CROSSROADS NEW CLASS HAS FIVE SECTIONS AND 360 STUDENTS, WITH 84 PERCENT FROM ABROAD
MBA Program Sets Record: 712 Students The incoming MBA Class of 2019 l is made up of 360 students of 57 different nationalities. The new students join a second-year class of 352 members, bringing the total number of full-time MBA students on the Barcelona campus to 712, the largest number in IESE’s history. The 2017-2018 academic year is the first time ever that both first- and second-year classes have five sections of students. The fifth section of the MBA was incorporated last year due to the
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28 percent increase in the number of applications received since 2010. The rise in applications is largely thanks to the positive global positioning of the program in rankings and the increased presence of IESE around the world with its different campuses (Barcelona, Madrid, New York, Munich and Sao Paulo). The number of women in the program is also growing, with women now making up 32 percent of the class. The Class of 2019 class is extremely
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international, with 84 percent hailing from outside Spain. Of the international students, the countries with the most representatives are the U.S., Brazil, India, and China. There has also been a 40 percent increase in German students in the program. But nationality is not the only way in which the Class of 2019 is diverse – the number of students from non-traditional industries, such as social media, e-commerce and I.T. has grown to 24 percent.
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