MBA (Master in Business Administration)

What is the Official Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)?

The Official Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) is offered by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (ICADE) at Comillas Pontifical University, through ICADE Business School.

The MBA Program opens doors to a successful professional career in the fields of Management and Business Organization, by providing fundamental contents, typical of the tradition in the teaching of Business Studies (Management, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, and Operations), but combined in such a way that students are exposed to the reality of the Business World in an inter-functional and intercultural way.

This MBA offers the possibility of specialization in Management, Finance, or Marketing.

It puts the most current real-life situations of the World Business scene in the hands of its students and endows them with tools for solid analysis and actions, fundamentally through experimental learning. The program offers the opportunity to study abroad, the possibility to specialize in Management, Finance or Marketing, and to gain real professional experience (such as through an internship in a company, a consulting project, an entrepreneurship project ...). It also offers the possibility of completing a Diploma in Business Analytics at the end of the Master's Degree Program.

Our students say the following

Many people like you are already making the most of their Master's Degree. Here are their experiences.

"This degree provides an excellent education and training, which provide the foundation to develop a successful professional career in an area in high demand at companies." Guillermo Sánchez

"It has allowed me to specialize in a booming sector with many job opportunities." Paula Conejos

"These studies will allow you to develop your talents to the fullest and respond perfectly to the needs of the market, given their international perspective." Giorgo Bertelli

Applicant profile

This Official Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) is addressed to college graduates with more than a year and a half of professional experience. Previous college education in any field is required to access this Master's Degree (economy, engineering, health sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, arts, etc.)

Requirements

Having obtained an official university degree in Spain, issued by a Higher Education Institution of the European Higher Education Area that makes a student eligible to take a Master's Degree.
Holding a University Degree according to the university system previous to that set forth in Royal Decree 1393/2007.

As for those students with non-recognized degrees from countries outside the European Higher Education Area must submit an admission request to the Chancellor, who shall decide once informed by the Delegate Sub Committee on Admissions to Official Master's Programmes. Admission through this path shall not imply that the previous degree has been recognized for any purpose other than taking this Master's Degree.

Career & Academic Prospects

Graduate Profile and Professional Opportunities:

This Official Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) highlights its role in training activities, socially useful professionals, capable of assuming responsibility for their decisions and who have decided to pursue a career in management and leadership of any operational area within a public or private organization, in any activity sector and in any location or country.

Graduates show these skills thanks to the fact that they have acquired a global and strategic vision of corporate activities and their adequacy to their environment, integrating all operative areas in the organization.

Academic Career Paths:

Moreover, The Official Master´s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) also enables holders to gain admission to official doctorate programs as provided for in Royal Decree 99/2011 of 28 January, which regulates official doctorate programs.