Madrid, 14 November 2008. IE Business School holds the No. 2 position worldwide in the BusinessWeek ranking of non-US MBA programs. The authors of the ranking, published every two years, pointed to the student body of IE’s International MBA Program as one of the key factors for success. Students on the program come from 57 countries in the five continents, making it one of the most diverse in the world.
马德里，2008年11月14日；IE商学院在全球MBA（不含美国）课程中排名第二。每两年出版一次的该排名表认为IE商学院的国际MBA课程是IE MBA课程成功的主要因素之一。IE国际MBA的学员来自全球57个国家和地区，
This year the BusinessWeek ranking evaluated the responses of 7,264 MBA graduates of 98 business schools around the world to find out their opinion on parameters that included the academic quality of the program, careers services and alumni network potential. It also analyzed the opinion of over 240 recruiting companies that hire MBA graduates in their organizations, as well as ranking the level of research among faculty based on publications in specialized journals and reviews of the books in media agencies like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal or BusinessWeek itself.
今年，《商业周刊》的MBA排名对全球98个商学院的7264个MBA课程进行了评估，从而总结了对包括课程质量，求职服务和学员网络潜力等多元化的评估参数的意见。同时，《商业周刊》对240多个MBA人力资源公司的反馈进行了分析。并且根据在《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》或《商业周刊》等主要媒体上发表的专刊和书评，对商学院师资的研究水平进行了排名。
BusinessWeek underscored the international growth of IE Business School, which recently opened new international offices in Singapore, Dubai, Berlin and Lisbon, in addition to existing offices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Central America, China, Chile, Ecuador, United States, –with delegations in Los Angeles, Miami and New York-, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia and Venezuela. This international growth translates directly into the School’s high numbers of international students, which have increased by 232% over the last 8 years. The number of Asian students and American students has multiplied by 5 since the year 2,000, the number of students from Turkey, Africa and the Middle has tripled and the number of students from European countries has doubled.
《商业周刊》强调了IE商学院的全球化发展。IE商学院已经拥有了在阿根廷、巴西、哥伦比亚、中美洲、中国、智利、厄瓜多尔和美国的办事处，最近又在新加坡、迪拜、柏林和里斯本开设了办事处。同时，在洛杉矶、迈阿密、纽约、印度、墨西哥、秘鲁、俄罗斯和委内瑞拉有常年代表。这样的全球发展直接增加了IE的国际学院人数，在最近的8年内，来自全球的IE学员增加了232%。自2000年来，亚洲和美洲学员翻了五倍：土耳其、非洲和中东学员增加了三倍：来自其他欧洲国家的学员也翻了一倍。
BusinessWeek also highlighted the innovative format of IE Business School’s International MBA Program, which has a new structure designed to intensify students’ international experience. New features include an intensive two-week pre-program, during which students have classes on communication with the support of actors from Shakespeare’s Globe, London’s iconic theatre. They will be taking design workshops with professors from London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture, which is associated with architects like Norman Foster, David Chipperfield and Zaha Hadid. There will also be a humanities module to deepen students’ knowledge in areas such as the Arab world, Indian and Chinese civilizations, the history of Spain and contemporary culture.
《商业周刊》还突出了IE国际MBA课程的创新形式，她的创新结构旨在丰富学员的全球经验。国际课程包括了两周的学前课程，在此期间，开设了由Shakespeare’s Globe和London’s iconic theatre专业演员支持的传媒课程：由London’s Architectural Association School of Architecture的老师主持、Norman Foster, David Chipperfield 和 Zaha Hadid三位著名建筑师参与的设计课程：同时，还开设了人文课程以增加学员对阿拉伯、印度和中国文化的了解，对西班牙历史和当代文化的认识。
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