{{Short description|Graduate business school in Spain}} {{Infobox university | name = IESE Business School | image = IESE LOGO UPDATED 2023.png | image_size = 150px | type = Business school | established = {{start date|df=yes|1958}} | accreditation = {{ubl|AACSB|EQUIS|ANECA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iese.edu/about/accreditations/|title=Our accreditations|website=IESE|access-date=2 October 2025}}</ref> | affiliation = University of Navarra | dean = Franz Heukamp | academic_staff = 125 (2024–2025) | students = 1,672 (2024-25) | city = {{ubl|Barcelona|Madrid|Munich|New York|São Paulo|}} | campus_type = | language = English | website = {{URL|iese.edu}} | footnotes = }} '''IESE Business School''' is the graduate business school of the University of Navarra. It was established in Barcelona in 1958 by Opus Dei.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-14 |title=Artículo sobre los inicios del IESE (Studia et Documenta) que expresa su identidad cristiana |url=https://opusdei.org/es-co/article/articulo-sobre-los-inicios-del-iese-studia-et-documenta-que-expresa-su-identidad-cristiana/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Opus Dei |language=es-CO}}</ref> From 1963, in collaboration with Harvard Business School it offers a two-year Master of Business Administration degree.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |last=Por: Profesores IESE|first= |date=9 January 2014 |title=Harvard - IESE: 50 años después |url=https://blogs.elpais.com/economia-con-valores/2014/01/harvard-iese-50-a%C3%B1os-despues.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Economía con valores |language=es}}</ref> It also offers two Executive MBAs, and master´s degrees (Master in Management and Master in Finance) and executive education courses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sánchez-Silva |first=Carmen |date=2021-11-15 |title=Franz Heukamp (IESE): "La economía ha de cambiar su modo de funcionar" |url=https://elpais.com/economia/negocios/2021-11-15/franz-heukamp-iese-la-economia-ha-de-cambiar-su-modo-de-funcionar.html |access-date=2022-01-12 |website=El País |language=es}}</ref> It has other campuses in Madrid,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sánchez-Silva |first=Carmen |date=2021-09-08 |title=IESE espera recuperar los ingresos previos a la covid en 2022 |url=https://elpais.com/economia/2021-09-08/iese-espera-recuperar-los-ingresos-previos-a-la-covid-en-2022.html |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=El País |language=es}}</ref> Munich,<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Business School {{!}} Talento AHK |url=https://talento.ahk.es/entidades/iese-business-school |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=talento.ahk.es}}</ref> New York City,<ref>Cause IQ "[https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/iese-business-school-new-york,261565422/#:~:text=Institutional%20development%20and%20outreach:during,using%20frameworks%20of%20corporate%20purpose. IESE Business School New York"]</ref> and São Paulo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Termos de Uso |url=https://ise.org.br/termos-de-uso/ |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=ISE Business School: Educação Executiva e MBA Internacional IESE |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
As of 2026 IESE Business School has more than 60,000 alumni worldwide from different countries. It has been recognised by EQUIS,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-20 |title=EQUIS Accredited Schools - EFMD Global |url=https://www.efmdglobal.org/accreditations-assessments/business-schools/equis/equis-accredited-schools/ |access-date=2026-02-26 |language=en-GB}}</ref> AACSB,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Listing {{!}} AACSB |url=https://www.aacsb.edu/members |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=www.aacsb.edu |language=en}}</ref> and ANECA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Registro de Universidades, Centros y Títulos (RUCT) - Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte |url=https://www.educacion.gob.es/ruct/centro.action?codigoUniversidad=031&codigoCentro=08071056&actual=centros |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=www.educacion.gob.es}}</ref> It ranks among the top five in the international rankings of business schools worldwide according to the Financial Times,<ref>{{Cite web |last=González |first=Pablo |date=2025-02-17 |title=El MBA del IESE, número 3 del mundo según ‘Financial Times’ |url=https://elpais.com/economia/2025-02-17/el-mba-del-iese-numero-3-del-mundo-segun-financial-times.html |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=El País |language=es}}</ref> and The Economist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-21 |title='The Economist' sitúa el MBA del IESE número 1 del mundo |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20210121/mba-iese-ranking-clasificacion-lider-11469882 |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=El Periódico |language=es}}</ref>
== Campuses == === Barcelona === IESE's main campus is located in Barcelona, Spain and features more than a dozen buildings. The Barcelona campus is home to MBA programs and a wide range of Executive Education programs.<ref>Centros Universitarios.Com [https://www.centrosuniversitarios.com/iese-business-school-campus-de-barcelona-8071056.htm "Iese -Business School. Campus De Barcelona - Universidad De Navarra (Barcelona)"]</ref>
=== Madrid === The Madrid campus was founded in 1974 and offers the Master in Management, Master in Finance, Executive MBA, several executive education programs and a special program for public sector managers. The campus is located in Aravaca, a northwestern suburb of Madrid..<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sánchez-Silva|first=Carmen|url=https://elpais.com/economia/2020/02/13/actualidad/1581615936_819890.html|title=Las escuelas de negocios expanden sus redes en Madrid|date=2020-02-16|work=El País|access-date=2020-02-20|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref>
=== New York City === IESE opened its mid-town Manhattan campus in 2007. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuente |first=Oscar |date=2009-09-17 |title=El IESE preparada para abrir su nueva sede en Nueva York |url=https://www.iberestudios.com/noticias/el-iese-preparada-para-abrir-su-nueva-sede-en-nueva-york/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Noticias y Recursos Gratuitos sobre formación, grados, masters, maestrías y postgraduados |language=es}}</ref>The campus delivers custom programs for companies and general management programs for executives, including the C-Suite Pathway program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=C-Suite Pathway Program |url=https://execed.stern.nyu.edu/pages/c-suite-pathway-program |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=NYU Stern Executive Education |language=en}}</ref>
=== Munich === The centrally located Munich campus, founded in 2015, focuses on Executive Education programs for companies and professionals in Germany and Central Europe. It offers the Executive MBA program and courses included in the MBA and Global Executive MBA programs, as well as the General Management Program (GMP).<ref>{{Cite web |title=La escuela IESE inaugura campus en Múnich – DW – 29/06/2015 |url=https://www.dw.com/es/la-escuela-iese-inaugura-campus-en-m%C3%BAnich/a-18550486 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=dw.com |language=es}}</ref>
=== São Paulo === Since 2000 IESE´s activity in Brazil has been carried out at ISE Business School in São Paulo. In addition to the general management programs for executives, it offers the Executive MBA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MBA Executivo Internacional: Executive MBA IESE em SP |url=https://ise.org.br/mba-executivo/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=ISE Business School: Educação Executiva e MBA Internacional IESE |language=pt-BR}}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" widths="220" heights="120"> File:IESE Campus Barcelona 2025.jpg|Barcelona File:IESE Campus Madrid 2025.jpg|Madrid File:IESE Campus NYork 2025.jpg|New York File:IESE Campus Munich 2025.jpg|Munich File:IESE Campus Sao Paulo 2025.jpg|São Paulo </gallery>
== Organization == The institution is governed by the Executive Committee and the Supervisory Board, established in 2023 to oversee the Executive Committee and the dean in strategic planning, execution and key decision-making.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance |url=https://www.iese.edu/about/governance/ |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=IESE |language=en-US}}</ref> The Executive Committee is responsible for the strategic development, faculty recruitment, program portfolio and operations of the school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gobierno del IESE |url=https://www.iese.edu/es/conoce-iese/gobierno/ |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=IESE |language=es-ES}}</ref>
The International Advisory Board (IAB) and the Executive Committee of the IESE Alumni Association provide strategic guidance to the school's management on its initiatives, governance, education programs, institutional development and corporate sponsorship.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moules |first=Jonathan |date=2017-10-23 |title=Barcelona business schools braced for fallout from Catalan crisis |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/430e8ada-b320-11e7-a398-73d59db9e399 |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref> The International Advisory Board (IAB) analyses the global socio-economic context from the perspective of business, emerging trends, entrepreneurial and executive education needs and innovation in the field of management and leadership. IAB members are managers and academics from Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Since 1963, the IESE-Harvard Business School Committee has met annually in the United States or Europe, mainly to advise on the development of international programs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-07 |title=El Comité Harvard-IESE celebra hoy su 50º Aniversario en su campus de Barcelona |url=https://www.europapress.es/sociedad/educacion-00468/noticia-comite-harvard-iese-celebra-hoy-50-aniversario-campus-barcelona-20130607153030.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref>
== Programs ==
=== Learning methodologies and innovations === IESE’s teaching approach is centered on the case method, pioneered at Harvard, which is used across all programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Business School Honored at The Case Centre Awards 2025 |url=https://spainuscc.org/news/iese-business-school-honored-at-the-case-centre-awards-2025/ |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce |language=en-US}}</ref>
It also employs other methodologies like experiential learning,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Iese dean Franz Heukamp on his plans for the Spanish Business School|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b674325e-8176-11e6-8e50-8ec15fb462f4 |access-date=2026-03-04 |work=Financial Times|first=Jonathan|last=Moules|date=2016-10-16}}</ref> coaching, mentoring, and business simulations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SL |first=Kudzu Partners |title=Immersive education for business learning {{!}} Eureka Simulations |url=https://www.eurekasimulations.com/ |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=www.eurekasimulations.com |language=en}}</ref> Since 2025 IESE has had a special focus on artificial intelligence,<ref>{{Cite web |last=FERNÁNDEZ @tinofernandez |first=TINO |date=2025-07-11 |title=Así construye la IA los nuevos MBA que le darán un empleo |url=https://www.expansion.com/expansion-empleo/desarrollo-de-carrera/2025/07/11/6870f448e5fdea751c8b457f.html |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=EXPANSION |language=es}}</ref> immersive and lifelong learning'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Business School fosters community and lifelong learning {{!}} Times Higher Education (THE) |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/hub/iese-business-school/p/iese-business-school-fosters-community-and-lifelong-learning |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.timeshighereducation.com |language=en}}</ref> The institution has developed business simulations focused on change management, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-03 |title=10 Business Schools To Watch In 2025 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/10-business-schools-watch-2025 |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Student |language=en}}</ref>
=== Degree programs === IESE offers specialized master’s, MBAs and doctoral degree programs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Global Executive MBA — Access MBA |url=https://www.accessmba.com/school/iese-global-executive-mba |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=www.accessmba.com}}</ref> During the 2024–25 academic year, these programs included approximately 1,700 participants. <ref>IESE [https://www.iese.edu/es/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/02/IESE-ANNUAL-REPORT-2025.pdf Annual Report 2025]</ref>
'''Master in Management'''
The full-time Master in Management (MiM) offered on the Madrid campus is for recent university graduates. It includes general management foundation with courses marketing, finance, strategy, economics and ethics courses, with the option to specialize in strategy, finance or data.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-28 |title=El IESE invierte en Madrid 52 millones para rejuvenecer su campus |url=https://www.abc.es/economia/abci-iese-invierte-madrid-52-millones-para-rejuvenecer-campus-201811280359_noticia.html |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}</ref>
'''Master in Finance'''
The Master in Finance (MiF) is a full-time program for recent university graduates and is offered on the Madrid campus. It covers finance, data analytics, valuation, sustainable finance, AI and leadership, and corporate responsibility. Students choose between three tracks: Corporate Finance; Capital Markets; and Banking and Financial Innovation. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ethier |first=Marc |date=2025-06-16 |title=IESE Unveils Fast-Track Master In Finance With NYC & London Immersions |url=https://poetsandquants.com/2025/06/16/iese-unveils-fast-track-master-in-finance-with-nyc-london-immersions/?pq-category=international-business-school-news&pq-category-2=specialized-masters-news |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=Poets&Quants |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Full-Time MBA'''
The Full-Time MBA is offered in two formats of 15 or 18 months on IESE´s Barcelona campus.<ref>"[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/2018-04-05/4-popular-european-mba-programs-for-americans?edu-2294-control=true 4 Popular European MBA programs for Americans]" ''USNews''</ref> Students choose from concentrations including areas such as finance, data analytics, entrepreneurship, international business, and sustainability. The program includes modules abroad and exchange opportunities with 29 partner institutions around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sala |first=Agustí |date=2025-02-17 |title=El MBA del IESE se sitúa el tercero del mundo y el de Esade, el octavo |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20250217/mba-iese-situa-tercero-mundo-114316664 |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=El Periódico |language=es}}</ref>
'''Executive MBA'''
The Executive MBA (EMBA) is for experienced professionals and takes place over 18 months.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pérez |first=Víctor |date=2025-09-03 |title=El secreto detrás de Swipcar, Vicio y Nasco: Jordi Utgés explica cómo el EMBA de IESE cambia vidas y negocios |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20250903/mba-iese-transformacion-profesional-bc-119979749 |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=El Periódico |language=es}}</ref> The program has a modular format across several locations, including Madrid, Barcelona, São Paulo, and Munich. It includes elective content and options to study on several campuses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=RRHHpress.com |date=2011-07-05 |title=El IESE lanza un nuevo Executive MBA en São Paulo (Brasil) con la colaboración de ISE |url=https://www.rrhhpress.com/talento/9785-el-iese-lanza-un-nuevo-executive-mba-en-sao-paulo-brasil-con-la-colaboracion-de-ise |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=www.rrhhpress.com |language=es-es}}</ref>
'''Global Executive MBA'''
The Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) is a part-time program for senior executives that includes online instruction and on-campus modules in multiple international business hubs such as the United States, Germany, Singapore and Spain. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-25 |title=MBAs más caros de España 2022 |url=https://www.rankia.com/blog/mejores-masteres-finanzas-mba/4177932-mbas-mas-caros-espana-2022 |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=Rankia |language=es-es}}</ref>
'''PhD in Management'''
The PhD in Management is based at IESE’s Barcelona campus<ref>[https://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1969/06/24/pagina-24/33592572/pdf.html La Vanguardia], Tuesday, 24 June 1969, p.24</ref>, and includes the Master of Research in Management. PhD students can participate in academic seminars, conferences, and interdisciplinary research opportunities.
=== Executive education programs === The business school offers executive management programs in Munich,<ref>[https://comunicae.es/notas-de-prensa/el-nuevo-campus-en-munich-extiende-el-alcance_1 "El nuevo campus en Múnich extiende el alcance global del IESE"] ''Comunica-e (''June 29, 2015)</ref> New York and São Paulo and in the Spanish cities of Barcelona, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Valencia and Zaragoza.
These programs include: the Programa de Desarrollo Directivo (PDD); the Program for Management Development; the Programa de Dirección General (PDG);<ref>{{Cite web |last=por |first=Ofrecido |date=2025-09-17 |title=IESE PDG-Pamplona: El programa que transforma directivos en líderes estratégicos |url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/navarra/2025/09/17/iese-pdg-pamplona-el-programa-transforma-directivos-lideres-estrategicos-660572-300.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Diario de Navarra |language=es}}</ref> the General Management Program; the C-Suite Pathway Program, offered jointly with New York University Stern School of Business;<ref name=":0" /> the Leadership Coaching Program; the Programa de Alta Dirección de Empresas (PADE);<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Medicina y ‘business’: ¿Qué estudiaron los directivos de los gigantes del sector sanitario? |url=https://www.plantadoce.com/adn/medicina-y-business-que-estudiaron-los-directivos-de-los-gigantes-del-sector-sanitario |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.plantadoce.com |language=es}}</ref> the Advanced Management Program; the Global CEO Program, offered jointly with the MIT Sloan School of Management; Value Creation for Effective Boards, offered jointly with Harvard Business School; and the High-Performance Board Member, offered jointly with the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
The institution also offers specialised programs in artificial intelligence, sustainability and strategic management; leadership for professionals in the public and healthcare sectors;<ref name=":1" /> coaching and specialised training for entrepreneurs through its School of Founders.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saborit |first=Sergi |date=2022-03-08 |title=El IESE crea una escuela de emprendedores con los fundadores de Privalia, Cooltra y HolaLuz |url=https://www.thenewbarcelonapost.com/iese-crea-una-escuela-de-emprendedores-con-los-fundadores-de-privalia-cooltra-y-holaluz-school-of-founders/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=The New Barcelona Post |language=es-ES}}</ref>
=== Online and hybrid programs === The school openly offers several massive open online courses on Coursera in corporate finance, marketing, scalability, operations, organisational behaviour, strategy and sustainability, as well as specialisations in communication, management, finance and design thinking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Business School Online Courses |url=https://www.coursera.org/partners/iese |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Coursera |language=en}}</ref>
Over time, the institution has expanded blended teaching and learning in several of its executive training programs, combining online and face-to-face modules. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the programs offered in this format have grown and now include: the Program for Management Development (PMD),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Program for Management Development (PMD) — IESE Business School {{!}} Global Executive MBA — Access MBA |url=https://www.accessmba.com/program/iese-global-executive-mba/12817 |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=www.accessmba.com}}</ref> the Flexible Management Development Program (PDD Flex),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suplementos |date=2024-02-26 |title=IESE celebra la clausura de su PDD Flexible junto a todos sus participantes |url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/sociedad/educacion/iese-celebra-clausura-pdd-flexible-junto-participantes-20240226125026-nt.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Las Provincias |language=es}}</ref> the C-Suite Pathway Program, the Leadership Coaching Program and several specific programs.
== Entrepreneurship == Given the importance of entrepreneurship, with 30% of students starting a business within five years of graduation, the entrepreneurial mindset is embedded across all programs through mentoring, networking, funding and research.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Escárzaga |first=Antonio L. |date=2025-05-21 |title=Top 30: Europe's best universities and business schools for aspiring entrepreneurs |url=https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/05/top-30-europes-best-universities-and-business-schools-for-aspiring-entrepreneurs/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=EU-Startups |language=en-US}}</ref> The institution also promotes entrepreneurship through: Business Angels Network for investors and entrepreneurs and IESE 40under40 Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barcelona Is A Hub For MBA's Start-Ups — From FinTech To Electric Vehicles |url=https://www.businessbecause.com/news/entrepreneurs/3971/barcelona-is-a-hub-for-mba-entrepreneurs |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=BusinessBecause}}</ref>
== International alliances and partnerships == Since the late 1950s, the institution has sent faculty members to doctoral programs in the United States and Europe.<ref name=":5">[https://www.mincotur.gob.es/Publicaciones/Publicacionesperiodicas/EconomiaIndustrial/RevistaEconomiaIndustrial/381/Mauro%20F%20Guill%E9n.pdf "La internacionalización de las escuelas de negocios españolas: el caso del IESE"] by Mauro F. Guillén and Esteban García Canal, Revista Economía Industrial (2011)</ref> It has established long-term academic partnerships with Stanford, MIT and CEIBS.<ref>Guillén, M. F.; García Canal, E. [https://books.google.com/books?id=b-BGjSASRIcC&dq=Guill%C3%A9n,+M.+F.%3B+Garc%C3%ADa+Canal,+E.+The+New+Multinationals:+Spanish+Firms+in+a+Global+Context.+Cambridge+University+Press&pg=PR5 The New Multinationals: Spanish Firms in a Global Context.] Cambridge University Press, 2010, p. 176.</ref>
IESE also contributed to the founding of 15 business schools:<ref>{{cite web |title=International Academic Alliances |url=http://www.iese.edu/en/about-iese/alliances/ |website=IESE Business School |access-date=May 18, 2017}}</ref> IPADE (Mexico, 1967); UNIS (Guatemala City, 1977); IAE (Argentina, 1978); PAD (Peru, 1979); AESE (Portugal, 1980); INALDE (Colombia, 1985); IEEM (Uruguay, 1986); Lagos Business School (Nigeria, 1991); IDE (Ecuador, 1992); UA&P School of Business Administration (Philippines, 1995); ISE (Brazil, 1996); ESE (Chile, 1999);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red de Escuelas Hermanas se reúne en el ESE Business School |url=http://www.ese.cl/ese/noticias/red-de-escuelas-hermanas-se-reune-en-el-ese-business-school/2019-06-27/164853.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.ese.cl}}</ref> MDE Business School (Ivory Coast, 2003); and Strathmore Business School (Kenya, 2005),<ref>Guillén, M. F, García Canal, E.: The New Multinationals: Spanish Firms in a Global Context. Cambridge University Press, 2010.</ref> and the Timoney Leadership Institute (2019) in Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learn at IESE {{!}} Timoney Leadership Institute |url=https://www.timoneyleadership.ie/advanced-leadership-programme/learn-at-isese |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Timoney Leadership |language=en}}</ref> The partner schools are independent and developed with local faculty and staff.
== Research == The research in particular business areas is conducted through chairs with leading companies and foundations, including Abertis,<ref>"[https://www.fundacioabertis.org/noticias/ca-en-es-abertis-y-el-iese-crean-una-nueva-cu00e1/?lang=ca Abertis y el IESE crean una nueva cátedra de Regulación, Competencia y Política Públicas]" Fundación Abertis</ref> Alcatel-Lucent,<ref>{{Cite web |last=RRHHpress.com |date=2013-01-11 |title=IESE Business School incrementa su capacidad de innovación e investigación con dos nuevas cátedras - RRHH Press - Noticias de Recursos Humanos y empleo |url=https://www.rrhhpress.com/organizaciones/18500-iese-business-school-incrementa-su-capacidad-de-innovacion-e-investigacion-con-dos-nuevas-catedras |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.rrhhpress.com |language=es-es}}</ref> Banco Sabadell,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entrevista con Alfred Pastor: "¿Estamos ante una guerra de divisas?" |url=https://blog.bancsabadell.com/2010/11/iese-insight-estamos-ante-una-guerra-de-divisas.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=El Blog de Banco Sabadell}}</ref> CaixaBank,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cátedra CaixaBank de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa del IESE Archives |url=https://blog.caixabank.es/tag/catedra-caixabank-de-responsabilidad-social-corporativa-del-iese |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=El Blog de CaixaBank}}</ref> Banco Santander,<ref>{{Cite web |last=editorial |first=Manuel Pavon director |date=2003-10-16 |title=IESE y Banco Santander, unidos en una cátedra de buen gobierno. |url=https://www.laempresafamiliar.com/actualidad/iese-y-banco-santander-unidos-en-una-catedra-de-buen-gobierno/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=La Empresa Familiar |language=es}}</ref> Indra,<ref>{{Cite web |last=20minutos |date=2015-01-27 |title=IESE lanza la Cátedra Indra de Estrategias Digtales que girará en torno a la transformación digital |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2359202/0/iese-lanza-catedra-indra-estrategias-digtales-que-girara-torno-transformacion-digital/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias |language=es}}</ref> Nissan,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=RRHHDigital |title=El IESE formaliza dos nuevas cátedras |url=https://www.rrhhdigital.com/secciones/89837/index.php?id_seccion=45&id_subseccion=225 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.rrhhdigital.com}}</ref> SEAT,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-21 |title=Iese y Seat lanzan una cátedra de innovación para futuros directivos |url=https://www.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-iese-seat-lanzan-catedra-innovacion-futuros-directivos-20161121125850.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref> Puig,<ref>{{Cite web |last=ES |first=FashionNetwork com |date=2016-06-21 |title=Puig impulsa una Cátedra en el Iese sobre el liderazgo en un entorno global |url=https://es.fashionnetwork.com/news/Puig-impulsa-una-catedra-en-el-iese-sobre-el-liderazgo-en-un-entorno-global,705609.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=FashionNetwork.com |language=es}}</ref> Schneider Electric,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Schneider Electric y el IESE se alían para crear una Cátedra de Sostenibililidad |url=https://www.compromisorse.com/rse/2013/04/08/schneider-electric-y-el-iese-se-alian-para-crear-una-catedra-de-sostenibililidad/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811161845/https://www.compromisorse.com/rse/2013/04/08/schneider-electric-y-el-iese-se-alian-para-crear-una-catedra-de-sostenibililidad/ |archive-date=2024-08-11 |access-date=2025-03-18 |work=Compromiso RSE |language=es |url-status=live }}</ref> and Intent HQ.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jimenez |first=Jorge |date=2024-05-30 |title=Explorando la Lealtad del Consumidor a través de la IA: Insights del III Congreso Cátedra Intent HQ |url=https://www.fintonic.com/blog/explorando-la-lealtad-del-consumidor-a-traves-de-la-ia-insights-del-iii-congreso-catedra-intent-hq/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Fintonic News |language=es}}</ref>
Research is also carried out in different centres, led by professors and with a team of researchers. Companies and specialised organisations collaborate with them: Center for Business in Society,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan Fontrodona |url=https://www.pactomundial.org/socio-prescriptor/joan-fontrodona/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Pacto Mundial |language=es}}</ref> Center for Corporate Governance, Center for Globalization and Strategy, Center for Innovation Marketing and Strategy (CIMS), Center for International Finance (CIF),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=14 conclusiones sobre la situación de ahorro y la inversión de los españoles |url=https://www.businessinsider.es/14-conclusiones-situacion-ahorro-inversion-espanoles-581363 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Business Insider España |language=es}}</ref> Center for Public Leadership and Government,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=2022-01-13 |title=Tola & Nel-lo ficha a Pablo García-Manzano para el área de Derecho Público |url=https://www.economistjurist.es/actualidad-juridica/actualidad-de-los-despachos/tola-nel-lo-ficha-a-pablo-garcia-manzano-para-el-area-de-derecho-publico/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=es}}</ref> Center for Research in Healthcare Innovation Management,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title=IESE concluye su investigación sobre modelos de salud y los retos del futuro |url=https://www.diariomedico.com/medicina/iese-concluye-su-investigacion-sobre-modelos-de-salud-y-los-retos-del-futuro.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=DiarioMedico |language=es}}</ref> Entrepreneurship Innovation Center,<ref>{{Cite web |title=El sector 'start-up' español aumenta el crecimiento y las ventas online, pero reduce rentabilidad y actividad internacional |url=https://www.caixabank.com/comunicacion/noticia/el-sector-start-up-espanol-aumenta-el-crecimiento-y-las-ventas-online-pero-reduce-rentabilidad-y-actividad-internacional_es.html?id=43610 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=comunicacion |language=es}}</ref> Institute for Media and Entertainment,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-28 |title=Universidad de Navarra entrega el doctorado honoris causa a Rafael Moneo, Margaret S. Archer, Robert Picard y Ruth Fine |url=https://www.europapress.es/navarra/noticia-universidad-navarra-entrega-doctorado-honoris-causa-rafael-moneo-margaret-archer-robert-picard-ruth-fine-20190628140620.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref> International Center for Logistics Research,<ref>{{Cite web |last=bystudioweb |title=IESE - Business School - Investigacion sectorial |url=https://pivotemarketing.com/portfolio-item/iese-investigacion-sectorial/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Pivote Marketing · Empresa Telemárketing B2B |language=es}}</ref> International Center for Work and Family,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mireia Las Heras |url=https://homerenaissancefoundation.org/experts/mireia-las-heras/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Home Renaissance Foundation |language=en-GB}}</ref> and Public-Private Sector Research Center. Since 2025, IESE also began collaborating with the Eurofirms Foundation Research Fund in Leadership for Embracing Inclusion, specialized in recognition and connectedness in organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=euroadmin |date=2025-05-29 |title=Recibimos el reconocimiento "Research Fund in Leadership for Embracing Inclusion" de IESE Business School |url=https://www.eurofirms.com/es/es/recibimos-el-reconocimiento-research-fund-in-leadership-for-embracing-inclusion-de-iese-business-school/ |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Eurofirms |language=es-ES}}</ref>
In 2021, the institution launched the Institute for Sustainability Leadership (ISL) to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between the academic and business worlds. The ISL, led by Professor Fabrizio Ferraro, is generating knowledge on the monitoring and measurement of green targets, governance systems for sustainable cities and financial instruments for impact investment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=El IESE lanza el Instituto de Liderazgo Sostenible para facilitar el intercambio entre mundo académico y el empresarial |url=https://www.europapress.es/sociedad/educacion-00468/noticia-iese-lanza-instituto-liderazgo-sostenible-facilitar-intercambio-mundo-academico-empresarial-20231009122634.html |access-date=2023-10-26 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref>
In 2023, the Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Management Initiative was launched. It analyzes how artificial intelligence affects management and the ethical use of AI in companies. In 2025, IESE created the Business Leadership and the Future of Work Chair position sponsored by the Joaquim Molins Figueras Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business Leadership and the Future of Work Chair – Joaquim Molins Figueras Foundation |url=https://www.iese.edu/faculty-research/chairs/business-leadership-future-work-joaquim-molins-figueras-foundation/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=IESE |language=en-US}}</ref>
The same year, IESE became a founding member of Business Schools for Climate Leadership (BS4CL),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ethier |first=Marc |date=2021-11-10 |title=In Sweeping Report, Europe's Top B-Schools Urge Business To Act On Climate |url=https://poetsandquants.com/2021/11/10/in-sweeping-report-europes-top-b-schools-urge-business-to-act-on-climate/?pq-category=business-school-news&pq-category-2=international-business-school-news |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Poets&Quants |language=en-US}}</ref> together with other leading business schools in Europe. The alliance produces research and insights that prepare business leaders to face the climate transition and integrate environmentally-friendly practices into business.
In March 2025, the institution inaugurated the IESE Sports Management Centre, which aims to promote global leadership and professionalisation in the sports industry. RCD Espanyol de Barcelona is a strategic partner in the project.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Efe |date=2026-03-06 |title=El IESE lanza el Sports Management Center con el apoyo de Alan Pace |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/deportes/20260306/iese-lanza-sports-management-center-127646362 |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=El Periódico |language=es}}</ref>
== Faculty == At 2026 IESE’s full-time faculty is made up of 125 professors from 24 nationalities, who specialize in diverse topics including artificial intelligence, business ethics, corporate governance, economics, entrepreneurship and sustainability. The research of IESE faculty appears in journals, books, book chapters and case studies.
* Núria Mas, Professor of Economics and Jaime Grego Chair of Global Healthcare Management * Xavier Vives, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Financial Management, former Abertis Chair of Regulation, Competition and Public Policy and former academic director of the Public-Private Research Center * Jordi Canals, Professor of Strategic Management and Fundación IESE Chair in Corporate Governance * Pankaj Ghemawat, Professor Emeritus of Strategic Management * Pablo Hernández de Cos, former Professor of Economics * Alfredo Pastor, Professor Emeritus of Economics
== Reputation and rankings == IESE is certified by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Florida, the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), Brussels,<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Business School - University of Navarra {{!}} MBA programs |url=https://www.mba.today/school/iese-business-school |access-date=26 September 2023|website=www.mba.today}}</ref> and the Spanish ANECA.
It consistently ranks in the top five of international rankings for executive education, MBA, and Executive MBA programs. Its Global MBA was ranked third in the world by the Financial Times in 2025 and first among European business schools.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jack |first=Andrew |date=2025-02-16 |title=Wharton tops 2025 FT MBA ranking despite strong European competition |url=https://www.ft.com/content/90728804-2f4d-4ad4-826e-71c58561fc71 |access-date=2025-02-27 |work=Financial Times}}</ref> The Executive MBA was ranked fourth globally in the FT Executive MBA Ranking 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive MBA 2024 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com |url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2963/executive-mba-2024 |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=rankings.ft.com}}</ref> and second worldwide in the QS Executive MBA Rankings 2025.<ref name="rank1">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-18 |title=QS EMBA Rankings - Global 2025 |url=https://www.topmba.com/emba-rankings/global |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=TopMBA.com |language=en}}</ref>{{Infobox business school rankings | QSglobal = 10 | FT = 3 | QSe = 5 | FTe = 2 }}
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== Alumni == The first alumni chapter was that of Catalonia, created in 1961. Regional groups for Valencia (Levante), Mallorca (Balearic Islands) and Madrid were established soon after, followed by Aragon (1973), Andalucia (1975), and Galicia, La Rioja, the Basque Country and Navarre (1986). The Argentine-Uruguayan chapter became the first foreign chapter in 1986; the U.S. alumni chapter was set up in 1987.<ref>López, T. & Pampliega, J. [https://cedejbiblioteca.unav.edu/web/centro-de-estudios-josemaria-escriva/biblioteca-virtual/high.raw?id=0000008023&name=00000001.original.pdf&attachment=La+fundaci%C3%B3n+del+IESE+%281956-1958%29..pdf "La fundación del IESE (1956–1958)"], Universidad de Navarra, Biblioteca Virtual José María Escrivá de Balaguer</ref> In Warsaw (Poland) the alumni chapter is very significant, with 643 members in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Groups |url=https://alumni.iese.edu/topics?category_id=9162 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=IESE Alumni Platform |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, an alumni meeting held at the expanded Madrid campus was attended by more than 5000 executives and business people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=elEconomista.es|title=El IESE congrega a más de 5.000 directivos y empresarios en su reunión anual de antiguos alumnos - elEconomista.es|url=https://www.eleconomista.es/ecoaula/noticias/11475001/11/21/El-IESE-congrega-a-mas-de-5000-directivos-y-empresarios-en-su-reunion-anual-de-antiguos-alumnos.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=www.eleconomista.es|language=es}}</ref> In 2025, the Global Alumni Meeting, which was held at the Madrid campus, was focused on artificial intelligence and business and was attended by more than 1,800 executives.
=== Notable alumni === * Ibukun Awosika, chairman, First Bank of Nigeria<ref>{{Cite news|last=Oji |first=Helen |url=https://guardian.ng/business-services/bank-chief-prescribes-ways-to-sustainable-business-growth/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|title= Bank chief prescribes ways to sustainable business growth|date=2017-10-16 |accessdate=2021-06-21|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> * Antonio Brufau Niubó, CEO and chairman of the multinational oil and gas company Repsol<ref>New York Times, April 30, 2014 "[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/01/business/international/shake-up-at-repsol-as-new-chief-is-named.html Shake-Up at Repsol, as New Chief Is Named]"</ref> * Lucía Casanueva, founder and CEO of Proa Comunicación<ref>{{Cite web |last=Montero |first=Fernando |date=2019-08-28 |title=Lucía Casanueva, socia fundadora de PROA |url=https://www.topcomunicacion.com/lucia-casanueva-gonzalez-directora-agencia-comunicacion/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Topcomunicacion |language=es}}</ref> * Joan Clos, former mayor of Barcelona<ref>The Guardian, October 18, 2016 [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/oct/18/jane-jacobs-habitat-3-chief-joan-clos 'Jane Jacobs' eyes': Habitat III chief Joan Clos recalls meeting his hero']</ref> * Francisco García Paramés, former CEO of Bestinver<ref>{{cite web |last=Judge |first=Ben |date=February 16, 2018 |title=The world's greatest investors: Francisco García Paramés |url=https://moneyweek.com/481749/the-worlds-greatest-investors-francisco-garcia-parames |website=Money Week}}</ref> * Cristina Garmendia, former Minister of Science and Innovation for the Spanish Government<ref>El País, junio 21, 2010, [https://elpais.com/sociedad/2010/06/21/actualidad/1277132400_1277139305.html "Entrevista con Cristina Garmendia"]</ref> * Manel Guillen, businessman, lawyer and activist investor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketingycomercio.com/numero8/8not4.htm |title=Bertelsmann abre su tienda de libros en castellano |trans-title=Bertelsmann opens its bookshop in Spanish |date=October 1999 |website=marketingycomercio.com |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731090947/http://www.marketingycomercio.com/numero8/8not4.htm |archive-date=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Marek Kamiński, explorer, author and entrepreneur<ref>Newsweek, March 20, 2018 [http://www.newsweek.pl/trendy-i-inspiracje/podroze/marek-kaminski-wyrusza-w-podroz-no-trace-expedition,artykuly,424996,1.html "Marek Kamiński wyrusza na kolejną wielką wyprawę!"]</ref> * Ana Maiques, CEO, Neuroelectrics<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ana {{!}} Científicas innovadoras |url=https://cientificasinnovadoras.fecyt.es/cientificas/ana-maiques |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=cientificasinnovadoras.fecyt.es}}</ref> * Janne Haaland Matláry, Norwegian political scientist, writer, and politician<ref>[https://www.sv.uio.no/isv/personer/vit/jannehm/ Curriculum Vitae].</ref> * Vicente Lopez Ibor Mayor, former commissioner of the Spanish National Energy Commission<ref>[https://www.obcp.es/colaboradores/vicente-lopez-ibor-mayor Observatorio de Contratación Pública]. Colaboradores</ref> * Diana Mondino, Argentinian Foreign Minister in the elected government of Javier Milei<ref>{{Cite web |last=César |date=2023-11-21 |title=El Gabinete ultraliberal anunciado por Milei en Argentina |url=https://www.tercerainformacion.es/articulo/internacional/21/11/2023/el-gabinete-ultraliberal-anunciado-por-milei-en-argentina/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Tercera Información |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diana Mondino {{!}} UCEMA |url=https://ucema.edu.ar/personal/diana-mondino |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=ucema.edu.ar}}</ref> * Jorge Moreira da Silva, ex-Minister of Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy in Portugal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jorge Moreira da Silva {{!}} Fundación Euroamerica |url=https://www.euroamerica.org/jorge-moreira-da-silva |access-date=2023-06-21}}</ref> * Sheila Mwarangu, civil and structural engineer<ref name="mwarangu2">{{cite web|url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000049190/chartered-engineer-on-top-of-her-game | title=Chartered Engineer On Top of Her Game |access-date=25 November 2015 | date=31 December 2011 | location=Nairobi | newspaper=The Standard (Kenya) | first=Grace |last=Wekesa}}</ref> * Hans van der Noordaa, chairman and CEO of the Retail Division, ING Netherlands and ING Group N.V<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Business School: Harnessing executive potential |url=https://www.europeanceo.com/business-and-management/iese-business-school-harnessing-executive-potential/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> * Luis Enrique Yarur Rey, president, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (BCI)<ref>{{Cite web |last=S.A.P |first=El Mercurio |title=La Segunda.com |url=http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Economia/2013/01/815307/como-la-cuarta-generacion-de-los-yarur-se-esta-tomando-las-empresas-del-grupo |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=LaSegunda.com |language=Spanish}}</ref> * Miguel Sanz, General Management Program GMP - 1997, Navarre former president of the Government, Spain<ref>{{Cite web |last=PPLL |date=2007-08-12 |title=Once años gobernando |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/20070812/politica/once-anos-gobernando-20070812.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=El Diario Vasco |language=es}}</ref> * Rafael Tamames, entrepreneur and author, founder of the customer and brand experience consultancy Findasense<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE selecciona a Findasense como caso de estudio por destacar su modelo de negocio dentro de su sector |url=https://forbes.es/empresas/169108/iese-selecciona-a-findasense-como-caso-de-estudio-por-destacar-su-modelo-de-negocio-dentro-de-su-sector/ |website=Forbes España |date=23 June 2022 |language=es |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=From startup to scaleup: Rafa Tamames’s journey of entrepreneurship and AI |url=https://blog.iese.edu/entrepreneurship/2024/12/13/from-startup-to-scaleup-rafa-tamamess-journey-of-entrepreneurship-and-ai/ |website=Entrepreneurship Blog, IESE Business School |date=13 December 2024 |language=en |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> * Pablo Tovar, senior management coach, a fellow of Oxford Leadership<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yukawa |first=Jonathan |date=2022-09-28 |title=Vertical Learning to support Change, Pablo Tovar |url=https://www.oxfordleadership.com/vertical-learning-to-support-change-pablo-tovar/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Oxford Leadership |language=en-US}}</ref> * Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo, politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo |url=https://www.visitinnovation.com/2008/dades/ponents/25cv_url_es.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620130231/http://www.fundacionentorno.org/Data/Documentos/Spanishcv150355848.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2013 |access-date=26 July 2022 |publisher=Fundacion Entorno |language=es}}</ref> * Camille Villar, politician, member of the Philippine House of Representatives<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-25 |title=Camille Villar attends IESE business school |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/24708-camille-villar-iese-business-school/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> * Louis Alphonse de Bourbon, CEO de Borvar * Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee<ref>Washington Post, April 22, 2010 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/21/AR2010042105030.html "Olympics leader Juan Antonio Samaranch dies at 89"]</ref> * Juvencio Maeztu, CEO of IKEA * Toni Ruiz, CEO of Mango ==History== Antonio Valero Vicente, commissioned by Jose María Escriva de Balaguer, was IESE´s main promoter and first dean. The founder of Opus Dei had listened to businessmen from Madrid, the Basque Country and Catalonia who, led by the Madrid naval engineer Alejandro Crespo Calabria, had expressed their concern and desire for the education and training of business leaders with a Christian vision.<ref>Francisco Ponz Piedrafita, “Datos para la historia de la Universidad de Navarra (1952-1980). Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa, IESE (1958)” (manuscrito inédito, 2013), archivo de pdf, 2-3, cit por J.Pampliega [https://www.iese.edu/media/research/pdfs/OP-0631 "La historia de una business school global"], IESE noviembre 2023</ref> Valero visited the École des Administrations des Affaires de Lille, run by an MBA from Harvard Business School (HBS), to get advice on the pedagogical model, the case method.<ref>López, T. [https://cedejbiblioteca.unav.edu/web/centro-de-estudios-josemaria-escriva/biblioteca-virtual/high.raw?id=0000008023&name=00000001.original.pdf&attachment=La+fundaci%C3%B3n+del+IESE+%281956-1958%29..pdf La fundación del IESE (1956–1958)]</ref>
IESE launched its first training project for entrepreneurs during the 1958-59 academic year.<ref>SALGADO, Claudio. TORRES, Beatriz (2015), [https://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/43889/1/9528-36514-1-PB.pdf Los orígenes del IESE], LID Editorial Empresarial, Madrid. ''Revista Empresa y Humanismo'', 2017, p. 193-196.</ref> The first program, called ''Programa de Alta Dirección de Empresas'' (PADE), was aimed at business leaders with a decade of experience in senior management. The following academic programs were ''Programa de Dirección de Empresas'' (PDE) 1959–1960, and ''Programa de Desarrollo para Alta Dirección de Empresas'' (PDADE, later known as PDG) in 1961. In 1963, after consulting professors Ralph M. Hower and Steve Fuller, the Harvard-IESE Committee was set up,<ref>{{cite web |last=Por: Profesores IESE |first=|date=9 January 2014 |title=Harvard - IESE: 50 años después |url=https://blogs.elpais.com/economia-con-valores/2014/01/harvard-iese-50-a%C3%B1os-despues.html |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Economía con valores |language=es}}</ref> and IESE launched the Master in Business Administration and Economics (MED) in 1964.<ref>Calleja, R. and Melé, D. (2017), "Valero's "Enterprise Politics": a model of humanistic management and corporate governance", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 36 No. 5, pp. 644-659.</ref> It was the first time the term "master's" was used in Europe; it later took on the standardized name of MBA.<ref name=":5" />
After almost two decades of collaboration with Harvard, the bilingual Spanish-English MBA was introduced in 1980, and collaboration was extended to other North American universities such as the University of Michigan Ross Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management and NYU Stern School of Business'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release {{!}} IESE and NYU Stern Executive Education Boost Executives' Path to the C-suite - NYU Stern |url=https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/iese-and-nyu-stern-executive-education-boost-executives-path-c-suite |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.stern.nyu.edu}}</ref>
IESE began offering programs in Madrid in 1974, opening a campus there in 1991. The school completed an expansion project in 2021, which doubled the size of the Madrid campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vo |first=Kelly |date=2017-12-08 |title=€24 Million Investment Will Expand IESE Madrid Campus |url=https://www.clearadmit.com/2017/12/iese-expands-madrid-campus-e24m-euro-investment/ |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=Clear Admit |language=en}}</ref> In 2007, after expansion and renovation, the new Barcelona campus was inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-01-11 |title=El Rey inaugura las nuevas intalaciones del IESE en Barcelona resaltando su gran calado en el campo de la Educación |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/economia/20070111/51300609898/el-rey-inaugura-las-nuevas-intalaciones-del-iese-en-barcelona-resaltando-su-gran-calado-en-el-campo.html |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=La Vanguardia |language=es}}</ref> In the following years, the campuses in New York City (2010),<ref>{{Cite web |last=YORK |first=IDOYA NOAINNUEVA |date=2009-09-17 |title=El IESE llega a Nueva York |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20090917/iese-llega-nueva-york-237057 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=elperiodico |language=es}}</ref> Munich (2015),<ref>{{Cite news |last=F |first=I. |date=2015-10-16 |title=La escuela de negocios IESE abre campus en Múnich |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/economia/2015/10/16/actualidad/1445009330_029713.html |access-date=2023-07-06 |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> and São Paulo (in collaboration with ISE Business School), were consolidated and opened.<ref>{{Cite web |last=RRHHpress.com |date=2011-07-05 |title=El IESE lanza un nuevo Executive MBA en São Paulo (Brasil) con la colaboración de ISE - RRHH Press - Noticias de Recursos Humanos y empleo |url=https://www.rrhhpress.com/talento/9785-el-iese-lanza-un-nuevo-executive-mba-en-sao-paulo-brasil-con-la-colaboracion-de-ise |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.rrhhpress.com |language=es-es}}</ref>
Since its founding, IESE has created an ecosystem to support entrepreneurs, such as providing seed capital to graduates with promising start-up ideas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spain’s business schools buzz with start-up culture |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c6d8f574-cd0e-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2 |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref> It was one of the first schools outside the United States to offer a course on search funds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IESE Is Launching A €3 Million Fund To Help MBAs Launch Startups |url=https://www.businessbecause.com/news/spain/4563/iese-launches-seed-fund |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=BusinessBecause}}</ref>
In 2009, the Africa Initiative was created to provide research and teaching support to associated schools on the Continent. This has included faculty training, joint program development, exchange opportunities, conferences and the Africa-focused research and teaching materials.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Europe’s business schools target Africa’s entrepreneurs|url=https://www.ft.com/content/71c87a0d-7703-4944-9fb0-700c17d9f72c |access-date=2026-03-09 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref>
In 2021, the Institute for Sustainability Leadership (ISL) was established to foster cooperation between academia and business. ISL researches and measures environmental targets, governance systems for sustainable cities and financial instruments for their development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=El IESE lanza el Instituto de Liderazgo Sostenible para facilitar el intercambio entre mundo académico y el empresarial |url=https://www.europapress.es/sociedad/educacion-00468/noticia-iese-lanza-instituto-liderazgo-sostenible-facilitar-intercambio-mundo-academico-empresarial-20231009122634.html |access-date=2024-09-04 |publisher=Europa Press}}</ref>
In 2023, IESE launched the Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Management Initiative to explore how AI is impacting management. It also prepares executives to put Al to use in their companies in an ethical and socially responsible way.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beckmann |first=Matt |date=2024-03-21 |title=Artificial Intelligence: A Game Changer For Business |url=https://mbagradschools.com/mba-industry-trends/iese-business-trends-2024-ai |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=MBAGRADSCHOOLS |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == * Canals, J. (2016). IESE's global development: the purpose and impact of the Harvard Business School-IESE committee. ''IESE's global development'', 1-108. Universidad de Navarra.
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