Full Time MBA

The UPF-BSM full-time MBA is an official master's degree, accredited by AMBA, and endorsed by the rigor and excellence of Pompeu Fabra University. It will provide you with a global and innovative vision of management.

The MBA is a full-time program. It is aimed at people with a minimum of three years of professional experience who want to take a step forward in their profession or start their own business.

With this master's degree, you will gain a strategic vision of the main functional areas of a company. You will develop specific skills and knowledge for business management. It is a flexible and personalized program through which you can create your own itinerary, incorporating content on innovation, business development, sustainability, and leadership.

In the full-time MBA, you will attend individual coaching sessions, development and personal branding workshops, and activities with the professional careers department, which will provide you with the tools you need to launch your professional career. In addition, you will have a mentor who will accompany you in the development of your master's final project from day one.

You will be part of an international educational program in a European business school and have the possibility of a study trip to Stockholm. This will allow you to learn about other innovative business realities.

Sustainability and business ethics, as well as culture and humanism, are also integrated into the program through case studies, conferences with managers, and seminars, making participants aware of the importance of social responsibility and management of diversity in the world of business and organizations.

The Full Time MBA is endorsed by Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Spanish university and the 15th best university in the world (of those with less than 50 years), according to the Times Higher Education ranking. In addition, UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally.

Why choose this program

01 Study at an accredited school

Study at a school accredited by EQUIS, an international distinction that guarantees the quality of our institution and makes us the 1st school of management linked to a public university with this accreditation in our country.

02 Campus in the center of Barcelona

The full-time MBA sessions take place in the Balmes Building, a campus located in the heart of Barcelona. You will experience innovation in the center of a city that breathes creativity and business life.

03 Elite faculty

The full-time MBA has the highest level of teaching staff. The program is taught by management professionals from leading companies and professors of recognized international prestige from the Department of Economics and Business at Pompeu Fabra University.

04 Dynamic and interactive learning

In the full-time MBA, you will combine theoretical sessions with learning by doing. The program has innovative and interactive methodologies such as business simulations. They will help you be ready to make strategic decisions in an uncertain and changing world.

05 Personalization

You will have a personalized development plan for leadership and managerial skills. Your plan includes individual coaching sessions, activities with the professional careers department, and a mentor who will support you in the development of your Master's Final Project.

Accreditations

UPF Barcelona School of Management is the management school of Pompeu Fabra University, the 1st Ibero-American university and the 16th-placed university in the world, among those under 50 years of age, according to the Times Higher Education ranking.

UPF Barcelona School of Management has EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally, and places itself among the top business schools in the world.

The Full Time MBA has AMBA accreditation from the Association of MBAs, which recognizes UPF-BSM for its academic quality and reputation.

The Full Time MBA is an official master's degree and has the academic recognition of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Spain. The Quality Agency of the University System of Catalonia (AQU) has also institutionally accredited UPF-BSM. This accreditation certifies all the official master's degrees that we teach and recognizes the quality of our educational model in accordance with the criteria of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

The full-time MBA is a program aimed at both national and international professionals, with a minimum professional experience of three years. People who want to take a step forward in their profession or start their own business. They have in common their desire to acquire strategic and business management skills.

Student profile

The full-time MBA ecosystem is made up of young professionals with high growth potential, or those who want to start their own business. The diversity of profiles and sectors represented in the MBA (entrepreneurship, finance, consulting, law, management, team leaders, engineering, young scientists, medicine, professionals from the pharmaceutical industry, and the banking sector) is a great added value for your learning.

Their diverse geographical and cultural, national, and international origin, will enrich your training experience while allowing you to network with a large group of contacts.

The full-time MBA is structured over 12 months in which students will participate in core and elective subjects.

We have identified a set of key competencies that favor the professional development of participants: leadership, communication, cooperation, adaptive and critical thinking, decision-making, and autonomous learning. You will work on these skills in an integrated and transversal manner throughout the MBA.

The program also consists of an individual project that students start during the first weeks of the master's degree and that they will develop throughout the entire MBA.

Intensive week/immersion

• Introduction to the program
• Introduction to the Master's Final Project
• Leadership and managerial development - Careers

Core subjects in the first trimester

• Competitive Strategy and New Business Models
• Quantitative Methods for Decision-Making
• Business Economics
• Marketing Management
• Business and entrepreneurship simulation

Core subjects in the second trimester

• Management Accounting
• Management of Logistics and Production Processes
• Strategic and Digital Marketing
• Leadership and Management of Teams
• Operations and Global Supply Chain Management

Core subjects in the third trimester

• Corporate Finance
• International Business Management
• Digital Companies and Technology
• Company Simulation/Business Game
• Mercados Financieros
• Bootcamp

Core subjects in the fourth trimester

• International Track

Master’s Final Project

• Master’s Final Project

Elective subjects

• Global Vision of international business reality- Study Trip Stockholm
• Company Valuation (in English)
• Business Transformation
• Innovating to Transform
• Strategic Risk and Corporate Governance (in English)
• Behavioral Science for Managers (in English)
• Key Factors for the Success of a Start-up
• Entrepreneurship and Development of New Business Models
• Technological Disruption in Organizations
• Business Analytics & Data Economy
• Negotiation
• Talent Management

The elective subjects and complementary activities offered and their language of instruction may vary depending on demand and the availability of teaching staff.

Complementary activities

The Full Time MBA also includes the possibility of participating in practical activities and activities for personal and professional growth such as:

• The International Study Trips are short stays that will allow students to get to know other realities within the framework of the world of business. Previously we have visited Shanghai (China) or London (United Kingdom), among others.
• The MBA Challenge is a four-day competition in which you will have the opportunity to work on a real challenge from a large corporation. Companies such as La Fageda, the Oncology Foundation of Catalonia, the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, and the Josep Carreras Foundation have already entrusted their cases to UPF-BSM participants.
• Bootcamps
• CV, LinkedIn, Speed Networking, Talent Up, and interview workshops
• Sessions on self-knowledge and self-assessment skills based on the DISC test
• Sessions with managers and entrepreneurs
• Conferences with CEOs and general directors
• Visits to companies, innovation hubs, and accelerators
• Sporting competitions with school students (MSc)
• Workshops for entrepreneurs/diversity management
• English classes. Business English
• Activities with the UPF-BSM community
• Attending 4YFN/MWC, Smart City
• Preparation courses: Initial preparation courses for participants who need to take them depending on their previous studies and experience. They are online and students take them before joining the program.
• UPF-BSM Inside: is a group of interdisciplinary subjects (applied data, communication, creativity, innovation and project management, sustainability and leadership among others) that, if you take this program, you can access at no additional cost. They are 100% online and you can take them throughout the academic year at your own pace, as they have been designed as self-study subjects.

The full-time MBA will be a springboard to launch your professional career: you will develop the specific skills and knowledge demanded by companies and organizations of all kinds.

You will also have at your disposal the UPF-BSM Job Exchange in our Department of Careers. A Career Advisor will help you and support you to achieve your professional growth goals in a personalized way.

If you are an international student and do not have a European passport, our Careers Department will also help you find a business project according to your profile. The full-time MBA program does not include internships.

• Assistant to the General Management of companies and organizations of any kind.
• Venture Capital Manager, Private Equity Manager, and Strategic Consultant.
• Management positions in any of the functional areas of a company: marketing, finance, human resources, and production.
• Entrepreneur of your own project. Intrapreneur: undertaking projects within your organization.