ESADE

ESADE

sunshine of Barcelona

征的朋友的允许,将本文防在此处.作者是中欧04交换学生

2005年2月10日

从1 月16日飞到Barcelona，到这里已经有3个星期了。这里的一切都是这么新奇，人们总是那么友好，天空总是臻蓝，就算生活中偶尔会小小的不如意，一切也会很快烟消云散。每天早上从我们住的半山上步行去ESADE上学，看着路边的野花初放，经过路边的公园，眺望市区的晨景，经常会遇见人们牵着各种可爱的大大小小的狗出来，一路笑着去学校。

根据Wall Street的排行榜，除美国之外的国际商学院前十位西班牙就占了两位——ESADE（第4位）和IESE（第6位），两所学校位于Barcelona的同一个街区，相距步行只需要5分钟。可两所学校却是全然的风格迥异，学生也是老死不想往来，互相瞧不顺眼，具体说就是ESADE的学生觉得IESE的同学们太aggressive，太功利性，太清高，而IESE的学生则觉得ESADE的学生太轻松，太随意，太不像MBA。举例而言，对每年一度的欧洲MBA 案例竞赛，IESE是早早就全校动员，非常重视，组织各个队伍参赛，并且给同学的动员信是：一定要卫冕成功，为荣誉而战。而ESADE则很随意，只是校方发一份官方通知，说明有这样一件事情，让同学们自己凭兴趣参加。根据ESADE的一个二年级full time学生告诉我，IESE不管参加什么比赛都是学校的人自成一个小集体，和其他学校的参赛队伍不相往来，为了竞赛的结果可以和裁判团和所有其他队伍翻脸，无论如何最后一定要得到冠军，最后的结果就是没有一个学校喜欢IESE的队伍。我不知道他的评论中是不是带了感情色彩，只能转述，仅供参考。//呵呵

不过我个人的亲身感受倒是ESADE比较起IESE更加人性化。1月初因为我们的学生签证耽误了，这边两个学校都开学了，我们还在上海没有办法动身。我和去 IESE交换的tony各自写信给ESADE和IESE，IESE给tony的答复是很官方化的：如果tony 一周之内不能到校，恐怕他无法跟上课程进度，建议他干脆就不要来IESE了。而我得到的答复却是：ESADE的MBA办公室专门查了我选的课程，给所有我选课程的教授发了Email，通知他们我因为签证耽误还在中国而不能上课，请他们不要扣我的出勤分，并劝我不要着急，说第一周的课程多是介绍性内容，所以不会跟不上班级进度，并诚恳的说：looking  forward to see me in Barceloa。等到了Barcelona，我去MBA办公室注册的时候，每一个工作人员都很热情，MARTA，一个很nice的MBA办公室人员还专门带我在整个MBA 楼里转了一圈，让我熟悉环境，还给我写下了什么career center的人员的名字、电话，什么国际学生中心的负责人员的名字、电话，好方便我有事去咨询、查问。

ESADE 的学生活动非常多，报到的第一周就安排很多的免费自助餐，让什么MBA主任及各相关部门人员和交换学生一起座谈，向交换学生介绍学校情况。还安排了免费的 bus带领所有的交换学生参观Barcelona。（而据去IESE做交换的同学很气愤的告诉我，他们学校没有安排任何的orientation 活动，也没有什么免费自助餐之类的好事。等我们正式开始上课后，活动就更加多了，上周六（2月6日）是去MBA的学生会组织同学们去参观一个15世纪的著名的修道院：Monasterio Poblet，中午是一起在附近的村庄过什么Onion Festival，据说是为了庆祝丰收的一个节日，我们近70人包下了一家餐厅的一个厅。在吃饭的时候西班牙本地的同学非常照顾我们交换学生，我们桌上的 Nando不光示范给我们如何吃各种西班牙的典型食物，还给我们介绍这个节日的由来和西班牙尤其是Cataluna地区的一些风俗习惯。就在我们刚开始吃的时候，还有一个西班牙本地同学跑到各桌，不厌其烦的交代桌上的本地同学照顾我们。

我们一起吃烤大葱（调料非常特别），当地特色的香肠，土豆面包喝酒，烤羊排和牛排，一起拼酒——红葡萄酒，白葡萄酒，西班牙香滨，最绝的是餐后还给每人上了一小杯帮助消化的水果酒，然后居然还有浓咖啡和甜品。喝酒我们不是用酒杯，用的是一种特殊的容器，长长的酒嘴，直接往嘴里灌。当有同学灌酒时，其他人就起哄，喊他的名字，并大声拍桌子，闹得不象话，随后饭店的老板娘跑出来说这是一个很高尚的饭店，隔壁还有其他的客人，请我们小声一些。又有同学们拼酒，同学们又要起哄，就有人把手指放在嘴边：嘘。然后西班牙同学们突然就集体唱起了一首西班牙歌曲，旋律很优美，可我听不懂歌词，懂西班牙文的我的roommate一听就笑了，小声说，他们在唱催眠曲呢，天啊，他们居然用这种诙谐幽默的方式表现他们的抗议。我真要晕了，可更让我晕的还在后面呢。催眠曲唱完后，一个同学站起来大声说了一句西班牙文，然后所有的同学一起齐声附和，问懂西班牙文的同学，原来他们说的是一句歌剧的歌词，大意是什么我们要自由，我们就要做我们想做的。后来几个男生提着酒壶到处灌同学，不时有同学模仿斗牛的动作，用餐巾在餐桌之间装疯搞怪，其他同学就唱歌伴奏。我几乎把酒喷一地，笑得赶紧用数码相机抓拍。西班牙人的热情、奔放，真的是很让人难忘。

回去的路上，喝高了的同学们不知疲惫，一路歌声，美好的旋律在黄昏的西班牙乡间飘荡，窗外是高速公路华彩初放，山上的灯火次第亮起，一切都美好的象是图画。

当天晚上是一个西班牙同学的生日，他邀请我们大家去参加他的生日party，不过由于当天正好我们来交换的中国同学要一起包饺子祝贺新年，我就没有去参加了。

星期天则是组织大家去参观毕加索博物馆，我不是那种品位高尚的人，毕加索对我比财务报表还能让我头痛，所以就没有去了。

本周二是西班牙嘉年华的最后一天，（好象是什么宗教的节日，是什么悲伤之前的最后狂欢），同学们又组织去附近的sites 参加晚上的化装游行和狂欢（ 也有很多故事和感受）。晚上10点多去那个海边小镇，我也参加了。

下周是他们组织的一起去滑雪。

在ESADE，你不用担心你会孤单，你不用担心你会没有朋友，你不用担心你会周末呆在家里对着case发呆，唯一需要担心的是，时间真的不够用啊。有这么多好玩的地方，有这么多的精彩，可是没有那么多的时间去参加啊。

比起去IESE交换的学生，我真的很兴庆，我的选择。

lfeng08908

好棒亚，谢谢

ESADE

ESADE is the fourth best international business school, according to Business Week

10/08/2004 - Barcelona

ESADE Business School is the third best business school in Europe and the first in Spain, according to the latest ranking of Full-Time MBA programmes drawn up by the North American magazine Business Week. In the classification of international schools, an exclusive list in which only ten institutions that are not from the United States appear, ESADE occupies the fourth position, passed only by the Canadian Queen, the Swiss IMD and the French INSEAD. The position obtained by ESADE is the best a Spanish business school has ever achieved in the Business Week ranking. The North American magazine is the publication that has spent the most time (16 years) producing classifications of business schools. This ranking, which is only published every two years, has become a world benchmark for both companies and those wishing to take an MBA course. The Business Week ranking consolidates ESADE as one of the best business schools in the world, a recognition that it obtained two weeks ago in the North American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which placed ESADE as the third best business school in the world and the first in Spain.

laststraw

呵呵，如果我今年到了。一定比较一下~：）顺便看场巴萨的小球~~~~诺坎谱~~

ESADE

ESADE, number one for companies

The methodology for the Business Week ranking is based on three main sources: satisfaction surveys of companies that employ MBA graduates, satisfaction polls among MBA students and an independent evaluation of the schools according to their capacity to produce knowledge.

In the partial classification based on the companies' opinion, ESADE obtained the first position among the non-US centres. On these lines, the companies consulted by Business Week highlight as the main qualities of the ESADE graduates, their leadership ability, their attitude and their analytical and communication skills? The excellent opinion that companies have of the ESADE MBA is clearly expressed in the global quality variable, where ESADE obtained the most points for a non-US school. Furthermore, ESADE is, according to the companies, the best business school in the areas of marketing, communication and teamwork?

The changes made over recent years in the MBA programme are now being recognised. ESADE is a school that focuses all its efforts on the student, without ignoring the needs of the companies and the ethical commitment,?states Carlos Losada, Director General of ESADE.

The 10 non-US schools that feature in the ranking are, in this order: Queen (Canada), IMD (Switzerland), INSEAD (France), ESADE (Spain), London Business School (UK), Western Ontario (Canada), IESE (Spain), HEC Paris (France), Toronto (Canada) and HEC Montreal (Canada).

laststraw

这个NON-US的RANKING没道理

ESADE

The Wall Street Journal: "ESADE, the 3rd best business school in the world and the 1st in Spain" September 2004

The Wall Street Journal highlights the ESADE graduates for their internationality, their capacity for teamwork, their ethical and professional integrity and their capacity to integrate into corporate culture. ESADE Business School is the third best business school in the world and the first in Spain, according to the ranking published today by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The position obtained by ESADE in the WSJ ranking is the best ever obtained by a Spanish business school in an international classification that includes both European and North American institutions. In this fourth edition of the ranking, the only one in the world produced exclusively from the opinion of companies, WSJ has surveyed 2,849 recruiters. The paper highlights ESADE graduates for their 搃nternational knowledge and experience, their capacity for teamwork, their ethical and professional integrity and their capacity to integrate into corporate culture? The classification, which includes a list of the 21 best business schools at an international level, has been prepared from the opinions of the recruiters, the companies or employers who are, at the end of the day, those who take on the MBA graduates according to their needs. In preparing the classification, WSJ has taken three main factors into account: global satisfaction of the companies with the graduates, the capacity of the school to attract international companies and the willingness to continue recruiting graduates from the same school.

一起加油的夥伴

想请教一下不晓得说入学的标准是怎样的？？？

Ex:  GPA, GMAT,TOEFL

谢谢先啊

realleon

恕我直言，虽然我也很喜欢ESADE，但感觉楼主的感想跟个枪手无异，太主观化了。让人感觉就是ESADE雇的。

呵呵

ASUNG

Yes, it is very confusing. I visited the 2 schools last weekend. It is true people in ESADE more friendly. But I still held doubt about the ranking na! If you go through the school profile, students in IESE has much hight GMAT. Also on the partner school (exchange program) IESE partner up with a lot of big names such as LBS, Warton. (but in ESADE's exchange school pool they don't have such big names) I do believe that schools will only partner up with schools that are in the same level. And if u check the list by UK governament (world top 50 MBA may get working visa in UK sort of thing) ESADE is not on the list.