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The Universitat de Barcelona Business School will start receiving applications from January 8th 2018 for the Executive MBA (EMBA) programme starting in the following October. There will be four admission rounds until June 17th 2018. However, applying early is encouraged, especially if the student is looking to secure funding. The deadline for the first round of applications is February 11th. The second period will start on the following day, February 12th, and will close on 25th March 2018. The third…
The Universitat de Barcelona Business School has opened applications for 2018/19 entry to the MSc in Business Research and the PhD in Business. The two programmes together constitute the Graduate Programme in Business. However, these two stages can be coursed separately provided that the student meets the requirements. The MSc in Business Research is taught full-time over one year or part-time over two years, while the PhD in Business normally involves three years of full-time study or six years of…
The University of Barcelona holds the 46th position worldwide in scientific performance, according to the University Ranking by Academic Performance 2017-2018 (URAP). Moreover, it is once more the only university of Spain to appear among the top fifty universities. No other Spanish university has either been awarded with the highest international category (A++). The University of Barcelona stands out particularly in indicators on the number of scientific publications and citations. The leading institutions in URAP 2017-2018 are Harvard University (United…
Luis Andrés Araya defended his PhD thesis at the Universitat de Barcelona Business School on September 4th, 2017. He has been director of the Administration and Business School at the Miguel de Cervantes University (Chile) for several months now. He is also researcher and director of the master’s in Strategic Management at the same university. At the Health Institute of the Andrés Bello University Luis Andrés Araya is an advisor, while he is lecturer at the University of Chile, the… 
The University of Barcelona keeps on progressing and consolidating as the top university in Spain in the main international scientific rankings. In the new edition of the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), our university steps up to position number 103, and improves nineteen positions compared to 2016. The university improved also in the National Taiwan University Ranking (NTU) and holds a position among the top 100 universities worldwide, in particular number 64 –five more positions than in 2016– at a global scale, and…
The Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona will host a proposal-writing workshop on November 7th 2017 aimed at managers and researchers that are currently working on a proposal for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks call 2018. The main aim of this workshop is to provide information and the tools needed in order to fine-tune their proposals and meet the goals and requirements of this EU-funded programme. The workshop will take place in the Aula Magna of the 690 building of the…
The Career Services at the Faculty of Economics and Business have plenty of activities to offer, which are designed to develop the professional competencies of all our students. Throughout the year, presentations by large companies, job search workshops and other sessions relating to different sectors are being held in the Faculty. On Monday next week, the Career Services will once more set up the “CV Clinics” in the main corridor of the 690 Building, where students can bring their CVs…
The Barcelona Entrepreneurship Institute (BIE) at the University of Barcelona and the US Consulate General Barcelona have co-organised and will host the conference ‘Tech Entrepreneurship and Innovation by 2020: The Role of Established Companies and Higher Education Institutions’. The speaker will be Ingrid Vanderveldt, technology entrepreneur and CEO of Empowering a Billion Women by 2020 (EBW2020) and Vanderveldt Global Investments. The event will take place on October 16th at 12:00 in Dolors Aleu Room at the Barcelona Science Park (PCB).…
In order to improve the employability of Executive MBA students and provide them with the necessary tools to promote their personal brand, the Universitat de Barcelona Business School and the Career Services at the Faculty of Economics and Business have launched the MBA career development programme. This new scheme has put in place a series of workshops aimed specifically at Executive MBA students, known as MBA career development programme. Sessions will focus on topics such as CV/LinkedIn, communications, networking/job interviews… 
The 2017/18 academic year has already started for MSc in Business Research students at the Universitat de Barcelona Business School. Once again, the master’s displays a wide diversity among the class group. There is no doubt this heterogeneity contributes to the success of this degree. Overall, 11 different countries are represented. Nationals make up 15% of all students, while the remaining 85% are international students from around the world. Europe, the Americas and Asia make up 30% each and Middle…