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IE Business School’s International MBA program is No. 3 in Europe and No. 8 worldwide according to the latest Financial Times ranking of MBA programs. The result of this latest ranking further consolidates IE Business School’s International MBA as the best in Spain.

This year 87% of IE Business School’s International MBA is made up of international students from 76 countries, making the School’s student body one of the most diverse in the wold. The School continues to strengthen its commitment to a global environment with programs like the IE Brown Executive MBA, an innovative blend of management and humanities run jointly with Brown University. Launched last year, the IE Brown Executive MBA is geared to directors with more than 10 years of experience in management, combining IE’s strength in the field of business management with the recognition of Ivy League member Brown University as an international leader in humanistic, social and scientific disciplines. The English-taught program comprises online sessions with 5 residential periods held in Madrid and Providence (US).

The Financial Times ranking comprises 21 categories that refer to both the institution and alumni. They include data like the international outreach of each school and its programs, the extent to which expectations are met, the weighted salaries of alumni three years after graduation, the percentage of women faculty and students, the percentage of international professors and professors with a PhD, and levels of research.

Youth Incorporated  magazine placed IE University No. 37 worldwide and No. 9 in Europe. IE University also holds the No. 10 position for innovation in teaching methodologies. IE University and Pompeu Fabra University (No. 98), are the only two Spanish universities that made it in the ranking.

IE University has achieved the No. 9 position in Europe and No. 37 worldwide in a ranking of universities “Education Times & Youth Inc Global University Rankings 2011”drawn up by Youth Incorporated Magazine and Times of India Education Times supplement, which has one of the world’s largest circulations. The survey also places IE University among the top ten universities worldwide in terms of innovation in teaching methodologies. .

The ranking is based on a survey conducted in 500 centers of education in 30 countries. Participants include students, recruiters, and professors, who evaluated the key factors in university education, including levels of diversity among the student body and faculty, work opportunities after graduation, campus facilities, financial aid, innovation, international exchanges, and the level of satisfaction among students. One of the features of the ranking is that it contrasts the opinion of universities and their students with that of leading international recruiters who intend to recruit from them in the future.

The first three places in this global ranking are held by US universities Harvard, Stanford and MIT. IE University holds the No. 37 position worldwide with a score of 93.6 out of 100, and the No. 1 position in Spain. The other Spanish university that made it into the top 100 is Pompeu Fabra University, at No.98.  Read more…

IE Business School’s Executive MBA program has been ranked 4th worldwide and 1st in Europe in BusinessWeek’s latest ranking of Executive MBA programs.

IE Business School runs Executive MBA programs in several formats to meet the specific needs of different executive profiles. In addition to the onsite version, the School’s Executive MBA program portfolio includes blended versions that combine onsite and online learning available in both English and Spanish versions. These programs include the International Executive MBA, and the recently launched IE Brown Executive MBA, aimed at senior managers with a markedly international profile, with a student body that currently comprises students from 14 countries. IE runs the program jointly with Brown University, an Ivy League university recognized for excellence in humanistic, social and scientific disciplines. The portfolio is rounded off with the IE’s new Global Executive MBA, a blended program that includes periods in Spain, China, US and Brazil.

IE Business School has been ranked No. 8 in the world in Executive MBA programs by Financial Times.

The ranking considers IE’s Executive MBA one of the best in the world based on criteria that include graduates’ subsequent professional development, fulfilment of participants’ expectations, and salary increases. The result further consolidates IE’s position as a leading international business school for senior management training programs.

In this year’s edition, the FT ranking based its evaluations on 16 indicators of quality in Executive MBA programs at 100 business schools worldwide, including graduates’ degree of satisfaction, career progression and increase in salary in the years following the program, and the degree to which the program came up to their expectations. School-based criteria included diversity of program faculty, the program’s international content, and the school’s level of research.

IE Business School’s Executive MBA program offers both weekly and bi-weekly versions. The program has been totally restructured this year to comprise 3 main areas: Global Context of Business, Creating & Developing Business Strategies, and Executing Business Strategies.  It places a special focus on entrepreneurial management, the role of new content in finance, a personal strategy plan, and key elements like international experiences in different locations worldwide, rounded off with a consulting project or master class project.

IE Business School Executive MBA programs come in different formats, including 100% face-to-face sessions, and a blended format, which combines onsite and online learning, available in Spanish or English. They include the International Executive MBA Bi-weekly, a presential program run in English in Madrid, and the recently launched IE Brown Executive MBA, aimed at senior executives with an international profile, which this year has students from 14 countries. The program is run jointly with Brown University, an Ivy League university renowned for excellence in the field of humanistic, social and scientific disciplines. IE’s Executive MBA portfolio also includes the Global Executive MBA, a new blended English-taught program with onsite modules in Spain, China, US and Brazil.

IE Business School holds the No. 3 position worldwide in Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranking.

The biennial survey is the most important in its field, gauging the level of integration of social, ethical and environmental issues in the MBA and executive education programs of 149 business schools. In this latest edition, IE Business School has climbed from 9th to 3rd place, thereby further consolidating its position as a leading reference worldwide in the integration of corporate social responsibility into management education programs.

The Beyond Grey Pinstripes report examines the extent of each school´s inclusion of issues related to social responsibility, ethics, and the environment in MBA programs, aimed at shaping managers and directors with a sound awareness of how their business decisions impact the environment. The ranking is based on a total of over 80,000 pages of information provided by 149 business schools from 22 countries. Parameters include social, ethical and environmental content in MBA programs, and the level of student exposure to related issues. In this year’s edition, the MBAs of business schools include an average of 33 courses that feature content related to sustainability, while the IE Business School MBA includes over 90. The report also evaluates the opportunities schools provide for their students to devote time to ethical and environmental concerns, along with the number of teaching hours dedicated to such issues, the percentage of students who choose to get involved, and the relevance of MBA course content and research carried out by faculty. Read more…

IE Business School holds the No. 2 position in the Financial Time ranking of Masters in Finance programs.

The IE Master in Finance achieved this result in the pre-experience category with its full-time English-taught program, aimed at young professionals with an international profile. The student body of IE’s Master in Finance program comprises 95% international students from 23 countries, and takes place in Madrid and New York.  It is the first finance program in Spain to be awarded the status of Program Partner by the CFA (Chartered Financial Advisor) Institute, the leading international standard for financial analysts.

Ignacio de la Torre, Director of Masters in Finance at IE Business School says that the finance sector needs specialized profiles with an international focus. “This is exactly what our programs provide, and our graduates work in firms like UBS, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Waterland and BCG. Emerging economies also offer enormous potential given the rapid development of their capital markets.” Read more…

IE Business School holds the No. 5 position in Europe and No. 1 in Spain in this year’s ranking of European business schools published by the Financial Times.

The annual report is an accumulation of rankings published by the Financial Times throughout the year of MBA programs, Executive MBAs, Masters in Management, and Executive Education programs. This overall ´ranking of rankings´ considers factors including graduate salary progression, levels of diversity among faculty and student body, and fulfillment of expectations of students and recruiters.

IE Business School’s position in the Financial Times’s ranking of European business schools further consolidates results achieved by the School this year in international rankings conducted by The Wall Street Journal (No. 1 worldwide, MBA), Bloomberg Businessweek (No. 3 non-US based, MBA; No. 1 in Europe and No. 6 worldwide Executive Education), Forbes (No. 3 worldwide, MBA), and The Economist (No. 1 worldwide, distance learning international Executive MBA).

IE Business School´s International Executive MBA program has been rated the best in the world in the report on online management education published today by The Economist. IE Business School shares the top position with the University of Florida (U.S.), rated for its Internet MBA. The rating further consolidates IE´s position as a leading business school worldwide.

The authors of the report underscore the profile of the student body of IE´s International Executive MBA, comprising senior managers from some 33 countries with an average of over 13 years´ management experience. In spite of the fact that they work from such far-flung locations as Nigeria and Turkmenistan, program participants profess to feel incredibly connected with the business school. The Economist also highlights the high level of motivation and discipline among IE students, which results in more than 90% of its International Executive MBA students graduating at the end of the program, in sharp contrast to the general drop-out rate among online education programs.

The IE Business School International Executive MBA is aimed at senior managers with a markedly international profile and combines onsite classes in Madrid and Shanghai with online modules. Over the last decade IE Business School has invested heavily in the development of online programs run in English and Spanish. In 2002 the School invested 12 million Euros in the launch of an online education platform that was the first of its kind in Europe. Online programs currently offered by IE Business School include the International Executive MBA, the Global MBA, and specialized masters like the Master in Biotechnology Management, Master in Sports Management and Master in Digital Marketing. Furthermore, all IE students have access to multimedia content and can study subjects online.

The rating published by The Economist evaluates online programs run by the 100 business schools that participate in its MBA ranking. The report has drawn up a list of the 13 best schools based on criteria that includes program content, what students think of the faculty and their classmates, the quality and effectiveness of online materials, how close students feel to the school, professors and other program participants during the program, and the return on investment achieved.

IE Business School is 9^th in the world ranking of MBA programs published by the Aspen Institute´s Beyond Grey Pinstripes.  The biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools evaluates the proper integration of social and environmental issues in MBA programs of the 149 best business schools worldwide.  This year’s ninth position – and the 2^nd in Europe – is a rise from the School´s tenth spot in 2007. 

IE also ranks first in the category which evaluates time dedicated to teaching MBA students about ethical and social environmental issues.  The authors of the ranking  note that among the other European Schools featured, IE Business School best integrates ethical, environmental, and social responsibility studies into the classroom. 

“The best business students move quickly into the front ranks of business–and the attitudes and values they bring to the table are deeply influenced by their time in business education,” said Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program.  “Will they accept the status quo or act on their passion for the positive role business can play at the intersection of corporate profit and social impact?  The schools that are competitive in the Beyond Grey Pinstripes ranking are the real trailblazers – they assure that students have the right skills as well as the will to make things happen.”

Since its inception, IE’s commitment to society has permeated every aspect of the school and is reflected in the core program content, electives focused on corporate responsibility, and consolidated initiatives such as the Chair in Corporate Ethics.  This commitment has culminated in the creation of a dedicated department, Social Impact Management, which plays a key role in the day-to-day activity of the school.

“IE Business School continues to maintain and renew its commitment to society, backed by two decades of work towards progress in areas such as ethics, social responsibility, sustainable development, environmental protection, and management of diversity,” said Joaquín Garralda, dean of academic affairs at IE Business School.  “We are convinced of the importance of training managers who have a holistic view of the impact of their decisions on the environment.”

At the academic level, IE Business School has integrated social and environmental management in the content of more than 80 core subjects and electives in the Masters programs. Within the area of Entrepreneurship, IE has a specialization in ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ to promote the development of social enterprises.  In addition, all MBA students should discuss the social and environmental impact of their projects. Internationally, IE organizes collaborations with top-caliber institutions in the area of social innovation and sustainability.

IE Business School is the No. 1 business school worldwide in the Wall Street Journal ranking of one-year programs. This result further consolidates IE Business School’s position as an international leader in the field of management education.

The ranking is based on the opinions held by some 1,300 MBAs students from 48 business schools on the quality of their programs, and the leadership and management skills they have acquired. It also took into consideration the experience of 735 alumni who had graduated 2 years earlier, and who provided opinions on the impact of the MBA program on their careers, the quality of their MBA and the opportunities it affords to develop leadership and management skills.

This year the IE Business School International MBA program has students from 68 countries, making it one of the most diverse MBA programs in the world. In order to leverage the international experience and take learning beyond management, the program includes modules designed to foster critical thought coupled with a capacity for teamwork and networking. Students are immersed in activities that include workshops on communication led by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, or sessions led by professors from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, associated with architects like Norman Foster, David Chipperfield or Zaha Hadid. Furthermore, sessions on humanities provide insights into the Arab world, Indian and Chinese civilizations, and contemporary culture.