IE Business School’s Global Online MBA tops QS Online MBA world ranking

Students benefit from the most disruptive technologies, such as artificial intelligence, simulations and big data.

IE Business School’s Global Online MBA is the best online MBA in the world, according to the QS 2019 ranking published today. This ranking consolidates international recognition of IE’s Global Online MBA, already considered one of the best programs in the world by the Financial Times. The QS ranking evaluates the profile of the students of the Global Online MBA, their employability, the quality of faculty and the learning experience.

IE Business School’s Global Online MBA is 90% composed of international students who live an immersive experience throughout the program. The Global Online MBA uses tools, methodologies and content focused on digital transformation and technological disruption.

The Global Online MBA has two residential periods at IE Business School’s Madrid campus at the beginning and end of the program. In addition, it has optional periods -Global Immersive Weeks - on technology and entrepreneurship in cities such as San Francisco, Tel Aviv or Shanghai, enabling students to get to know the business culture of each country, attend training sessions, expand their network and to visit companies.

"The Global Online MBA shapes executives capable of facing the challenges of transformation and disruption in their companies."

"The Global Online MBA shapes executives capable of facing the challenges of transformation and disruption in their companies. Training is a differential asset that drives your career and at IE Business School we train students through leadership sessions, change management workshops, negotiation and high-performance teams," said Ignacio Gafo, Vice Dean of IE Business School. "We have developed a globalized and digital ecosystem that enriches the training experience,” he adds.

The Global Online MBA combines periods of online and face-to-face training, allowing executives from around the world to combine the program with their professional responsibilities. Students benefit from the WOW Room, IE Business School’s classroom of the future, unique in Europe, which uses artificial intelligence, simulations and big data, among other resources, to reinvent the learning experience.

Throughout the Global Online MBA, students use interactive materials and content developed by experts at IE Business School. The academic institution has the largest collection of multimedia case studies in the world in areas of knowledge such as machine learning, the internet of things, agile methodologies and others.

Students of the Global Online MBA are supported by career coaches who work with them individually from the first day of the program. They also carry out competency assessments and design their career plans with sector experts.