Enhance your professional career with our MBA
The diversity of the Esade Full Time MBA opens students’ eyes to a whole world of possibilities. After graduation, 50% of participants in the Class of 2022 found a job outside their home country. Some students join Esade with a clear vision of their future career plans but the sheer breadth of the program often reveals new, more attractive paths.
Salary changes after doing an MBA
average salary after 3 years
salary increase after 3 years
Career changers
of graduates changed either function, sector, or location
of graduates had a triple career change (function, sector, and location)
of graduates changed sector
Some of the companies recruiting at Esade
Amazon · Bayer · BCG · Citi · EY · HP · Johnson & Johnson · KPMG · McKinsey & Co · Nike · Novartis · SAP · Tesla
See full list of companies recruiting at Esade.
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Recruiting & Career Development Activities
Recruitment Fairs
With many different recruiters in one space, a recruitment fair is a time-efficient way of boosting your knowledge and contacts as well as marketing yourself. Full of company presentations, skill seminars, and interviews, it’s a great opportunity to meet recruiters who are actively seeking interns and full-time employees. Fairs are held in October and February for Full Time MBA students.
Other activities include Case Competitions, Company Presentations, Career Workshops, On-Campus Interviews, and Career Path Sessions.
For more information about Career activities, download our brochure.
Career Acceleration Programs
Esade Career Acceleration Programs (CAPs) give you the knowledge, market insights, and tools needed for successful careers in specific industries. These hands-on programs offer case competitions, valuation challenges, and on-campus company interactions that draw on your newly acquired knowledge.
CAP in Financial Services
Financial services is a broad sector and as a participant in this CAP you’ll have the opportunity to identify your best industry fit by learning new skills and networking with professionals from different subsectors.
Through a series of masterclasses and technical training, you will prepare for a career in investment banking, private equity & venture capital, private wealth management, or impact investment. You will also connect with alumni working in the financial industry and take part in an interview simulation.
CAP in Consulting
Participants in the CAP in Consulting have a unique opportunity to boost their employability with a mix of powerful theoretical and practical sessions, which range from lectures from senior consultants to specific case-cracking and skills training.
You’ll learn what you need to know as a post-MBA level consultant, how to progress your career, and how to work best across different regions.
CAP in Technological Disruption
The CAP in Technological Disruption comprises a weekly series of talks from professionals plus practical sessions for a group of around 30 MBA students. These talks address the technologies that are rapidly changing the world we live in and that are enabling companies to grow in non-traditional ways. As a participant, you will meet professionals working for companies in diverse sectors who have a focus on new technologies, their impact, and their ability to disrupt and to create new opportunities.
CAP in the Future of Healthcare
The Career Acceleration Program in the Future of Healthcare gives you the knowledge you need to reach your professional goals in the sector. Through panels with experts, networking sessions, company visits, and case studies, you’ll cover topics including trends and challenges for the future, the impact of digitization, careers for MBA graduates, global corporate M&A activity, how to encourage pharmaceutical innovation, examples of successful best practice, the internationalization of the healthcare sector, and more.
Esade Alumni
The Esade Alumni Network is the biggest in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. It comprises over 72,000 members across 118 countries and it continues to grow. By becoming part of it, you’ll unlock lifelong opportunities to learn, network, and expand your career horizons. You’ll meet current and future leaders of top companies and gain direct access to invaluable contacts in every sector. Twenty functional and sector-specific clubs link alumni with interests in a particular area.
international chapters
members living abroad
functional and sector-specific clubs
Internships
Thinking About Changing Career Paths or Learning About New Possibilities
Internships could be the key. If you pursue the 15 or 18-month MBA program, you'll have access to worldwide internships to put your knowledge into practice and gain experience in the field.
It's the perfect opportunity to show potential employers what you can do — which is why many businesses end up offering Esade MBA interns permanent posts after graduation. It’s also a chance to see if the reality of your chosen career matches up to your expectations.
An internship is considered a curricular activity, graded and with 3 ECTS, that will show in your academic records and transcripts. In order to obtain the credits for an internship, you will need to provide:
Agreement/ confirmation by company
Interims status report
Final Internship report
Company Evaluation
Companies including Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Santander, and Deutsche Bank use Esade internships as a recruitment tool. And you’re not just there to learn — you’re there to add value and tackle real challenges. That’s why the average mean salary for students on internship is €3,014. Most students (80%) stay in Europe, but you have a world of opportunities open to you in Asia, Latin America, Central, and Eastern Europe, Africa, and North America. Marketing and sales is the most common functional area for internship students but many others are given responsibilities in consulting, finance, management, and operations.
Internships are optional. During your internship, you'll be guided by an academic tutor and a professional tutor in the company where you carry out your internship. They will guide you and monitor your learning and progress with the aim of ensuring that you make the most of this unique experience.