Frequently Asked Questions

Our admissions process officially begins in October and ends in June or as long as programme spots are still available. We recommend you send us your application as soon as possible given that spots in our programmes are limited.

Currently, our admissions process is 100% online. You can begin the admissions process via our website and clicking on the Apply online button you’ll find in the banner at the top of each programme’s dedicated webpage. It’s a simple process! Just follow the steps!

Yes! You can apply for as many programmes as you like, though you can only send us one application for a specific programme. After forwarding this first application, send us an e-mail (admissions@esade.edu), indicating for which other programmes you’d like to apply. We’ll adapt your application for those other programmes. In addition, if you want to apply for a programme taught entirely in English and another bilingual programme, for example, we recommend you first apply for the programme taught in English or the one with the most admissions requirements.

Esade doesn’t require candidates to have a certain GPA. Our Admissions Committee assesses candidates by creating a profile based on the information they provide in their applications, their academic transcripts and their results on the Esade Admissions Test.

The Esade Admissions Test includes a section in English to try to assess your level. However, the Admissions Committee may ask you to present an official English level certificate if it deems necessary. To see the language requirements for each programme, click here.

No. At Esade we do not differentiate in terms of students’ nationalities or their countries of origin.

Currently, our admissions process is 100% online, so you don’t have to be present for any of the process steps.

Interviews are an essential part of the admissions process for the Bachelor in Transformational Leadership and Social Impact. However, they are not required for the remaining undergraduate programmes, though the Admissions Committee may request an interview if it deems necessary.

If you have any problems completing your admissions application or attempting to access the Esade portal, send us an e-mail (admissions@esade.edu), and we’ll help you to resolve the issue. You don’t have to start all over and lose all the information you’ve already introduced.

Don’t worry. Send us an e-mail (admissions@esade.edu), and we’ll help you to resolve the issue.

Yes. The English component in the Esade Admissions Test is required for all students, regardless of whether or not they provide an official certificate, the educational system in which they’ve studied or the country in which they live.

Esade does not publish Esade Admissions Test results nor does it share them with you or anybody else. This information is only sent to the Admissions Committee for it to assess your candidature.

Once you’ve completed your application and taken the Admissions Test, we will check to ensure that you have provided all the necessary documents (marks on your first evaluations, official English level certificate if necessary, etc.). If this is in fact the case, we will begin preparing your file to present your candidature to the Admissions Committee. This process tends to take at least 3 weeks.

The Admissions Committee bases its decisions especially on the information provided in your admissions application, your academic transcript and the Admissions Test. However, if you have official certificates for other languages or other degrees or if you want to present a letter of intent or a letter of recommendation, feel free to send them to us. We will include them in your file so that the Admissions Committee can take them into account when assessing your candidature.

This means that the Admissions Committee has assessed your candidature but, given the information you’ve provided thus far, it cannot make a final determination about your candidature. Consequently, you will be required to provide the certificate of your marks for the following assessment period so that the Admissions Committee can re-assess your candidature.

The Esade Admissions Test does not test your knowledge but, rather, your abilities. Consequently, you cannot study any specific subject to try to improve your results.

However, we do recommend you consult a sample test to have a general idea about the types of questions you’ll be asked. You can download a sample test here.

Candidates do not pass or fail the Esade Admissions Test. The latter simply serves to gain insights on undergraduate programme candidates’ profiles.

The Admissions Test is just one of the elements considered during the admissions process. We also give equal weight to the information you provide via your online application and your academic transcript.

No. You can only take the Admissions Test once per academic year.

Yes. The Esade Admissions Test is compulsory excepting for students who present official SAT or ACT results (two admissions tests used by the world’s most prestigious universities). If you forward these results, you do not have to sit the Esade Admissions Test.

No. To be able to sit the Admissions Test, you have to have completed your admissions application first. You will be able to choose the date and time of the Admissions Test only after you’ve completed your application.

When you’ve completed your admissions application, you’ll receive an e-mail allowing you to choose the date and time that best suits you.

All the information regarding payments is detailed on the second page of your admissions letter.
You can also download this information directly from the Esade portal.

You can download your payment receipts by going to: MyEsade>MySite>MyEconomic Information

Classes always start within the first two weeks of September. We’ll inform you of the exact date when you enrol in the different programme subjects.

No. Esade’s methodology for undergraduate programmes is 100% in person.

At Esade course schedules are organised by sections into morning and afternoon sessions. The aim is for you to complete all your compulsory subjects during either the morning or afternoon session and complete all your electives, second language courses, group activities and tutorials in the other session (afternoon or morning). Consequently, undergraduate programmes require your full dedication and availability. The timetables for each section can also vary from one academic year to the next.

No. Under no circumstance can students choose the section for their undergraduate programmes. Programme Management assigns these sections and their timelines, applying rigorous and objective criteria based on students’ gender, geographic origin, the schools where they studied, languages, etc. This serves to ensure that the different sections are as diverse as possible, that we maximise interaction in our classrooms and that we improve synergies between students.

Esade only guarantees students a spot in sections meeting their language needs if they are from other Spanish autonomous communities or other countries and they indicate that they truly do not master Catalan. In all other cases, Esade assigns spots according to students’ individual profiles to thus ensure diversity in our classrooms both academically and personally (nationality, school of origin, gender, etc.). In no case does Esade allow students to choose their corresponding sections.

The assigned section corresponds to a specific group of students, timetable and language. You will be in the same section throughout the entire programme. In addition, each section has an assigned Programme Manager who will organise an informational/welcome session and inform you about the key points you should bear in mind academically.

Students can access the E-Office tool through our intranet (MyEsade) when enrolling for their classes throughout the programme. The different Programme Managers will hold dedicated informational sessions and send students the pertinent instructions to ensure they enrol correctly.

No. You do not generally have to buy any books or material. However, if a specific subject does require any additional material, the corresponding faculty will indicate this directly and/or include the information in the syllabus.

Your assigned Esade username and password will let you access MyEsade, ECampus, your Esade e-mail account and other platforms you’ll use at Esade throughout the programme, as well as allow you to activate your TUI student card.

After you’ve been admitted and as the enrolment period nears, the corresponding programme department will provide you step-by-step instructions for you to correctly enrol in the first programme year.

Enrolment won’t be complete until all the documents Programme Management requires have been validated and you have paid the corresponding tuition fees for the first year (or the first instalment if opting for this type of payment).

In this case, we need the original documents. These are the same ones you provided through the online admissions process, but, this time, we need to receive them physically at our Sant Cugat offices with the official stamps and signatures from your school. Optionally, your school can forward these stamped and signed documents directly to us by e-mail (admissions@esade.edu). This is required because, after you’ve been admitted, we need to verify that the documents you provided during the admissions process and which the Admissions Committee used to assess your candidature are accurate and true.

Yes. If you’ve studied in any educational system other than the Spanish system, you are required to have your studies officially recognised. Please click here for more information on how to have your studies recognised depending on your educational system.

When you can begin this process depends on the educational system where you’ve studied.

Payment can take approximately a week and a half to be registered in your Esade account depending on your bank and country of origin. We will send you your confirmation by e-mail.

Enrolment begins in July. The corresponding programme department will provide you all the information you need to be able to correctly enrol on time. It will send you these instructions to the e-mail address you indicated when presenting your application.

You can pay your enrollment and fees online through Flywire, our preferred payment partner. Flywire provides a secure global payment network that simplifies the payment of your fees. Payment options may include bank transfers, credit cards, e-wallets, and more, usually in your local currency, for most countries.

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Our Talent Scholarships take students’ academic merits and their families’ economic situations into account and they can cover up to 100% of students’ tuition fees throughout the entire programme at Esade.

For their part, Academic Excellence Awards take into account students’ academic performance during the last two years of their baccalaureate programmes up until the time they are admitted. These awards can cover from 25% to 75% of tuition fees for the first year at Esade.

You can apply for a scholarship once the Admissions Committee admits you to the programme for which you’ve applied.

After you’ve been admitted to your programme, you can upload your duly completed scholarship application and any required documents via the corresponding link in each call for scholarship applications. You’ll find this link in the downloadable scholarship rules and conditions.

If you do not complete the scholarship application correctly or the accrediting documents you provide are insufficient, your application will not be forwarded to the Scholarship Committee. It will be sent to the corresponding committee once all the information presented is complete.

There is only one type of scholarship at Esade, the Talent Scholarship. When assessing your application, the Scholarship Committee can decide to grant you a scholarship covering a percentage up to 100% of your annual tuition fees.

Esade only offers one type of scholarship, the Talent Scholarship, which covers a percentage of your tuition fees. However, it also has two extensions, one for housing (Lodging Grant) and another for food (Living Grant). By “extensions”, we refer to the fact that you can only apply for the Living and Lodging Grants if you have been awarded a Talent Scholarship.

No. Both grants are extensions of the Talent Scholarship. In other words, if you have not been awarded a Talent Scholarship, you cannot apply for these grants.

To apply for a scholarship you have to have a solid academic record and be able to demonstrate your financial need.

You can download a PDF file with all the information about scholarships, including the deadlines to present the required documents and the decision timeframe, via our website in the section dedicated to scholarships.

Each call for scholarship applications has established deadlines for candidates to present the required documents and a specific timeframe to announce decisions regarding the applications presented in each call. You’ll find all this information in the rules and conditions for scholarship applications.

This will depend on the programme for which you want the scholarship:

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (bilingual or 100% in English)
• Bachelor in Transformational Leadership and Social Impact
• Bachelor of Business Administration & Bachelor in Business and Artificial Intelligence
• Double Degree in Business Administration + Global Governance, Economics & Legal Order
  Contact Núria Font: nuria.font2@esade.edu
• Bachelor in Law
• Double Degree in Business Administration and Law
• Double Degree in Law + Global Governance, Economics & Legal Order
• Bachelor in Global Governance, Economics & Legal Order
  Contact Anna Lobo: anna.lobo@esade.edu

You can apply for this award after you’ve been admitted by the committee to your specific programme.

Regardless of your nationality or origin, you can opt for an award if you have an excellent academic transcript: a mean GPA between 9 and 10 (out of 10) in the last two years of your baccalaureate programme (or equivalent depending on the educational system in your country or the International Baccalaureate).

No. You can only apply for one award after determining for which one you meet the requirements.

Yes. You can apply for both without any problem; they aren’t mutually exclusive.

No. If you apply for both a scholarship and an award at the same time and you are granted both, the percentage covered by the award will be added to the percentage of your scholarship to cover up to 100% of your fees.

Generally, you can simply scroll down the Esade portal page where you should find that option. If you still can’t find it, contact us by e-mail (admissions@esade.edu), and we’ll help you to resolve this issue.

The financial requirement is established for a family of 4 as a general reference. You can extrapolate the figure by applying the rule of three to the number of people in your family.

In this case, you have to provide an official document indicating that the parent in question is completely disassociated from you or, similarly, a divorce settlement recognizing that responsibility for your higher education solely corresponds to one of your parents (the parent whose documentation you can provide).

This is a document that all salaried employees have to request from their companies’ HR department. The annex documents in the scholarship rules and conditions include an income certificate template.

Their latest quarterly VAT declaration, information regarding their status as self-employed workers and the document corresponding to the presentation of their annual accounts.

The company’s statement of accounts, annual accounts and fiscal documents.

You have to forward the latest tax return available, though committing to send us the new one as soon as it’s available.

Fundació Esade’s Scholarship Programme is funded by profits earned by the foundation and donations from individuals, companies and other foundations. Consequently, our commitment to provide maximum transparency is doubly important. For this reason, it is essential for us to have an in-depth knowledge of your financial situation.

You can’t apply for a scholarship until you’ve been admitted to your programme. If you know that you’ll need a scholarship to be able to study at Esade, we recommend you start the admissions process early on so that you’ll know whether or not you’ve been admitted as soon as possible.

We cannot process your scholarship application until you’ve been admitted to your programme. Consequently, your scholarship application will not be forwarded to the Scholarship Committee until the corresponding programme’s Admissions Committee admits you.

In this case, we’ll try to transfer your scholarship to the new programme as quickly as possible. However, the Talent Attraction Committee has to reassess the scholarship award to validate it for the new programme.

All the information about the required documents you have to present is available in the downloadable scholarship rules and conditions (in the Required Documentation section).

The documents can be in one of the three official languages at Esade: English, Spanish or Catalan. 

You have to provide sworn translations for key documents written in languages other than English, Spanish or Catalan. These documents include those regarding property and other official documents.

The commission fee for the early termination of your loan is 0%, implying that there is no additional cost.

No problem: You can request a loan for the amount you need the moment you have to reserve your spot and then apply for another loan for the remaining amount.

Banks offer highly flexible payment options, allowing you to choose the amount of each instalment and when you have to pay them: monthly, every two months or every quarter. Candidates agree on these instalment terms directly with their banks.

In this case, you would have to terminate the loan (0% cost). The only cost would be the interest owed while the loan was still active.

Some banks provide financing for repeating students who only have to re-enrol in certain subjects.

You can register via our website, clicking here.

Of course! Send us an e-mail (admissions@esade.edu) for us to provide you all the relevant information.

Please send us an e-mail (admissions@esade.edu) for us to help you.