MRes/PHD in Management Sciences - Call for applicants September 2024 Intake

Funded Programme - Application Deadline: January 22nd, 2024

Esade Business School offers a rigorous and international academic environment for research operating in three campuses: Barcelona, Sant Cugat del Vallès (near Barcelona) and Madrid. The school is home to faculty and students from all around the globe and is one of the leading business schools in the world according to international rankings. Our school’s mission is “to educate highly professional individuals aware of their responsibilities as national and global citizens, sensitive to issues of solidarity and social justice and keen to engage in collective projects.”

About the Doctoral Programme:

Esade is seeking applications for the Doctoral Programme in Management Sciences starting in September 2024. The Programme is full time and taught in English at our Barcelona-Sant Cugat campus.

This four-year programme consists of a one-year Master of Research (MRes), which comprises the specialized research coursework of the PhD (further information: MRes website), and three years dedicated to the development of the PhD dissertation (further information: PhD website).

Areas of specialization include: Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Marketing and Data Driven Decisions, Leadership & Organizational Behavior, Supply Chain & Operations Management, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Economics, Accounting & Finance and Geopolitics and Public Management. During your application process you have to indicate explicitly which research area you are interested in.

Scholarships and Living Stipends:

Esade provides scholarships that cover 100% tuition waiver and living expenses. Living stipend for the one-year MRes is 17.406€ and for the PhD is 17.650€ during 1st and 2nd year and 18.912€ for 3rd year. TA/RA activities can be performed during the PhD providing extra income.

Application process:

Firstly, you will be requested to fill in an electronic application form (including your area of research interest, a statement of purpose, detailed CV and two letters of recommendation), at the following link: Apply online.

Once you have completed the application, you will receive an email requesting the following documents:

• A research proposal (limited to 3 pages).
• Official transcripts from each school attended (scanned copies to be uploaded in PDF format).
• Scanned, certified copies of all university diplomas in PDF format.
• An official GMAT or GRE score report of a test taken less than five years ago.
• TOEFL score report of a test taken less than two years ago. Exempted: English native speakers or if your university studies were in English (minimum of 3 academic years).

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible. The main deadline to apply to the MRes and provide all requested documents is 22nd January 2024. The interviews of short- listed candidates will take place during February.

More information:

• To know more about how to apply, please follow the link MRes application process
• You can join our online informative sessions on Zoom:
  • November 16 at 2pm Barcelona local time. Register here 
  • December 14 at 2 pm Barcelona local time. Register here
• For any additional clarification, you can contact us annachiara.longoni@esade.edu (MRes Programme director) or silvia.espin@esade.edu (MRes Programme manager).