Study your BBA at the #1 private university for business management
The Esade Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree lays the foundation for your future career success. When you graduate, you’ll have a solid general management education from one of the world’s leading business schools, plus extra capabilities, knowledge, and experiences that employers value: an international mindset developed during a term spent abroad, real-world experience from a high-quality internship, specialist studies of functional areas within companies, Spanish, and French or German (optional) studied and practised on a multicultural campus.
The diverse learning experiences of the Esade's BBA in Barcelona, recognized in the main international rankings, prepare you to become a next-generation manager with an exceptional professional profile.
Why study a BBA Bachelor in Business Management in Barcelona at Esade?
Comprehensive career preparation
Business management education + specialist learning in marketing, finance, operations, HR and digital innovation.
Minors: choose your specialization
The program provides students with the unique opportunity to specialize in a specific area of knowledge through our four offered minors:
· Data Analytics
· Finance
· Consulting
· Entrepreneurship
· Marketing
International experience
Spend a semester abroad at one of the world’s top 87 universities for business amdinistration and take part in international internships. There is also the possibility of a 1-year exchange. Esade Sant Cugat is a multicultural campus where you will work and study alongside people of over 100 nationalities.
Data Analytics
The program integrates data analysis subjects and tools, essential for decision making.
Direct contact with companies
Learn first-hand from directors of leading organizations who give classes based on real cases, and take part in a semester-long internship with a top company in Spain or abroad. Gain access to international connections through Esade Careers. Do you know the top companies that come to Esade every year to recruit talent?
Methodology: Learning by doing
Find solutions to cases from real companies, simulate your own start-up with a team of classmates, take part in business games and work on social initiatives. Develop the essential skills you need to reach your career goals: negotiation, innovation, communication, teamwork, leadership, social responsibility and more, enhancing your professional profile.
Internships
Compulsory internships with international companies and organizations + optional solidarity internship to help poor and at-risk communities in developing countries such as Bolivia, Guatemala or Costa Rica.
Languages
You can study the Bachelor of Business Administration on our business school in Barcelona - Sant Cugat campus 100% in English, or paired with other languages: bilingual Spanish/English or Catalan/English. In this final option, the bilingual format will be maintained during the first year, to transition to a complete English immersion starting from the second year. You can also learn French or German (optional) and you will master Business English if required.
Meet our students
Discover the experience of Sofía Arango, student of the Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA. In this video, Sofía tells us how her time at Esade has been and continues to be a constant transformation both personally and professionally.
Also meet Ricardo Ramirez and the new versions of himself that he has discovered at Esade. Watch Video.
Campus Tour Barcelona-Sant Cugat
Únete a nosotros y explora el Campus Barcelona-Sant Cugat de Esade. Este campus ofrece un sinfín de oportunidades dentro y fuera del aula para ayudarte a alcanzar tus objetivos y vivir plenamente la experiencia universitaria.
Descubre la Rambla de la Innovación, las aulas de última generación, la biblioteca y más espacios diseñados para inspirar el aprendizaje, la colaboración y la innovación. Conoce de primera mano los entornos donde se forjan los futuros líderes y comprueba por qué Esade es el lugar perfecto para crecer tanto personal como profesionalmente.
Best private university to study a BBA bachelor's degree in Europe according to the rankings
For innovation, international experience and student satisfaction.
Best Private University in Spain for a Bachelor in Management – El Mundo
Best University for Educational Innovation – El Economista
Best university in Spain to study business administration undergraduate degrees, QS World University Ranking by subject
Program details
Duration: 4 years
Start Date: September 2025
Official degree:
- Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), official degree from Esade-Ramon Llull University
Number of credits: 240 ECTS
Intake: 405 (in two sections: bilingual section + English section)
Location: Esade Barcelona-Sant Cugat campus
*2025-2026 academic year tuition fees: €19,900
*Esade may update annually their prices - but such increases shall not exceed the annual rate of inflation.