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Get the inside scoop on IE Business School admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


Status
Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
An application was sent electronically, and required short-answer essays and the GMAT (of course)! People who could not attend an interview with an...   READ MORE
Current Student
It was difficult because the exam was complicated.   READ MORE
Current Student
2 options. 1st: GMAT 2nd: Instituto de Empresa exam,with two parts, a comprhensive psico exam and a quetionarie (about 40) of different situation...   READ MORE
Current Student
Very straight forward. Perhaps there is not as many US candidates that apply to the school, I felt that I had a better chance to get in because ge...   READ MORE
Status
Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The workload was intense for the first 6 months, and then both the quality of work and the experience of the students in their work group helped g...   READ MORE
Current Student
It has a case metod, i have only 2 months in the master and theres not heavy workload already. Right now I have 8 professors and i think that 1 of...   READ MORE
Current Student
5 Stars program. Only graduates/bachelor title admited, and 3 years of profesional experiences at least. (ages between 26-32) Improve financial a...   READ MORE
Current Student
Excellent professors that tend to emphazise real world examples than theories. Most of the professors are non-US and non-UK. They have excellent a...   READ MORE
Status
Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The careers department is arguably the one aspect of Instituto de Empresa which needs the most improvement. The careers fairs are poor, and the amoun...   READ MORE
Current Student
There are a special area in the insitute that takes all the activities of employment prospects, I think that when I finish the master I will have exce...   READ MORE
Current Student
Too many options, just depend what you want to do after the program. The Data Base of the ie works from the end of the program till your retirement ...   READ MORE
Current Student
IE is well known in Europe and Latin America. Since I am looking primarily at working in Asia after MBA, I am not expecting the school to be able to p...   READ MORE
Status
Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The quality of life in Madrid is probably the best in the Spanish- speaking world, and the school in Madrid is in one of the best suburbs. The onl...   READ MORE
Current Student
Madrid is expensive, is secure and the campus facilities are good.   READ MORE
Current Student
They help a lot to foreign students, and most of them comes from different countries (not only in the IMBA).    READ MORE
Current Student
Quality of life in Madrid is quite good and the cost of living is at least 25% less than most US metropolitan areas. Housing is more-or-less on yo...   READ MORE
Status
Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Madrid is the bar capital of Europe. The night life and gasrtronomy was unforgettable. Many romances were struck, and there were many many sport...   READ MORE
Current Student
Theres a lot of bars and a lot of diverse clubs, in weekends you can do a lot of things, but its expensive.   READ MORE
Current Student
There are a lot of activities, like every sport you can imagine, culture staff, financial, parties, languages clubs.... You can make a real campus ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Madrid has 5000+ bars, even more restaurnats, you will not be able to visit them all. There is always something going on in terms of events. But y...   READ MORE

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