ESIC University

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World University Rankings 2025
401–600th
Impact Rankings 2024
76-100th
European Teaching Rankings 2019
Avenida de Valdenigrales s/n, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, 28223, Spain

ESIC University is a leading institution in Spain with almost 60 years of experience educating business and marketing professionals. We maintain a direct relationship with industry so that we can offer practical and academic training that meets the needs of the labour market. Our values shape the training that we offer and graduates emerge as highly qualified professionals with an excellent knowledge of the latest business trends.

As an academic institution, our mission is to train people in management, marketing, innovation, and digital skills with a global and comprehensive vision throughout their professional life. With the aim of promoting the transformation of students so that they can develop successfully in their professional lives in a responsible manner and be agents of change in organisations and society.

To accomplish this goal, ESIC has a faculty with a strong academic profile and close ties to the business world, 145 strategic agreements with universities and business schools around the world, 13 campuses, both national and international, agreements with 2,500 companies to facilitate the employability of our students and an alumni network of over 70,000 professionals around the world.

Our educational model is a combination of knowledge, values and experiences, and therefore each student has the opportunity to shape the learning experience at our University by choosing from one of our areas of education: vocational training, undergraduate studies, graduate studies or executive education.

 

UNDERGRADUATE

The Bachelor’s degree courses at ESIC University are taught in person and cover the areas of Directing and Management, Marketing, Digital Business, Communication & Advertising, International Business and Law.

In addition to completing your bachelor's degree at ESIC, you have the option to enhance your studies through various training pathways: optional subjects, specialisation diplomas, and pursuing one of our private higher degrees in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Data Science, Marketing Management, or Sustainability Management. Additionally, students can choose between studying in Spanish or English throughout their course of study.

 

GRADUATE

ESIC offers a wide variety of graduate programs, including official master's degrees, private lifelong learning master's degrees, specialisation programs, courses, and online training. ESIC's graduate programs cover a range of specialisations, including: Direction and Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Commercial and Sales, Technology, Supply Chain, International Trade Business, Finance, Communication and Advertising.

ESIC's teaching method, known as Transformative Learning (TL), is an innovative hybrid model that integrates online (both synchronous and asynchronous) and face-to-face activities (classroom and remote). This approach aims to provide a 360º learning experience where students are the focal point of an infinite campus.

Some of the pedagogical methodologies employed include:

  • Active Learning: Mindmap Learning
  • Blogging (Cooperative Learning)
  • Masterclass
  • Peer Feedback Learning (Collaborative Learning)
  • Class Discussion
  • Flipped Learning
  • Learning by Teaching
  • Case Method
  • Role-playing

 

SERVICES

IN-COMPANY INTERNSHIPS: For the most junior profiles, we provide students with their first professional experience. +3000 internship offers. +3000 collaborating companies.

CAREERS: For graduates and students with a senior profile, we help to improve their employability. We provide companies with qualified professional profiles from among our students and alumni, a service that is completely free for them and for life. 96% employability rate of our graduates one year after graduation. 75% work in a multinational company. +2000 selection processes

ENTREPRENEURS: We make the entrepreneurial initiatives of our students and alumni a reality. It is a totally free service. +300 projects advised per year. 15 projects in the incubator. 45 companies running in the last 5 years with +3 years with recurring income. 74 start-ups created and earning their first revenues.

ESIC EDITORIAL: +600 professional books, 3 scientific journals, 23 case studies, +400 e-books, +20 university technical notes, +100 documentation notebooks, 35 theses on teaching research.

ESIC IDIOMAS: is the centre specialising in foreign language training at ESIC. It is present on the following campuses: Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Malaga, Pamplona and Tudela. We are also an official examining and preparation centre for the main certificates: TOEFL, TOEIC and all Cambridge certificates. +8200 candidates assessed for official English exams. +2000 students per year.

MASESIC: this is ESIC's University Extension department and carries out its work through its range of volunteering activities, sports, cultural activities, university pastoral care and social entrepreneurship. Undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and teaching and management staff can collaborate in this service.

ESIC ANNUAL EVENTS:

- HOY ES MARKETING: The largest marketing, management and digital economy event in Spain.  National and international speakers with inspiring presentations on artificial intelligence, challenges and opportunities in the digital era, technology, innovative ideas, happiness, future...

- MEET YOUR FUTURE: ESIC's national entrepreneurship and employability fair. +2600 ATTENDEES. 60 COMPANIES

ESIC- ALUMNI. +70,000 alumni. Spain's largest network of professionals and executives specialising in business, marketing, communication and digital economy. +85 nationalities.

 

 CAMPUSES 

  • MADRID (Business School)

    • Avenida de Juan XXIII, 12, 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
    • 91 7444040

    MADRID (University)

    • Camino Valdenigriales, S/N, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid
    • 91 4524100

    BARCELONA (Business School)

    • Carrer de Marià Cubí, 124, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08021, Barcelona
    • 93 4144444

    BARCELONA (University)

    • Passeig de Santa Eulàlia, 2, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 08017, Barcelona
    • 931 1707844

    VALENCIA

    • Avenida de Blasco Ibáñez, 55, Algirós, 46021 València, Valencia
    • 96 3614811

 

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

 

MARKETING

 

DIGITAL BUSINESS

DATA SCIENCE

COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

DERECHO Y NEW LAW

COMPUTER ENGINEERING

MBAs

MARKETING

BUSINESS

TECHNOLOGY

COMMERCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

COMMUNICATION, ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

HUMAN RESOURCES

LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN

FINANCES

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Key statistics

  • 18%
    Percentage of International Students
    (1)
  • 30.9
    No. of students per staff
    (1)
  • 61 : 39
    Student Ratio of Females to Males
    (1)
  • 6,585
    Number of FTE Students
    (1)
  • 20%
    Proportion of ISR Publications
    (1)
Based on data collected for the (1) 2025 World University Rankings

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Subjects taught at ESIC University

  • Social sciences

    • Communication & Media Studies
  • Business & economics

    • Business & Management

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