Executive MBA (EMBA)

The Executive MBA at the UPF Barcelona School of Management is the management development program that allows you to give the definitive boost to your professional career and prepares you to lead companies with a global and innovative vision.

The Executive MBA is an official master's degree , accredited by AMBA and backed by the rigor and excellence of Pompeu Fabra University .

It is a part time program, lasting 18 months, aimed at professionals with extensive professional experience . Our Executive MBA will make you a global leader , capable of transforming organizations, leading in environments of uncertainty and providing new answers to the challenges that companies and their managers face.

With our Executive MBA you will get:

• Improve your ability to manage the company and provide transformative solutions to society, the economy and knowledge.
• Acquire new skills, through the challenge of developing a business plan from the first day of the course.
• Update your professional skills to quickly adapt them to a changing and competitive reality.
• Improve your teamwork and leadership skills.

We have 24 years of experience training managers capable of leading projects with a global vision. People who seek to add value and transform society through innovation and commitment to planetary well-being.

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

Why choose this program

01 Train at an accredited school

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

02 Custom program

Design the itinerary that you prefer , adding contents of innovation, sustainability, soft skills, leadership. In addition, you have the advice of a mentor and the academic direction throughout the course.

03 Learn from the best

It has an elite teaching staff , made up of professional managers from leading companies and professors of recognized international prestige from UPF-BSM and the UPF Department of Economics and Business.

04 Networking

Interact with colleagues from different countries and with diverse professional backgrounds . Every year, we have participants from leading companies, such as CaixaBank, SDG Group, PwC, Cuatrecasas.

05 Electives and complementary activities

It enriches the study plan with elective subjects that are constantly updated to adapt to the demands of the market. Participate in practical activities for personal and professional growth, such as the MBA Challenge and Outdoor Training.

06 International Focus

Acquire a global vision of business, and discover other business realities through International Study Trips.

Accreditations

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

The UPF Barcelona School of Management has the EQUIS accreditation, the most prestigious institutional recognition for business schools globally, which places it among the elite of business schools.

The Executive MBA has the AMBA accreditation from the International Association of Masters in Business Administration (AMBAs & BGA), which recognizes UPF-BSM's academic quality and reputation.

The Executive 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 Catalan University System (AQU) has also institutionally accredited UPF-BSM. This accreditation certifies all the official university 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).

UPF-BSM is the management school of Pompeu Fabra University, a university internationally recognized for its level of excellence in teaching and research.

Our purpose is to contribute to the development of management and to people who put it into practice. We train professionals who are capable of managing companies and institutions and leading projects with a global vision. People who seek to add value , innovate and transform society through a commitment to culture and global wellness.

Why should you choose us?

We connect the university with business through innovation, social transformation, and research. Our management vision is strategic, it is based on international best practices and it is focused on people.

We propose solutions to the challenges faced by the business, social and institutional environment with the vocation of transferring results to society. We want to generate knowledge and economic and social impact.

We offer an active, personalized, and interdisciplinary learning model that prepares students to become professionals capable of moving in constantly changing environments.

We have a values-based culture such as ethics, social responsibility, transparency, rigor, sustainability, diversity, humanism, and culture. We have a creative and transformative vision with a vocation for excellence in teaching, research, and knowledge transfer.

A business school connected to the world

The interest of new management in challenges related to global welfare requires approaching education from an international perspective.

An international vocation with a global vision of challenges of the future

We understand internationalization as a transversal project that permeates all areas and activities of our school. Its objective is to provide the content with a broad and universal vision that can be shared by teachers, management, and students from around the world.

In addition, at UPF-BSM, as an extension of UPF, we obtained wide international recognition for the excellence of our work in teaching and research.

The international ambition to provide solutions with a global impact

We promote the mobility of our students and professors with the aim of fostering the creation of international networks and alliances with reference actors, developing joint experiences. These alliances allow us to be an active part of the world and to fulfill our international ambition to provide solutions with global impact.