Instituto de Empresa Business School

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IE Business School (Instituto de Empresa) is an independent, not-for-profit educational institution, consistently ranked as being among the top 15 business schools worldwide. Founded in 1973, The school offers a wide range of master's degree programs, executive master's degrees, executive education programs, and a Ph.D. program. The school is based on a 20,000 m2 of campus in downtown Madrid.

Approximately 1,500 students from over 60 countries graduate from the school each year, while around 3,500 managers undertake 150 Executive Education programs annually. The student body and faculty represent a large number of nationalities, with 48.5% of professors being of non-Spanish origin. IE currently has a network of 35,000 alumni that hold management positions in 85 countries.

Website: http://www.ie.edu

Contents 1 International Focus 2 Entrepreneurial Character 3 Rankings 4 Accreditations 5 External links

[edit] International Focus

IE Business School’s 35,000-strong alumni network spread across 100 countries is a direct result of the school’s markedly global outlook at every level. A faculty of more than 400 professors teach students from 73 countries on its master, Ph.D. and executive education programs. The International MBA program comprises students from 57 countries, including China, Egypt, Korea, Singapore, U.S., Israel, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Nepal or the Republic of Sierra Leone. Another product of IE Business School’s firm commitment to the internationalization process is a client portfolio with clients like Adecco, Amadeus, Banesto, Daimler Chrysler, Grupo Santander, Heineken, Indra, Pfizer, Siemens, Skandia, Telefónica or Uralita. IE Business School has a network of representative offices in 15 countries.

IE Business School has MBA student exchange programs with over 50 international universities. Moreover IE is one of the founding members of SUMAQ, a network comprising leading business schools in Spain and Latin America. IE enjoys an agreement with Northwestern School of Law, with whom it has launched a Master of Laws, and the Fletcher School at Tufts University, with whom it has implemented a dual degree in the fields of business management and international relations. The school also holds an agreement with the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business to run the Global Senior Management Program (GSMP), aimed at top-level directors and entrepreneurs. Furthermore, IE has partnered with the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) and the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) to launch a dual master’s degree program in Management and Logistics.

IE’s urban campus is located in the heart of Madrid, Spain’s capital and business center, a strategic location that links Europe, the United States and Latin America. IE students also enjoy the benefits of learning and using Spanish, the world’s second business language, and of making contacts with the many corporations that choose Madrid as their European headquarters.

[edit] Entrepreneurial Character

Founded by entrepreneurs, since its inception IE has embarked on numerous initiatives designed to foster business creation as an engine for growth, value generation, employment and social well-being.

IE’s commitment to entrepreneurship is evidenced by projects like ICEVED-International Center for Entrepreneurship and Ventures Development (http://www.iceved.com), a virtual portal that serves as an interface for 24 international schools, providing a direct line of communication with investors and entrepreneurs. IE’s Najeti Chair in Entrepreneurship and Family Businesses is another clear example of this commitment, undertaking research in the field of business creation and heading the Spanish analysis included in the GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) Report, which studies the relationship between levels of innovation, the creation of new businesses and economic growth worldwide.

All IE students design business plans during the program with the help of a team comprising over 200 external tutors from the business community. As a result, some 25% of the MBA graduates set up their own companies. IE Business School has created the Venture-Lab (V-lab) to provide a support framework for students’ business projects in the form of privileged access to a service pool for business start-ups.

[edit] Rankings

• Financial Times, May 2006, Executive Education Ranking, 19th worldwide

• Financial Times, January 2007, MBA Ranking, 1st in Spain, 11th worldwide

• Financial Times, October 2006, Executive MBA Ranking, 3rd in Europe, 5th worldwide

• Financial Times, December 2006, European Business Schools Ranking, 4th in Europe, 1st in Spain

• The Economist, December 2006, Executive Education Ranking, 5th worldwide

• The Economist, October 2006, MBA Ranking, 5th in Europe, 16th worldwide

• Wall Street Journal, September 2006, MBA Ranking, 12th worldwide, 4th in Europe

• América Economía, August 2006, MBA Ranking, 19th worldwide

• América Economía, October 2006, Executive Education Ranking, 7th worldwide, 3rd in Europe

• Forbes, September 2005, MBA Ranking, 6th worldwide

[edit] Accreditations

IE is accredited by the three leading accreditation entities for business education: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA.

[edit] External links

• Instituto de Empresa Business School website