ESADE MBA Review: Curriculum, Rankings, Fees & Career Outcomes

ESADE MBA Review Overview

The path to career advancement starts with redefining your perspective. With our program, you will be prepared to take on executive roles, drive industry change, and create lasting value in both business and society.  

Here, you’ll embrace innovative leadership, master new technologies, and develop a bold, future-focused vision. The journey starts with rethinking paradigms and ends with you becoming a leader who drives impactful change across industries.

The future is waiting for leaders like you—ready to step up, stand out, and make a difference.

Let's deep dive into ESADE MBA Review.

Reasons to Choose the Esade MBA

Employment Report

• 97% of graduates changed either function, sector, and location

• 91% of graduates found a job 3 months upon graduation

• 59% of participants found a job outside their home country

• 40% of graduates had triple career change (function, sector, and location)

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Curriculum

Year 1

Year 2 - Deepen your knowledge and sharpen your focus

Your MBA Journey

Customize Your MBA

Ready to change direction or launch a venture fast? The ESADE MBA adapts to your goals. You don’t need to lock in your final course length until end of Term 3 (around April/May). Regardless of format, all students start together, graduate together, and complete 90 ECTS.

Choose your track:

• 12 months — Academics - Intensive, classroom-focused path to finish fast and re-enter the market quickly.

  
  

• 15 months — Academics + Internship or Exchange - Add either hands-on work experience or an international exchange for extra exposure.

  
  

• 18 months — Academics + Internship + Exchange - Maximize immersion with both a professional internship and a global exchange.

Program Objectives

The Esade MBA challenges you to become a creactivist — a creative activist, entrepreneurial leader, mold-breaker, and trailblazer. In short, a leader of positive and lasting change.

Through our curriculum, you will:

1. Master Global Diversity - Experience, understand, and manage the diversity inherent in global activities and interactions.

   
   

2. Gain Core Management Expertise - Understand the foundations of different management disciplines and integrate both theoretical and practical knowledge.

   
   

3. Lead Responsibly - Become a responsible leader aware of the values and impact of decisions — committed to building a fairer society, fostering diversity and inclusion, and contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

   
   

4. Embrace Collaborative Leadership - Develop an open, integrative, and partnership-based leadership style to succeed in complex, cross-functional, and cross-organizational contexts.

   
   

5. Challenge the Status Quo - Cultivate critical thinking to identify, analyze, and synthesize complex situations, preparing you to question assumptions and drive change.

   
   

6. Innovate for Impact - Generate new ideas and perspectives to create novel products, services, business models, and social or environmental solutions.

   
   

7. Communicate with Influence - Apply advanced communication techniques to align, mobilize, engage, and persuade diverse audiences and stakeholders.

Admissions

This looks like an official statement from Esade about their non-discrimination policy and a visa advisory for international students.

• The first part emphasizes equal opportunity: Esade assures that no candidate will face discrimination during the admissions process based on personal or demographic factors.

  
  

• The second part is a practical note for international students: If you require a visa to study in Spain, you must apply at least 60 days before your course starts (due to new immigration regulations). Hence, they recommend beginning the admission process early and scheduling your visa appointment quickly.

Application Calendar

*Note - Deadlines changes with respect to school , click here for updated

Online MBA Application

We deliberately limit the number of places on our MBA program to ensure that your Esade Business School experience is focused and personalized. As a result, competition for places is intense. Apply early by completing our online MBA application form.

Once you are logged in, follow the instructions that appear and please remember that your application will not be considered by our admissions team until all requested documents have been submitted. Your application should reflect your own experiences, motivations, and accomplishments, so please give us as much information as possible in order to boost your candidacy.

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Fees & Financing

Esade MBA Fees & Expenses (September 2025 Intake)

*The tuition covers tuition, course materials, on-campus IT services, library services, and more.

Dual MBA – Esade & Peking University Guanghua School of Management

Esade Need-based Scholarships

Esade Need-based Scholarships are available to candidates who demonstrate both talent and financial need. The Esade Scholarship Committee will assess applicants based on their talent and financial need criteria.

We expect candidates to have an above-average Admissions Test score. The financial circumstances of family households will be evaluated and supporting economic documents will be required.

Financial aid is open to all applicants once admitted to the MBA Program. These scholarships cover from 50% to 85% of the MBA tuition fee. There is a limited number of scholarships available.

Need-based Scholarships are not compatible with other prizes or awards granted by Esade.

Application Process for MBA Need-Based Scholarship

We expect candidates to have an above-average Admissions Test Score.

Financial need of family household will be evaluated and supporting economic documents required.

Financial aid is open to all applicants once admitted to the MBA Program. These awards cover from 50% to 85% of the MBA tuition fee. Number of Scholarships available is limited.

For additional information: 

• Download the Need-based Scholarships information

  
  

• Application form (Candidates must be admitted to the Programme to apply for a Need-based Scholarship)

Careers

The diverse, dynamic environment of the Esade Full-Time MBA accelerates your professional growth, revealing a world of opportunities.

Among the Class of 2024, 97% of participants transformed their careers by changing their function, location, or sector—36% achieving a triple shift, and 50% securing roles internationally. Whether you start with a clear career path or a broad vision, the program’s extensive reach opens doors to more impactful, high-level opportunities than you ever imagined.

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