IESE and CEIBS Launch the World Executive MBA

- The program is aimed at highly committed senior executives working across international boundaries.

- Modules will be delivered at CEIBS and IESE campuses in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe.

- The joint program is the culmination of both business schools' ongoing collaboration, which began when CEIBS was founded in 1994.

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China Europe International Business School

Feb 26, 2015, 09:00 ET

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IESE Business School and China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) will launch a new joint program in January 2016: the World Executive MBA. The program is designed for senior business leaders (average age 40) with responsibilities across international borders. It aims to develop participants both in terms of their leadership potential and through a keen understanding of the forces that shape management in different parts of the world. The program is focused on meeting executives' personal and professional needs, allowing them to share their learning experience with peers from highly diverse backgrounds as they learn at world-class facilities across five continents.

To ensure it is easily accessible for executives from a variety of regions, the program format is blended, balancing residential modules run at CEIBS and IESE campuses around the world, alongside innovative on-line modules. Participants will learn through the case study method and a very intense personalized development program delivered by expert faculty from both schools across all locations.

According to Franz Heukamp, IESE's Associate Dean for MBA Programs, "Together we have designed a truly joint program designed for executives with cross-border responsibilities, be they East/West, North/South, or both. Our aim is to provide these executives with an exceptional MBA learning experience that is highly accessible for them."

"The World Executive MBA is a high intensity, truly international program that will bring together senior business executives for an entirely new learning experience," said Professor Nikos Tsikriktsis, Associate Dean for the CEIBS GEMBA Programs. "It will blend the in-class learning experience with online learning; and with courses offered across the world our participants will benefit from strengthening their global networks."

The new World Executive MBA marks another step in CEIBS and IESE's partnership of 20 years, adding to the list of programs that the two business schools already offer jointly: the Global CEO Program, the CEO for China Program and the joint PhD. This track record of delivering programs together can ensure a more cohesive experience for participants where there is true collaboration and sharing of expertise between the schools.

Both CEIBS' (Beijing, Ghana, Shanghai and Shenzhen) and IESE's (Barcelona, Madrid, Munich, New York and Sao Paulo) established global presence means they can accordingly offer in-depth insight from the different regions in the world in which the executives conduct business.

About CEIBS

CEIBS offers a unique combination of "China Depth, Global Breadth" – taking advantage of its position as a leading business school in Asia to train responsible leaders. CEIBS' vision is to become the most respected international business school by linking East and West in teaching, research, and business practice and by promoting China's social and economic development through high-impact knowledge creation and dissemination. Headquartered at its own campus in the Pudong district of Shanghai, the school is a not-for-profit joint venture established in 1994 under an agreement between the Chinese government and the European Commission. Today, CEIBS also has a campus in Beijing and locations in Shenzhen and Africa. The CEIBS GEMBA is ranked #10 by the Financial Times.

www.ceibs.edu

About IESE Business School

IESE is one of the world's most international business schools, with campuses in Barcelona, Madrid, New York, Munich and Sao Paulo. Consistently ranked within the top ten worldwide, IESE has pioneered business education in Europe since its founding in 1958 in Barcelona. IESE seeks to develop business leaders with solid business skills, a global mindset and a desire to make a positive impact on society. The school distinguishes itself in its general-management approach, extensive use of the case method, international outreach, and emphasis on placing people at the heart of managerial decision making. With a truly global outlook, IESE currently runs programs on five continents.

www.iese.edu

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