In the fall, IESE students typically participate in various career treks where they travel to international locations to gain more in-depth knowledge about different sectors and network with executives from leading organizations. This year was no exception, with multiple treks taking place all across Europe and the Middle East. In this post, we feature some…
Career Trek
“It’s always impossible until it is done”, the Lisbon Trek 2019
“No, there’s no way we can make it!” It is the 2nd of September 2019. Excitement is overflowing in the Portuguese WhatsApp group! It is the first day of orientation week and the all-time high of seven Portuguese students in IESE MBA class of 2021 meet for the first time. Among all the enthusiasm of…
Three Takeaways from the Responsible Business trek in Geneva
To increase the awareness toward global issues among our MBA students, IESE’s Responsible Business Club (RBC) initiated the first business trek to visit SDGs players in Geneva earlier this month. We had a packed schedule, visiting organizations like UNHCR, UNICEF, WEF, IFRC, GAVI, The Global Fund, DNDi, WHO, WBCSD, DuPont Sustainable Solutions, Bamboo Capital Partners,…
Asia Career Summit 2019 – Singapore Career Trek
IESE’s Asia Career Summit (ACS) is the flagship event hosted by the Asia Business Club, giving MBA students the opportunity to network with and learn about top companies in South East Asia. This year twenty-three 1st and 2nd year IESE MBAs and over 15 companies participated in the sixth edition of the summit in Singapore….
Learning beyond the Classroom
At the heart of the IESE MBA, lies a strong focus on classroom learning. The brochures, our professors, and the website talk extensively about the focus on delivering an academically rigorous program, one built on the 400+ cases taught in the classroom. This is for good reason – the case method puts you in the…