Global MBA
A personalized learning experience designed for ambitious professionals and executives who want to build their careers on the global stage.Build your next move with a top-ranked online MBA
Ranked #1 in the Financial Times Online MBA Ranking, the Global MBA is a personalized learning experience designed for ambitious professionals and executives who want to build their careers on the global stage. IE Business School’s Global MBA program offers a flexible, streamlined, and personalized journey that combines academic rigor with real-world impact, helping you to accelerate your career on your terms.
Shaped around your goals and professional path, the Global MBA blends bespoke executive and career coaching with project-based learning, real-world simulations, and immersive global experiences. You can tailor your journey through a wide range of specialization tracks, select the format that best suits your needs through blended or 100% online delivery, and expand your international perspective through residential periods and immersion destinations in leading business hubs.
With destinations including New York, Shanghai, Copenhagen and Segovia…, the Global MBA helps you build a diverse international network and grow your global profile, equipping you with the skills, confidence, and strategic vision to lead in a complex and fast-changing world. Built around flexibility, personalization, and expert teaching, the Global MBA puts you in charge of your career – and your future.
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Who is the Global MBA right for?
IT’S FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO…
- Want to develop their leadership skills in English while continuing to work.
- Work across markets or collaborate with international teams and want to broaden their business perspective.
- Are preparing for greater responsibility, exploring a career change or building their own venture.
- Need a blended or 100% online MBA that fits their location and professional commitments.
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- The flexibility to pursue their MBA in English without stepping away from their career.
- Opportunities to apply new ideas to challenges at work as they learn.
- An international peer network that brings different markets, industries and perspectives into the conversation.
- The opportunity to specialize in a specific business area through tracks aligned with their professional goals.
- A deeper understanding of global markets and different business environments to inform decisions across borders.
The Global MBA Experience
BLENDED OR 100% ONLINE LEARNING
Choose a blended format that combines online study with in-person residential periods, or a 100% online experience. Develop your skills in English while continuing to work, with options that fit your location and professional commitments.
ONE GLOBAL MBA COMMUNITY
Your network extends beyond your own cohort. The English and Executive Spanish editions are part of the same Global MBA, with opportunities to come together through Global Immersion Weeks and shared specialization tracks. Exchange perspectives and build connections across editions, industries and markets.
GLOBAL IMMERSION WEEKS
Explore business in a different market through optional Global Immersion Weeks. Learn alongside participants from both Global MBA editions, discover different business environments and connect classroom ideas with local challenges while expanding your international network.
PERSONALIZED EXECUTIVE COACHING
Work with an executive coach to clarify your goals and shape your development priorities. Career coaching helps you explore your next professional step and build an action plan that connects your MBA experience with your ambitions.
Business Sprints
Put your learning into practice through intensive Business Sprints. Tackle real-world business challenges, work through decisions with your peers and connect knowledge across functions to develop practical solutions.
Specialization tracks
Focus your MBA on the areas that matter to your next move. Choose specialization tracks aligned with your professional goals, deepen your expertise and exchange perspectives with peers who share your interests.
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Discover More About The Program
Explore the entire curriculum, all the specialization options and career development resources shared across the Global MBA.
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Your 18-month Global MBA journey
See how the Part-time Online format unfolds over 18 months, from the start of your MBA to graduation. Explore the roadmap for your intake and use it to plan your studies alongside work.
Compare the two Global MBA programs
Who is it for?
Global MBA in English
Professionals and executives who want to learn in English and need a blended or online MBA to fit their location and professional commitments.
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
Professionalsand executives who prefer learning in Spanish, value regular classroom interaction and can attend weekend classes in Madrid.
Duration
Global MBA in English
18 months
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
16 months
Language
Global MBA in English
English
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
Spanish, with the option to choose available specialization tracks in English for a more bilingual experience.
Learning format
Global MBA in English
Blended, combining online study with in-person residential periods, or 100% online.
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
Face-to-face weekend learning in Madrid, designed to combine study with ongoing professional activity.
Location
Global MBA in English
Online, with residential periods in Madrid for the blended route and optional international immersion experiences. A 100% online route is also available.
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
Madrid for face-to-face weekend classes, with access to optional international immersion experiences.
Intakes
Global MBA in English
March and September
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
September
Specialization tracks
Global MBA in English
Specialize in a business area aligned with your professional goals and exchange perspectives with peers who share your interests.
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
Choose from available tracks in Spanish or select tracks in English for a more bilingual experience, with opportunities to learn alongside participants from the English edition.
Networking and community
Global MBA in English
Build connections through online collaboration and, in the blended route, in-person experiences. Meet participants from the Spanish edition through Global Immersion Weeks and shared tracks.
Global MBA Executive Spanish Edition
Build relationships through regular classroom contact in Madrid. Connect with participants from the English edition through Global Immersion Weeks and shared tracks delivered in English.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT IS IE’S GLOBAL MBA?
IE’s Global MBA is an 18-month, part-time program designed for experienced professionals who want to accelerate their careers without pausing them. Ranked #1 in the Financial Times Online MBA Ranking, it combines flexibility, global exposure and personalized leadership development in a blended or 100% online format.
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HOW DOES THE GLOBAL MBA DIFFER FROM A TRADITIONAL MBA?
The Global MBA is built for working professionals seeking flexibility and personalization. It blends online learning with optional residential periods and global immersion weeks, offering a tailored leadership journey rather than a one-size-fits-all model.
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WHAT IS THE DURATION, FORMAT AND LANGUAGE OF THE PROGRAM?
The program lasts 18 months and is delivered in English. It is offered in a blended format—combining online study with residential periods and immersion weeks—or as a fully 100% online experience.
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WHEN CAN I START THE GLOBAL MBA?
The Global MBA offers two annual intakes: March and September.
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WHERE DOES THE PROGRAM TAKE PLACE?
The program can be completed 100% online or in a blended format that includes residential periods in Madrid and Global Immersion Weeks in leading business hubs such as New York, Shanghai, Riyadh, Copenhagen and San Francisco. Destinations may vary by intake.
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WHAT MAKES THE GLOBAL MBA LEARNING EXPERIENCE UNIQUE?
The program combines academic rigor with practical application through Business Sprints, a Sustainability Challenge, AI-resilient simulations and real-world projects. Participants also personalize their journey through elective tracks and executive coaching.
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WHO IS THE GLOBAL MBA DESIGNED FOR?
The program is designed for experienced, ambitious professionals seeking career acceleration, global exposure and leadership development—while continuing to work full-time.
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IS THE GLOBAL MBA ONLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH?
The Global MBA is delivered in English. However, IE Business School also offers a Spanish-language edition of the Global MBA in a weekend, face-to-face format in Madrid. Both formats lead to the same Global MBA degree and share the same academic standards.
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