I perfectly agree Jaitego, I find it scary, this habit to pretend to have an accreditation whereas it's only a membership with one of the accreditation organisation. On many websites of unknown programs the whole accreditation situation is presented in such a misleading way that even well educated people like us get confused!
Once you discover this kind of a "trick", sorry, but how can you think afterwards that it is a serious school? For me this is a good reason to drop it immediately...
MBA Carlos III Madrid
Posted Apr 03, 2007 12:54
Once you discover this kind of a "trick", sorry, but how can you think afterwards that it is a serious school? For me this is a good reason to drop it immediately...
Posted Apr 06, 2007 17:52
I think the fact that there are only three schools from Spain that are AACSB accreditated, and IESE is not one of them, shows that it is not a perfect parameter about the quality about the programme. IESE is ranked 16th in Financial Times rankings worldwide.
I totally agree tdpc2, I think to really evaluate a school you have to combine all kinds of information. Accreditation is certainly one major indicator, but of course a good position in the relevant international rankings, especially if the program is ranked in several rankings, is even more important. But when scouting for your MBA you should always look for first hand info by people who actually did the MBA.
By the way, it's a well established fact that IESE is on of the good European schools, which accreditations does it have then?
I totally agree tdpc2, I think to really evaluate a school you have to combine all kinds of information. Accreditation is certainly one major indicator, but of course a good position in the relevant international rankings, especially if the program is ranked in several rankings, is even more important. But when scouting for your MBA you should always look for first hand info by people who actually did the MBA.
By the way, it's a well established fact that IESE is on of the good European schools, which accreditations does it have then?
Posted Apr 07, 2007 11:29
IESE has two accreditations: Association of MBAs (AMBA) and EQUIS.
Posted Apr 07, 2007 12:28
I could not find that information on the website. IESE does obviously not need the accreditations to market its MBA. You can always look on the website of the accreditation organizations to check whether a school is accredited. In fact, you should do this. As jaitego pointed out some schools provide misleading information on their accreditations.
You can find IESE in these lists:
http://www.mbaworld.com/index.php?content=accreditedlistall&mm=28&sm=8
http://www.efmd.org/html/Accreditations/link_overview.asp?id=040929sqku&tid=4&ref=ind
For AACSB the link would be http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/accreditedmembers.asp
You can find IESE in these lists:
http://www.mbaworld.com/index.php?content=accreditedlistall&mm=28&sm=8
http://www.efmd.org/html/Accreditations/link_overview.asp?id=040929sqku&tid=4&ref=ind
For AACSB the link would be http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/accreditedmembers.asp
Posted Apr 09, 2007 00:22
Thanks everyone for their input, it is greatly appreciated!
Posted Jun 19, 2009 23:30
Here's some first-hand info about Carlos III: http://www.find-mba.com/board/9086/1#post-10394
Posted Jul 15, 2009 12:10
hi ppl, i am from india,bangalore, and i got offer letter recently, any one joining this year 2009-2010 class, le me knw...
i feel Carlos has its own advantages like AMBA accreditation,which only 5 Spanish schools have,so u will study with ppl who have good work experience rated top spanish school in any website you check,faculty are good, heard likes from MIT n Harvard.+ cost effective
it is not well known may be bcoz it in getafe,and uni started only in 1989, althou jus 1 hour from madrid...so living in madrid would be cool, i am planning to do tht.
disadvantages is, classes r in evening, 5 to 8pm,english version, like UK gives 3 year work permit after MBA, spain does not give, language prob, since ppl speak only spain.
all de best,anyone joining for MBA 2009-2010 and let me know about the same.
also you can write me directly at [email protected]
i feel Carlos has its own advantages like AMBA accreditation,which only 5 Spanish schools have,so u will study with ppl who have good work experience rated top spanish school in any website you check,faculty are good, heard likes from MIT n Harvard.+ cost effective
it is not well known may be bcoz it in getafe,and uni started only in 1989, althou jus 1 hour from madrid...so living in madrid would be cool, i am planning to do tht.
disadvantages is, classes r in evening, 5 to 8pm,english version, like UK gives 3 year work permit after MBA, spain does not give, language prob, since ppl speak only spain.
all de best,anyone joining for MBA 2009-2010 and let me know about the same.
also you can write me directly at [email protected]
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