IE Business School

Why IE?

IE is a leading international business school oriented at providing top-level training for executives. The recognized prestige of our teaching faculty, the degree of excellence of our academic programs and a clear international focus are the keys behind a learning model that has ranked IE among the best business schools in the world (IE is the best business school worldwide in executive education programs, according to the 2006 ranking carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit).

IE’s Executive Education Division is renowned for executive development programs aimed at developing the vision, skills and management capabilities required to meet the many and varied challenges facing business organizations, both today and in the future.

Our school’s training model promotes personal, intellectual and professional development and does so in a global framework to expand and deepen international perspectives among participants. The programs we run are open and/or tailored to meet company or individual needs and provide a targeted and thorough foundation that will translate into a direct impact on business or individual performance.

In recognition of the high quality and academic rigour of our programs, IE is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement Systems), AACBS International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and AMBA (Association of MBAs).

We invite you to join our community and benefit from a unique learning experience in an environment that nurtures top-level talent both professionally and personally.

Overview

IE is a leading European business school, oriented at providing top level business training to entrepreneurs and executives through its master’s degrees and executive education programs. IE is characterised by its markedly global approach, its spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, its applied research projects and the promotion of socially responsible initiatives. IE has an alumni network that currently comprises some 30,000 IE graduates that hold management positions in 85 countries.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

IE works to promote innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit as a motor for growth, generation of collective wealth, employment and social well-being.

Global School

The postgraduate management training has globalised at a vertiginous pace. IE has committed itself to extending its international outreach.

Part of the Business Community

IE works to lend support to each executive throughout his/her career, and strives to meet the needs of top and senior level management.

Applied research

IE generates knowledge under rigorous academic conditions. It promotes applied research projects in its centres of excellence and participates actively in international forums and institutions that analyse trends in business management.

Social Responsibility

Our commitment to society extends over three decades in which we have invested in researching academic areas such as ethics, social responsibility, sustainable development, protection of the environment, diversity management.

Key facts

Get to know us a little better.

Executive Education at IE:
  • Over 5,000 executives per year,
  • from more than 2,000 companies
  • working in 40 countries.  



IE has:  
  • an alumni network of more than 35,000 executives
  • working in 85 countries,
  • taught by an international team of over 90 full-time professors, of which 42% are foreigners in Spanish/English, 
  • and 200 associate professors, full-time professionals who bring wisdom and experience straight from the heart of the business world.
Rankings IE - Executive Education
  • International Recognition as a Leading Global Business School
Open Enrolment Executive Education Award for Excellence The Economist, November 2005
 
No. 1 Worldwide Open Enrolment Programs – Executive Education, The Economist, November 2005  
 
Joint No. 2 in Europe, No. 4 Worldwide Executive MBA Rankings, Financial Times, November 2005  
 
Joint No.3 in Europe, Joint No.12 Worldwide Executive Education Open Programs Rankings, Financial Times, May 2005
 
No.3 in Europe, No.7 Worldwide Executive Education Ranking, América Economía, October 2005
Our partners:
  • We are one of the founding partners of SUMAQ, a network of 8 leading business schools in Spain and Latin America, comprising over 500 professors and 11 campuses
  • The Executive LLM with Northwestern University School of Law
  • The Global Senior Management Program - offered in partnership with University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
  • Family Business Management program – offered in partnership with TEC Monterrey Business School in Mexico.
Castellón de la Plana, 8 | 28006 Madrid | Tel: +34 917 821 700  | Fax: +34 917 454 762 | execed@ie.edu