EADA Business School
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EADA Business School is an international business school
located in Barcelona
. It offers programs for Masters, MBA and Executive Education. EADA's MBA program is ranked among the 100 best MBA programs in the world by The Economist. and the Financial Times where for 2011 it ranks 84th worldwide. In addition, EADA has consistently been ranked among the top four business schools in Spain. The MBA program of EADA has been exceptionally high ranked for career progress, with the Financial Times
ranking 7th worldwide and 20th in value for money.
Regarding on Master of Finance, EADA is ranked 17th and 3rd in career rank worldwide by the Financial Times
.
EADA is accredited by the AMBA
and EQUIS
.
in the 1980s through a foundation taking over the administration of the university.
in a building in the Aragó street. EADA also owns a dedicated Residential Training Center in Collbató by the Monserrat mountains and just outside the city of Barcelona which is used for the most intensive business trainings for the different programs EADA.
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
located in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. It offers programs for Masters, MBA and Executive Education. EADA's MBA program is ranked among the 100 best MBA programs in the world by The Economist. and the Financial Times where for 2011 it ranks 84th worldwide. In addition, EADA has consistently been ranked among the top four business schools in Spain. The MBA program of EADA has been exceptionally high ranked for career progress, with the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
ranking 7th worldwide and 20th in value for money.
Regarding on Master of Finance, EADA is ranked 17th and 3rd in career rank worldwide by the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
.
EADA is accredited by the AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
and EQUIS
Equis
Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....
.
History
EADA was established in 1957 by Irene Vázquez and Arturo Alsina, originally as a consultancy and an institution for continuous training in business management and administration. Only in 1967 did EADA become an incorporated company, with the two founders, the professors and all the non-teaching staff becoming shareholders of the institution. The institution was then restructured into a non-profit organizationNon-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
in the 1980s through a foundation taking over the administration of the university.
Administration
EADA is run by Fundación EADA with the chief governing body being the Board of Trustees led by president David Parcerisas. The board is constituted of currently 14 people with different occupations, some of which are entrepreneurs, managers of associated companies, professionals or experts in manager training.Location
Since 1990 EADA is located in the center of BarcelonaBarcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
in a building in the Aragó street. EADA also owns a dedicated Residential Training Center in Collbató by the Monserrat mountains and just outside the city of Barcelona which is used for the most intensive business trainings for the different programs EADA.
See also
- List of business schools in Europe
- Business SchoolBusiness schoolA business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
- Master of Business AdministrationMaster of Business AdministrationThe Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
External links
- EADA Business School (official web site)
- http://www.economist.com/whichmba/2010/free-ranking-tool (The Economist)
- http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/eada (Finantial Times on EADA)
- http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2011 (Finantial Times' ranking on Master of Finance)