategic specialisation of 140 hours in the third trimester. Your specialisation allows you to focus on a particular area of interest and tailor the MBA to your specific background and future goals.

 

Sustainability & Business Impact

Become a leader in the new paradigm of sustainability by joining the corporations and entrepreneurs that have emerged as essential change agents in this worldwide transformation. Gain the skillset, knowledge and tools to lead the impact economy and develop a thriving professional career in the emerging field of sustainability.

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TAKE THE WHEEL

Identify the sustainability challenges on a global level and respond proactively

 

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GET INFORMED

Analyse the guiding principles of the new sustainable paradigm in business

 

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PUT IT INTO PRACTICE

Apply key sustainable business concepts, frameworks and tools across sectors
 

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DETERMINE YOUR FUTURE

Lead and manage sustainable transformation in organisations around the world
 

Structured Finance & Private Equity

Increase your understanding of the finance and private equity industry on a global scale. This is arguably one of the most exciting industry sectors globally, with South American and European private equity financiers experiencing significant growth - this Path of Development will prepare you to succeed.

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DIVE DEEP INTO ANALYSIS

Analyse investment and financing decisions
 

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GET STRATEGIC

Plan market entry strategies and perform risk management techniques
 

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SUCCEED IN NEW VENTURES

Explore opportunities for entrepreneurs: leveraged buyouts and management buyouts
 

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GO INTERNATIONAL

Compare international strategy and risk management
 

EADA reserves the right to make changes to the schedule and the courses offered during the programme. The destinations and institutions of the international business trip are subject to change.

 

Participants who successfully complete the programme will receive the degree "International MBA" from EADA Business School. Participants with an undergraduate degree that is officially recognised in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) or equivalent are also eligible for the university degree "Máster Universitario en Gestión Empresarial Especialidad en Gestión Empresarial Internacional" (Master in Business Management specialisation in International Business Management) worth 60 ECTS from the Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Catalunya.

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