Esade, the fourth best business school in the world for executive education according to the Financial Times

Highest rankings in satisfaction of participants and companies

The Financial Times Executive Education ranking, based on the opinion of program participants and the assessment by this British publication of different aspects of programs, has two different sections: Open programs and Custom programs for companies.

In Open programs, Esade Executive Education ranks #4 best in the world. This result, according to the dean, “is the result of making executives the focal point of the education process, enabling them to design their own academic journey whilst finding solutions for their educational needs that are compatible with their personal and professional agendas.” “With this strategy, Esade continues to advance content customization and flexibility between online and face-to-face modes,” said Correa, “making Esade the first business school to enable the customization of executive masters with new designs in response to real-life, present-day challenges by means of ecosystems enabling genuine innovation, with a range of programs focused on what executives really need, including programs different from those usually found in business schools.”

Along this line, the dean of Esade Executive Education explained that “the new portfolio of Open Executive Education programs is designed in response to executives’ needs and offers different programs and innovative design in terms of both concept and methodology”, citing by way of example the new Advanced Management Program (AMP), which is far more experiential, and unique programs such as “Diversity & Inclusion” and “Reimagine HR”, to be launched soon.

The Custom programs taught by Esade Executive Education rank #8 in the world, a position which as Marc Correa emphasizes, “showcases the fact that our programs cater fully for corporate needs.” “This is possible thanks to our experience in guiding companies through their transformation, a factor ranked #7 best in Europe by the Financial Times,” he explained before adding that, “the work of our new Corporate Learning Solutions division in developing custom educational solutions for global benchmark companies, and also our alliances with strategic partners, are of crucial importance along this road.”

Education ecosystem and impact measurement

Another of the most highly rated aspects of Esade Executive Education is the development of the multiverse ecosystem – where traditional partners in the education sector meet with new partners in science, and consultants and tech firms of international prestige – and the evaluation and measurement of the impact of the programs. One example is the MiSK Foundation 2030 Leaders Program driven by Esade in conjunction with an ecosystem consisting of Accenture, CERN, CLL, Willis Towers Watson and Minerva, whose aim is to lend support to the Saudi Arabia 2030 Vision and the economic and social reform of that country by training high potential professionals in new technologies and sustainable development.

“The increasing complexities of the job market and the business world call for a form of education that translates into real results. For this reason, Esade Executive Education also uses new technologies to measure the social and economic impact that the acquired knowledge and competences have upon professionals and society,” concluded Marc Correa.