This week we were at the 2017 edition of ZEST Malta, the leading high-tech start-up event in Malta. As part of our participation we had IE professor and Director of the Owner’s Scale Up Program (OSP) Joe Haslam speak at Day 1 of the conference, on the topic of Scaling Up. Joe was also featured in…
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Forté webinars for women looking to pursue an MBA
During the month of August, IE Business School, as one of the sponsor schools of Forté Foundation, participated in two webinars aimed at women (mainly in the US) looking to pursue an MBA program abroad. One of the webinars, called “The Global MBA experience”, was on how women can leverage a global MBA program to…
DetailsIE Students: Volunteer for Bits & Pretzels 2017 and get full access to the event!
Bits & Pretzels is Coming! IE Students: Volunteer!! | Munich, 24-26 September https://www.bitsandpretzels.com/ Bits & Pretzels is a 3-day founders festival that connects 5.000 startup enthusiasts with Speakers and Table Captains like the founders of Virgin, Airbnb, Evernote or Zendesk. Bits & Pretzels creates unique networking around Munich Oktoberfest and encourages meaningful relationships between founders,…
DetailsUkrainian Alumni Wins the EPIC Award Sponsored by Baume & Mercier
Vitaliy Dubil, EMBA’16 recently won the Extraordinary People Inspiring the IE Community (EPIC) awards* which are sponsored by Baume & Mercier. In addition to being a Lead for the Global Partnerships and Fundraising team at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), he’s using his professional experience and connections in the West to devote himself to public service…
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European winners of the 2017 IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities
IE Humanities Center, in collaboration with IE Foundation, has announced the winners of the IE Foundation Prizes in the Humanities 2017. IE students and alumni from 44 countries took part in the competition, submitting work in the categories of short story in Spanish and in English, poem in Spanish and in English, video, and photography.…
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RSM students visit IE campus
On June 26th, a group of 28 students from the Master in Global Business & Sustainability from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) in the Netherlands visited the IE campus in Madrid. RSM is one of IE’s partner universities, so the visit was an opportunity to strengthen the relationship between both schools. During their visit, the…
DetailsDiversity and Inclusion Days: IE Business School at European Central Bank
Celia de Anca, Director of Diversity at IE Business School, discusses gender diversity and how women can deal with the balancing act between expectation and self-realisation.
DetailsKazakhstan scholarship opportunities for masters at IE
IE, in its efforts to expand its already global student community, and offer opportunities to regions with great potential, has tightened relationships with Kazakhstan’s educational institutions. Students interested in doing a master program at IE, in any of its five schools (Business, Human Sciences and Technology, Law, International Relations, and Architecture & Design) may now…
DetailsPunching Above Their Weight: Iceland’s Global FinTech Companies (and the IE Alumni That Work for Them)
Ten days ago Dr. Gayle Allard and I wrapped up a 5 country tour of the Nordics in Reykjavik, and it was a productive final stop. On the tour we met with over 100 candidates, alumni, and colleagues from partner organizations, and our meetings included interactive discussions around which countries to invest firm resources, given comparative…
DetailsYBA Amsterdam visit to Madrid
Last Friday, September 9th, we were happy to welcome a group of 50 lawyers from the Young Bar Association in Amsterdam. After enjoying museums, cultural attractions and an informative session at Uría Menendez on the previous day, they came to our campus for a nice wrap up to their visit to Madrid. The session started in the…
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