
AESE Business School
Portugal
Since 1980 AESE Business School, the first School of Business and Management in Portugal, has been dedicated to the training and improvement of business leaders, with a Christian perspective of Man and Society. The transformative impact on its Alumni spread across 5 continents makes AESE a unique business school: a school for Leaders who want to learn, leave their mark and transform the world.
The recognition of the school in the business world is the result of the four essential principles that guide AESE’s activities:
• A Culture of Learning, involving the Alumni community, participants, teachers, employees, companies, schools and institutions it comes in contact with;
• Knowledge rooted in business reality and with a Management and Leadership perspective combined with a critical, rigorous and holistic approach to the current issues and challenges in the business world and society;
• A far-reaching presence in the world enhanced by the diversity of its Community, the rich content of its activities and a close proximity to interna- tional schools such as the IESE Business School in particular; and
• Strong, ethical and humanistic values, coupled with a persistent effort to practice and share them.
The Executive MBA AESE is tailored to developing the skills for senior management and preparing leaders to take on new positions and challenges with greater responsibility. The programme promotes the acquisition of knowledge geared to action, stimulates multidisciplinary reflection and contributes to a holistic view of organizations. The focus is on developing a complete vision of the company from the perspective of general management and on the clear definition of managers’ responsibility to the people they work with and to their stakeholders.
The close collaboration between AESE and IESE has been strengthened by the Executive MBA, with classes mostly given in Lisbon by academics, leaders and speakers from both institutions. includes a one-week intensive course at the IESE NY, USA.
The Executive MBA AESE is accredited by EPAS since 2008.
And since 2019 the Executive MBA AESE has been awarded the AMBA acreditation.
Structure: Friday afternoon and Saturday morning
Two International week: Lisbon and IESE NY, USA
Two optional weeks: Meiji Business School in Tokyo, Japan and Fudan Universiry, Shangai, China
Length of Course: 19 months
Starting Dates: October 2020
Application Deadlines: Admissions process from January 2020 to September 2020
Ratio of applicants to places: 3:2
Number of nationalities: 3
Men vs. Women ratio: 3:1
Age Range: from 30 to 46
Average Age: 39
Minimum of working experience: 5 years
Participants' background degree:
- Engineering: 36%
- Business/ Economics: 35%
- Others: 29%
Bachelors Degree
GMAT or our equivalent Test
References: 2 letters of recomendation
Language: fluency in English, Portuguese and Spanish
Tuition fees: 29.500 EUR (+ VAT)
The base price includes: documentation, support material, catering and parking in Lisbon and registration for the international week at IESE NY, USA. Airline tickets are not included in tuition fees. Optional international weeks (MBS TOKYO, FUDAN SHANGHAI) are priced at 2,500 euros (+ VAT) each.
Participants in the long-duration programs form the AESE Alumni Association. The School’s relationship with its more than 6700 Alumni, and between them, generates an inexhaustible source of knowledge, experience and contacts for the professional and personal improvement of all.
AESE’s Alumni Association promotes activities that establish a platform for continuous learning and permanent transformation. Highlights include the evening conferences – Continuity Sessions – unique moments in which recognized academic and professional figures speak about relevant topics in the area of management, serving and facilitating learning in each of the functional areas of the company or in the company as a whole within society.