ESADE joins international Jesuit business schools in an agreement that will allow students to finish their studies outside of Spain
Thirty international universities accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB-International) have expanded the Globalised Articulation Agreement to allow undergraduate business students to complete their programme requirements at an international institution. In the new version of the agreement, 22 U.S. Jesuit schools and three U.S. non-Jesuit Catholic schools will be joined by five non-U.S. AACSB-accredited Jesuit universities, a group which includes ESADE as well as schools from Spain, South Korea, Taiwan and Peru.
The agreement provides significant benefits to students who need to relocate for work or other purposes before they have completed their degree. It allows students who have completed a significant portion of a programme to either finish their degree requirements at another participating university or transfer credits to an alternate college or university within the network. Traditionally, schools only accept a few credits from other institutions to count towards programme requirements.
"Inter-university alliances of this sort allow for a more exhaustive exchange of each country’s knowledge among the various partner schools," declared Alfons Sauquet, Dean of ESADE Business School. “In today’s world, this sort of sharing plays a key role in boosting competitiveness."
"The Articulation Agreement has been very beneficial for our students in the U.S. and illustrates the power of the Jesuit network," said Joseph A. DiAngelo, current chairman of the AACSB and dean of the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University. “Extending the agreement globally is a sign of the times and illustrates the global orientation of our business programmes."
More than 600 students
In order to take advantage of the Articulation Agreement, a student must be in good academic standing with the original institution, apply to a network-related institution that is at least 80 kilometres from the original institution, and meet the requirements for admission to the new institution. To date, over 600 students have completed their graduate degrees through this agreement.
The current U.S. Jesuit colleges and universities in the partnership are: Boston College, Fordham University, Seattle University, Santa Clara University, University of Scranton, John Carroll University, Marquette University, Xavier University, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University New Orleans, University of Detroit Mercy, Loyola University Maryland, Canisius College, Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Creighton University, Rockhurst University, Le Moyne College, Fairfield University, Saint Joseph’s University, Saint Louis University and University of San Francisco. The three non-Jesuit Catholic universities participating in the agreement are: University of Dayton, University of Portland and University of San Diego. The non-U.S. schools being added to the network are: ESADE (Spain), Sarrià Institute of Chemistry (Spain), Sogang University (South Korea), Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan) and University of the Pacific (Peru).
