Full Time MBA
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The UPF-BSM full-time MBA is an official master's degree, accredited by AMBA, and endorsed by the rigour and excellence of Pompeu Fabra University. It will provide you with a global and innovative vision of management.
Next edition
Classes start: 26 September, 2023
Classes end: 30 October, 2024 (To be confirmed)
Program ends: 30 November, 2024 (To be confirmed)
Modality
On-campus
Language
Spanish
ECTS credits
90
Schedule
Full-time program. Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. (Schedules may change based on academic needs)
Price
27500 €
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, leadership, etc.
Why choose this program
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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.
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Campus in the centre 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 centre of a city that breathes creativity and business life.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Who is it for?
The full-time MBA is a program aimed at university graduates, both national and international, who have recently started their career. People with a minimum professional experience of three years, who want to take a step forward in their profession or start their own business.
Accreditations
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).
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Curriculum
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 favour 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 full-time MBA is taught in Spanish, but there are classes in English among the optional subjects.
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
Core subjects in the first trimester
Core subjects in the second trimester
Core subjects in the third trimester
Core subjects in the fourth trimester
Master’s Final Project
Elective subjects
Note on elective courses
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, 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 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, etc.)
- Workshops for entrepreneurs/diversity management
- English classes. Business English
- Activities with the UPF-BSM community
- Attending 4YFN/MWC, Smart City
- 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.
Qualification obtained
Once the program has been completed, students will be awarded the Màster Universitari en Administració i Direcció d'Empreses / Master in Business Administration (MBA) - Máster Universitario en Administración y Dirección de Empresas / Master in Business Administration (MBA), issued by the Pompeu Fabra University.
Official Master's Degree: The amount stipulated in the DOGC (Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya) must be paid for the rights to issue the degree certificate. This fee varies annually and the amount in force at the time of requesting the degree certificate will be applied.
Faculty
The UPF-BSM full-time MBA 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. This ensures high-level training, combining conceptual aspects and practical approaches.
Academic directors
Susana Domingo Pérez
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Director of the Academic Department of Business and Management Strategy
Faculty
Miquel Planiol Ribera
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Alexandra Dominique Theben
Tenure Track UPF-BSM
Alberto Lempira Guevara Chacon
Teaching Assistant
Andrei Boar Boar
Teaching Assistant UPF-BSM
Marc Oliveras Villanueva
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Oriol Amat Salas
Rector UPF
Full Professor UPF
Llorenç Bagur Femenías
Associate Professor UPF-BSM
Dean
Susana Domingo Pérez
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Director of the Academic Department of Business and Management Strategy
Oriol Montanyà Vilalta
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
General Deputy
Ernest Solé Udina
Senior Lecturer UPF-BSM
Antonio Valls Roig
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Emma Rodero Antón
Full Professor UPF
Daniel Serra de la Figuera
Full Professor UPF
Manel Jiménez Morales
Associate Professor UPF
Enrique Schonberg-Schwarz Letzen
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Nia Plamenova Djourova
Lecturer UPF-BSM
Methodology
The full-time MBA combines basic content, fundamental for any managerial professional, with specific content, which is personalized with the mentor according to the skills and professional project of the participant.
The program also includes the possibility of participating in professional and personal growth activities:
- International Study Trips: work trips that you will make to other countries to discover new markets and visit innovative companies
- the MBA Challenge: a four-day competition in which you will have the opportunity to work on a real challenge from a company or institution
- business simulations
- team building activities
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The best of theory, the best of practice
The methodology of the UPF-BSM full-time MBA combines theory (the introduction of concepts), with practice (where these concepts are put into action). To do this, we promote interaction with the economic fabric: visits to companies, sessions with managers, etc.
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Master’s Final Project
You will develop your Master's Final Project individually. You will be under the supervision of a mentor and have access to the advice of experts and professionals from UPF-BSM.
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Team building: you will learn to compete and cooperate
The program also includes the possibility for you to participate in group activities such as the MBA Challenge, business simulations, or activities outside the classroom. In these activities you will work on cooperation between groups in competitive scenarios.
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Internationalization
During the program you will develop a series of activities that value internationalization. We highlight the Study Trips to European capitals such as Stockholm. These visits include sessions with local professors and professionals, as well as visits to their main companies.
Evaluation
The UPF-BSM full-time MBA program is made up of different evaluation systems according to each subject: exams, group work, individual work, and the individual Master's Final Project.
Tools
Project-oriented learning and the combination of lectures and active methodologies such as case studies, flipped learning, solving real problems and professional simulations allow the student to connect theory and practice, acquire advanced skills and achieve learning which is transferable to work.
You will have:
- Master's Final Project (TFM) or Postgrad Final Project (TFP)
- A personal mentor to monitor your final project (TFM or TFP)
- Digital resources to achieve transversal skills
- Interdisciplinary activities and workshops
Professional Future
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, the banking sector, etc.) 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 a large group of contacts.
Career opportunities
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, production, etc.
- Entrepreneur.
- Intrapreneur: undertaking projects within your organization.
Admission and enrolment
Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application in order to preserve the quality of the group, as well as the quality of the training and the experience, and understand the work capacity of the students.
Who can apply?
The full-time MBA is aimed at university graduates, with a minimum experience of three years, who wish to extend their previous university education and boost their professional career.
The program is designed to also respond to entrepreneurs who want to consolidate their business project or who want to make it grow.
Those participants who do not have Spanish as one of their mother tongues or who did not have it as a teaching language in their training studies, must prove that they have at least a B2 level of Spanish (Common European Framework of Reference), as well as fluently take part in a personal interview with the academic director, if necessary.
Although not essential, a good level of English is highly valued by the Admissions Committee.
How to apply?
To apply for admission to this program, students must read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Contract once they start the application for admission through its form.
Application for admission
Complete your application within the next admission rounds:
| Round | Application deadline | Admission resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 24/05/2023 | 09/06/2023 |
| 11 | 14/06/2023 | 29/06/2023 |
| 12 | 22/06/2023 | 07/07/2023 |
Applications for admission will be evaluated when you complete the following steps:
- Complete the online admission form.
- Pay the €120 admission fee. This amount will be returned if you are not admitted.
- Send the following documents through the online platform e-registrar:
- Presentation letter or video
- CV
- Scanned copy of university degree (if you are in the last year of your degree, you can provide your academic records)
- Scanned copy of Transcript of Records. Make sure that it includes your GPA (Grade Point Average)
- Scanned copy of ID Card or Passport
- Passport-size photo (jpg format)
Additional documents may be requested in certain cases.
Applications are subject to the number of places available on the program.
Admission
- The Admissions Committee will select the candidates on the basis of a personal or CV-based interview.
- You will be notified of the admission decision in writing.
Enrolment
- Resgistration must be paid within a 15 days after the admission.
- Once the letter of acceptance to the program has been received, you will need to submit the following original documents before the course begins:
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your university degree.
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your transcript of records.
- If you have a foreign degree, we will indicate you in the admission letter the specific instructions of the documents required
- Paying the reservation fee (25% of the program's tuition fees) is essential in order to reserve your place
- If you pay the tuition fees by bank transfer you will be required to introduce the program code. The program code for this course is 1574.
- The remaining tuition fees must be paid 2 weeks before the start of the course.
Grants, scholarships and financing
Scholarships
UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different methods of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worries. We offer you the opportunity of financing part of your program either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through aid from entities dedicated to promoting education, or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
Grants and discounts
Funding
Financing simulator
You can choose how to finance your studies by consulting our simulator and receive an answer in less than 24 hours.
Collaborating entities
We collaborate with various entities which provide study loans on favorable terms. For more information you can contact any of the following links.
