What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Barcelona? The sea, architecture, culture, food, Gaudí, Barça, IESE? Welcome to Living in Barcelona and discover the secret gems of this vibrant city.
In this post, we look at how to stay fit in Barcelona while going through an intense MBA program, from the eyes of Ankit Nayal, IESE MBA 22, fitness entrepreneur, certified trainer and ex-bodybuilder. Barcelona is a beautiful city, with mountains on the west side and beaches on the east. No matter what your discipline…
Every year, we are pleased to welcome exchange students from our partner business schools around the world to our Barcelona campus. This allows IESE MBAs to expand their network and learn alongside students from other top business schools and for other international MBAs to experience life at IESE. In this post, Isabella Zhang an exchange…
An MBA at IESE is not just an opportunity to meet an incredible group of future lifelong friends, nor just to learn from a set of thought-provoking professors; it is also a chance to get fully immersed in IESE’s student-led activities, aimed at providing enriching experiences and leveraging what Barcelona has to offer. The IESE…
Gioia Bonso, Rosana Portela and Cédric Devivier are active members of the IESE community, not as MBA students but as partners. How was their move to Barcelona and did it match their expectations? In this post, they reflect on their journey so far. We have always been sharing, caring, playing, dancing with and supporting our partners…
When I was asked to write to you about my experience over the past 20 months, it took me a while to figure out what to say. It’s unbelievably hard to sum up this experience and what it has meant to me in brief, but here goes nothing. You are about to embark on the…