Instituto de Empresa (IE) of Madrid

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1. Instituto de Empresa (IE) of Madrid
IE Business School in Madrid, Spain, has been offering outstanding MBA degree programs for more than 30 years and is recognized as one of the world's top business schools (Financial Times and The Economist rankings amongst others). With its full-time MBA programs, and its innovative blended MBA programs which combine the best of online and presential learning, IE has quickly advanced to the forefront of business education, catering to the needs of business professionals across the globe. Regardless of your geographic location, and the time you are able to commit to your studies or the method by which you wish to pursue an MBA program- online, presential, part-time, or full-time, IE has a degree that adapts to your needs.
ESTABLISHED: 1973
Type: Private business school
President: Diego del alcazar
Dean: Santiago Iniguez
Students: 7800
Location: Madrid CampusMaría de Molina, 11. 28006 Madrid
Ph. +34 91 568 96 00
admissions@ie.edu
Segovia Campus. Santa Cruz la RealCardenal Zúñiga, 12. 40003 Segovia
Ph. +34 921 412 410
university@ie.edu
Campus: urban
Website: ie.edu/business

The School has offices in 22 countries and approximately 40,000 alumni residing in 102 countries

MBA programs
International MBA
IE's full-time MBA runs for 13 months, from either November or April to December or May, respectively, of the following year. The IMBA 2008 intake comprised 91.5% international students and 68 nationalities. The program is divided into five modules and a pre-program covering quantitative methods and financial accounting. The program has a Spanish version and an English version with electives in English or Spanish.

Global MBA
The Global MBA at IE is blended online program that runs for 15 months. Participants also physically attend sessions or community integration events in Shanghai, New York, London or Madrid, among other cities. The English version of the program (September 2009 intake) has 65 students comprising 34 nationalities.

International Executive MBA
The IE International Executive MBA program is a thirteen-month program run in English. It is based on a blended format combining in-person sessions in Madrid and Shanghai with periods of online learning and team collaboration. The average age of program participants is 36 and average number of countries of origin is 26.

Master in Management Programs
IE Master in Management Programs comprise:International Management, Marketing Management, Telecom & Digital Business and Biotechnology Management. In 2007, the aggregate class profile of these programs comprised 38 nationalities, with an average age of 23 years and an average of 2 years' of professional experience. 49% of the students were women. The different Master in Management Programs include periods abroad in Shanghai, London and Silicon Valley. IE Master in Management Programs partners are Accenture (global), Grupo Telecinco (marketing), Cisco, Nokia, and Telefónica (telecom & digital).[citation needed] The program offers excellent courses such as digital marketing.

Executive education programs
Approximately 5,600 participants attend open and in-company programs at IE Business School each year.
The English edition of the Advanced Management Program (AMP) was created in 2003, and the Global Senior Management Program (GSMP) in 2004. The GSMP is a joint venture with the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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

Campus
IE Business School is situated in Madrid's financial district. The IE campus currently occupies a total surface area of some 23,700m2 (including garage space). This includes 43 lecture halls with an average capacity of 50 students each, 5 computer rooms, 73 breakout rooms (with an average capacity of 10 students per room), a main auditorium ("Aula Magna"), and the IE library. The lecture halls and breakout rooms are not all centralized in one building. They are mostly spread across different parts of Calle Maria de Molina (between metro stations Gregorio Marañón and Avenida de America). The main building lies at the junction of Calle Serrano and Calle Maria de Molina.

Prominent faculty
•Gayle Allard, Noted economist, and expert in welfare-state policies. Vice-Rector of Research at IE University. Research Economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit.
• Alberto Andreu Pinillos, Expert on Corporate Social Responsibility.
• David Bach, Authority on Nonmarket Strategy, 'One to Watch' ("Up and Coming Guru") in the 2007 Thinkers 50 Ranking.
• Manuel Becerra, - Editorial Board member for Academy of Management Review since 2008, Associate Editor, Journal of Management, 2005-08. Editorial Board member since 2008, Editor, Revista de Empresa, 2002-2004. Editorial Board member since 2004, Editorial Board member for Management Research since 2002, Editorial Board member for Journal of International Business Studies, 2000-02, Scientific Committee Member, Ibero-American Academy of Management, 1999-2003.
• Salvador Carmona, Editor, European Accounting Review (EAR).
• Enrique Dans, Information Systems professor and author of leading Spanish-language technology blog[12]
• Eduard Punset Casals, Innovation and technology professor, lawyer, economist, and scientific popularizer.
• Eric Reiss, Former President of the Information Architecture Institute and author of Practical Information Architecture.
• Martín Varsavsky, Argentine entrepreneur, author and professor
Recent Rankings
• Financial Times, January 2010, MBA Ranking, 6th worldwide, 3rd in Europe, 1st in Spain[5]
• Wall Street Journal, September 2009, Top MBA Programs under 2 years long, 1st worldwide[6]
• Financial Times, May 2009, Top Executive Education Open Programmes 2009, 4th worldwide, 2nd in Europe[7]
• Financial Times, January 2009, MBA Ranking, 6th worldwide, 3rd in Europe, 1st in Spain[8]
• Financial Times, December 2009, European Business Schools Ranking, 5th in Europe, 1st in Spain
• Financial Times, October 2009, Executive MBA Ranking, 7th worldwide, 2nd in Europe
• BusinessWeek, November 2009, Executive MBA, 6th worldwide, 1st in Europe [1]
• BusinessWeek, November 2008, Non-U.S. MBA Programs, 2nd worldwide, 1st in Europe
• Forbes, August 2009, Top Non-U.S. One-Year Business Schools, 3rd worldwide, 4th in Europe[9]
• The Economist, October 2009, MBA Ranking, 16th worldwide, 7th in Europe
• The Economist, December 2006, Executive Education Ranking, 5th worldwide
• Wall Street Journal, September 2009, MBA Ranking, 1st worldwide
• América Economía, June 2009, MBA Ranking, 2nd worldwide[10]
• América Economía, November 2009, Executive Education Ranking, 7th worldwide, 1st in Europe
• Aspen Institute, October 2009, MBA Ranking, 9th worldwide, 2nd in Europe
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