Curriculum

Esade Master in Management programs are primarily targeted at those with undergraduate degrees in business administration or economics.
 
If your degree is in a different discipline, we still invite you to apply. The Admissions Committee will assess your candidacy and, if admitted, we will ask you to enrol in the Business Integration Path (BIP) course, which will give you a grounding in management basics.

Online module: 1st July 2025 - 24th August 2025
4 self learning online courses that have to be completed before the beginning of the on campus classes.

· Finance: An Introductory Online Course
· Financial Accounting: An Introductory Online Course
· Management Communication: An Introductory Online Course
· Quantitative Methods: An Introductory Online Course

On campus classes: 26th August 2025 – 12th September 2025
covering the following subjects:   

· Business Policy
· Introduction to Finance
· Introduction to Marketing
· IT for Managers
· Managing People
· Operations and Logistics

Official Program Start: 15th September 2025
 
The Esade Welcome Week is designed to help you hit the ground running. You'll get to know the Esade management teams, find out how the Masters program fits into the broader context of the business school, and get a full overview of the program's academics and career services. You'll learn what is expected of you and we'll help you to make your time at Esade a success, sharing some proven tips and guidelines. Group work is a key element of the Masters program and you'll have the opportunity to get to know the other MSc participants straight away as you begin your journey together.

The Esade Welcome Week is mandatory.

The first step to manage a global environment is to understand its complexity. This term is designed to provide you with the tools to further your knowledge of global business issues through the following six core courses:

· Business in Society: International Projects in Action (2 ECTS)
· Business in Society: Sustainability Strategies (2 ECTS)
· Corporate Finance (4 ECTS)
· Cross-Cultural Management (3 ECTS)
· Digital Transformation (3 ECTS)
· Economics and the Global Environment (intensive) (2 ECTS)
· Geopolitics (4 ECTS)

Other Courses:

· Corporate Finance for Non-Business Background
· Effective Teamwork

International Study Tours (2024/25)

Experience a different culture during an intensive week abroad at one of the world’s leading universities.
All the destinations are open to all students, have limited spots and may vary from one academic year to the next .

· Los Angeles - USA - UCLA Anderson - Marketing Strategies in a New Digital Era
· Milan - Italy - Bocconi - Italian Fashion & Luxury
· Seoul - South Korea - KUBS - Digital Transformation in Asia
· San Francisco - USA - The Silicon Valley Experience
· CEMS- Singapore - NUS - Doing Business in Asia 
· Sustainability - Spain - Esade - Food, Nature and Supply Chains
· Cape Town - South Africa - University Of Cape Town - Doing Business in Africa
· Bangalore - India - India Institute of Management at Bangalore IIMB - The Science of Data Driven Decision Making
· Toronto - Canada - Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto - New paradigms of finance, threats of opportunities?
· Dubai - Dubai - American University of Dubai - The role of currencies in Finance
· Washington DC - USA - McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University - Public Affairs & International Political Economy
· St Gallen - Switzerland - University of St. Gallen - Investing into capital markets: a global view from a Swiss perspective
· Nagoya - Japan - NUCB Business School - Doing Business in Asia: deep dive into Japanese culture

Places are subject to availability

Skill seminars:

· AI for Productivity and Personal Development
· Brand/Communication Immersion Program, Profession in Action
· Business Storytelling
· Effective Communication
· Emotional Intelligence resources for a successful career
· Empowering Excel
· Gateway seminar: E-Commerce & Technology
· Gateway seminar: Fashion
· Gateway seminar: Health
· Gateway seminar: Sports
· LEADing at Work
· Managing Development in Emerging Countries
· Negotiation Strategies for Business Leaders
· Phyton for Data Sciences
· Practical HR for Managers
· R for Data Sciences
· Rhetoric for Public Speech, Persuasion and Inspiring Others
· Sales/Consulting Immersion Program, Profession in Action
· Scrum

While all students can opt for all offered Study Tours / Electives if they fulfill prerequisites, they have to enroll through a bidding process where students from certain programs might have preference for courses more relevant to their Master and spaces are limited in each course.

In this term you will be challenged to explore the key skills and competencies that you will need to develop to manage organizations in such a complex and uncertain environment. The term consists of several specialized subjects:

· Financial Markets (4 ECTS)
· Marketing Strategy and Implementation (3 ECTS)
· Global Operations (3 ECTS)
· International Business Strategies (intensive) (2 ECTS)
· International Project in Action (2 ECTS)
· Non-Market Strategy (3 ECTS)

The third term is designed for each participant to design their own path of skills and competencies they need to develop depending on their interests and career aspirations. To that end you will have to select five electives among a wide range of options. 

2024/25 Electives
Electives offering may change from on academic year to the next. The following list are examples of the current offering (2023/24):

Management electives:

· Blue Economy
· Business Impact of Life Sciences
· Creating Successful International Marketing Strategies
· Data Analysis for Business Managers 
· Data Driven Leadership: leveraging analytics and AI to deliver business impact
· Digital Leadership in the era of AI 
· Digital Marketing
· Entrepreneurship Finance & Venture Capital
· Excellent consulting: The challenge of international collaboration and corporate change (intensive)
· Global Supply Chain
· Innovation through Design Thinking
· Investment Banking & Decentralized Finance 
· MIM Mergers and Acquisition
· Project Management
· Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investment
· Strategic and Business Consulting
· The Art of Strategic Decision-Making

Free electives:

· AI Applications for Business 
· Banking & Financial Markets
· Challenge Based innovation for Artificial Intelligence (CBI4AI)
· Consulting Insights: Strategies for Success
· Data Analytics and Cloud Platforms
· Data-Driven Prototyping with AI
· Family Business Management
· In Search of Principles for a Life Philosophy: Lessons from Art, History and Economics
· Leading with impact: developing your leadership skills, becoming a leader
· Prototyping with data and AI
· Re-Imagining Capitalism

Free electives from other MSc Programs:

· Agile Management: How to Manage Projects and Products
· B2B Sales
· Co-creation strategies: Innovating together with customers
· Design & Marketing
· Designing Omnichannel Experiences
· Developing Business Models for Impact
· Development Tools for Web and Mobile Apps
· Digital Product Management
· Driving Business Performance: Sales and Marketing
· Equality and Human Rights in Business
· Finance for Sustainability: New Trends
· Fintech: Technology Innovation in Financial Services
· Hedge Funds
· Implementing Integrated Communications
· Management Accounting for business Decisions
· Marketing Research and Analytics for Decision-Making
· Renewable Energy & Decarbonization Stratgies
· Strategic Key Account Management
· Strategic Management of Disruptive Innovation and Exponential Technologies
· Sustainable Finance
· Sustainable Finance & Impact Investment

While all students can opt for all offered Study Tours / Electives if they fulfill prerequisites, they have to enroll through a bidding process where students from certain programs might have preference for courses more relevant to their Master and spaces are limited in each course.

MASTER'S PROJECT/INTERNSHIP

The last term you will have to select a specific area of interest and invest a significant amount of hours (larger than with any of the other individual courses) to explore an issue of your choosing more in depth. 

You can choose from three different formats:

· Business Plan, aimed at developing your understanding on entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. 
· In-company project, based on a professional internship or collaboration with a real company.
· Masters thesis, aimed at demonstrating your research abilities by exploring an issue in depth

You will receive full support from your tutors, regardless of the format chosen. You will also have to complete a prior preparation course.

MASTERS PROJECT DEFENSE & GRADUATION