External Double Degree
Double your knowledge, experience, skills and career prospects
When you choose an MSc in Management at Esade, you have the option to extend your program to graduate with a double degree from Esade and one of our world-class partner schools.
You’ll spend a second year at one of eight leading business schools across 3 continents, broadening your horizons, building new insights, skills, and understanding, gaining a second world-class network. And graduating with a dual degree from two of the world’s foremost business schools.
Partner Schools
- Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Italy)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Fundaçao Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
- HEC Paris (France)
Only for students completing a Bachelor's degree at Esade - Queen’s School of Business (Canada)
- University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)
- Aalto University (Finland)
Only for MSc in Innovation & Entrepreneurship students - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
- University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business (USA)
Esade, as one of the federation schools of Ramon Llull University that has the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE), participates in mobility activities for learning, cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices through the Erasmus+ program.
Application Process for Double degrees at other universities
The admissions process for the double masters degrees is carried out while enrolled in an Esade MSc in Management Program.
More information
This program is exclusively for students with an excellent academic transcript. Selection criteria give preference to students' average marks in core courses.
- Online application: around February
- Online confirmation: around March
- Reconfirmation: around March (payment of reservation fee)
- Program fee: see Fees and Financing
Please note that if you have previously applied to an Esade partner school you are not eligible to take the double degree program. Partner universities have the right to reject candidates.
Esade can request a preliminary check with the desired partner school about admission requirements.
If you are in doubt about fulfilling your admission requirements to a certain Partner school, please contact Double Degree Program Manager.
Information on admission requirements for individual universities
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Master's programs in English:
- International Management
- Management
- Marketing Management
- Finance
Masters programs in Italian:
- General Management
- Marketing Management
Requirements:
- English C1 (BEC Higher, ICFE, ILEC, TOEFL (100 IBT), IELTS, CPE, CAE. If you are a native English speaker, you will have to choose French, German or Spanish (exit level B2 or C1) AND Italian.
- Italian A2 - to be achieved before finalising the Master. Bocconi offers an Italian summer course for all students with a knowledge of Italian below the A2 level (registration fee €160). If you are a native Italian speaker you can choose French, German or Spanish (exit level B1 or B2).
- Students with an Italian Bachelors degree cannot apply for Bocconi's Double Degree programs.
- One Masters degree project for both institutions.
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Masters programs:
- MSc Accounting & Financial Management
- MSc Business Information Management
- MSc Global Business & Stakeholder Management
- MSc Human Resource Management
- MSc Management of Innovation
- MSc Marketing Management
- MSc Organizational Change & Consulting
- MSc Strategic Management
- MSc in Finance & Investments
- MSc in Supply Chain Management
Requirements:
- Students must have completed a Bachelor degree with a minimum of 60 ECTS in qualitative and quantitative research methods, statistics, and advanced courses in business administration, and information management or management, business, human resources modules, depending on which Master’s program they are applying to.
- RSM only accepts students who have completed their bachelor studies in an accredited research university.
- For applicants with a Bachelor degree from the People's Republic of China, please note that RSM accepts degrees issued by a so-called "Project 211 university" (211), initiated by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. They also accept degrees issued from a selected group of Chinese universities outside the Project 211 list.
- GPA equivalent to 7 out 10 in the Dutch education system.
- GMAT minimum score of 600.
University of St Gallen
Masters programs in English
- Accounting and Finance
- Banking and Finance
- Economics
- Marketing, Service and Communication Management
- Strategy and International Management (SIM)
- Quantitative Economics and Finance
Master's programs in German
- Accounting and Finance
- Business Innovation
- Business Management
- Economics
- Marketing, Services, and Communication Management
Requirements:
- One Master's degree project for both institutions.
- St Gallen does not accept Swiss nationals.
- St Gallen does not accept Swiss, Liechtenstein, German or Austrian nationals or native German speakers for their SIM program.
- Students must have completed a Bachelor degree in an Accredited Research University, preferably in business related programs.
- Students with non-business backgrounds must have completed a minimum of 40 ECTS in core business courses.
- English C1/C2 (100 TOEFL, 7.0 IELTS, Cambridge Proficiency - C or above, Cambridge Advanced - B or above).
- For programs in German: German C1 (commercial exam)
HEC Paris
Masters programs in English:
- Finance
- Managerial and Financial Economics
- Marketing
- International Business
Masters programs in French:
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategy & Media
Requirements:
For Masters programs in English
- English C1 (100 TOEFL, 7.0 IELTS)
- French B1 - to be achieved before obtaining the Masters degree.
For programs in French
- French C1 (Diplôme de Français des Affaires (DFA 2) at C1 level and other commercial tests).
- HEC does not accept students with French nationality or students who completed their BAC in France.
- One Masters degree project for both institutions.
- HEC only accepts students who have completed their undergraduate degrees at ESADE, due to legislative changes regarding Grand École degrees.
Fundaçao Getulio Vargas
Masters programs:
Master in International Management
Requirements:
- English C1 or higher (TOEFL 100+, IELTS 7.0+, TOEIC 900+ or Cambridge Advanced with a B or higher).
- Bachelor's degree in business, administration, management or similar.
- Students who hold a Bachelor degree from another university must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above and a GMAT score of 650 or higher.
- One Masters degree project for both institutions.
Aalto University
Masters program
- International Design and Business Management IDBM
ESADE Master in Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MIE) students have the opportunity to join the 1st year of the IDBM program at Aalto University in Helsinki (Finland), extending their studies by a further year and enjoying a new international experience. Choose this option and you can achieve a prestigious double Masters from both ESADE and Aalto by presenting their IDBM Masters Thesis at our Finnish partner school (60 ECTS).
The Masters degree project carried out during the ESADE MIE program (10 ECTS) will serve as the preparatory work for the Aalto IDBM - Masters Thesis (30 ECTS)
Requirements:
Aalto requires official English proficiency certificate and the following certificates are accepted:
- IELTS (Academic IELTS only): Overall Band Score: 6.5 and Writing Band Score: 5.5
- Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A): Total score: 59 and Writing score: 50
- TOEFL (IBT = Internet Based Test, PBT = Paper Based Test) - Total score: 92 (IBT), 580 (PBT) and Writing score: 22 (IBT), 4.0 (PBT)
- CAE/CPE (CAE = Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English, CPE = Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English) - Grades A, B, C
IELTS, TOEFL and PTE results are valid for two years starting from the test date. Thus the oldest acceptable test date during the 2018 application period is 15 December 2018. The CAE and CPE results do not have an expiration date.
A language-proficiency test is not required from the following applicants whose higher education degree and the requisite studies have been taken at:
- A university or a polytechnic (University of Applied Sciences, ammattikorkeakoulu) in Finland in Finnish, Swedish or English.
- A university or a polytechnic univeristy in an EU/EEA country in English. In this case, the whole degree must be completed in English. The language of the degree must be stated in the degree certificate or its appendix, or in the transcript of records or other official documents, such as the diploma supplement, issued by the higher education institution in question.
- An English-medium programme requiring physical on-site presence at a university in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States.
- If the degree includes studies at other institution, the studies must also have been taken in English in a country and institution where the completed studies exempt the student from taking an English language test. However, this does not apply to degree studies completed during a student exchange.
Queen's School of Business
Masters programs:
- Master of Global Management
Requirements:
- English C1 or higher (TOEFL 88)
- Two Masters degree projects are required: A group project at Queen's and an individual project at Esade.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - ANTAI College
Title: Master of International Business (MIB).
Admission Requirements:
- Non-Chinese citizen
- Not currently registered in SJTU at the same degree level
- Outstanding academic performance and potentiality
- Having obtained a Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- ELTS: ≥ 6.0; or TOEFL: ≥ 575(PBT), ≥ 90 (iBT)
- Applicants with GRE or GMAT( 6QS-5C-35) will be preferred.
- Native English speaker or the applicants with bachelor degrees in native English nations can be waived from English requirement. GMAT or GRE is optional
Master thesis: One Master Project for both institutions. Students must follow the rules of ANTAI and defend their Master Thesis dissertation at ANTAI. Skype defence is possible.
University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business
Admission Requirements:
- Having obtained a Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- GMAT
- English proficiency certificate