Is ESADE good for MBB?

Hello there!

I did my MSc in International Management at ESADE and landed a consulting job in Dubai. Just from my MIM class (120 people), around 10 people did the same, effectively making consulting in Dubai one of the most popular choices among ESADE MSc graduates (UK and Germany being the other top ones). 
BCG heavily recruits from ESADE and has (or at least had at the time I attended the Master) dedicated events for Middle East recruitment, and several other companies do the same (I remember attending Kearney's events among the others). Just for the fact that BCG has one of the largest offices here in Dubai, you will find most of the alumni employed there, but I can assure you that ESADE offers a good level of placement all across the Tier 1-3 consulting firms in Dubai.

Someone here mentioned Bocconi (which I attended for my Bachelors): in my opinion, Bocconi's careers team is less effective than ESADE's, especially due to the fact that ESADE has a much smaller MSc intake each year. On top of that, I personally consider the ESADE experience more enjoyable than the Bocconi one, both from a personal and from an academic perspective - but this is just a subjective view.

Hope this helps, please feel free to shoot me a message if you want to know more about consulting in the Middle East! Good luck with your MSc application!

Cheers,

Gianmarco

Hi A, 

ESADE is definitely ranked among the top schools and is a target university for MBB. During my time at McK, many colleagues came from ESADE. 

I would always refer to the FT Ranking for Master programs - if you get into one of the Top 10, you are 100% sure to tick that box. Then comes the rest: 

• Grades
• Extracurriculars
• Internships

Finally, from a personal point of view, I would encourage you to also decide for a uni where you really feel comfortable being. 

ADDITION because of UAE. I know that BCG Dubai was having extremely strong ties with Bocconi and did direct recruiting there. You could contact the career service to see if ESADE has similar cooperations going on.

Hope this helps! Cheers

Jonas

Hey there,

ESADE is definitely a good choice for MBB in Europe and the Middle East. I have met many people at McK who either came from ESADE or did their MBA after 2 years in the film.

Before deciding on your Masters

• check Linkedin to see where alumni are working
• connect to the career office of the university and let them provide you with employment statistics (good universities usually track that 3 months / 1 year after graduation)

Cheers,

Florian

ESADE is a good school but why not consider an MBA ?

Hi,

in short: YES (for European offices).

Are there always better schools? Yes. However you not only have ESADE but also a MSc in Finance. I dont see any red flags. Many (!) of my friends did the ESADE masters after doing undergrad somewhere in Europe, many went into Investment Banking or MBB.

Things to consider: go on linkedin and perform a specific search on ESADE grads in your targeted office. This will give you a more nuanced view.

Best,
Denis

Hi there,

I helped a few people from ESADE to land at BCG Dubai so moving to MBB is possible as you mentioned. In terms of Spain, I also helped quite a few people from IE to do the same (MBB in Dubai - not only BCG).

There is an easy way to check which school is best for you:

1. Go on LinkedIn and filter by recent consultants who studied at universities in your target countries and work in MBB Dubai
2. Track the number of graduates for each university
3. Divide by the yearly number of people graduating from that university to get a success rate percentage estimate

Best,
Francesco

Hi,

ESADE is a target school for MBB and it will help you with your application to MBB. I would make deeper research on alumni to better understand their ties with the ME offices.

Good luck!

Antonello

It's definitely attainable although your choice to study Finance over Business/Management is a little surprising if you are set on consulting. I'm not sure if better but to avoid putting all your eggs in one basket, any of the top European business schools will give you as likely of an opportunity (e.g., LBS, HEC, ESSEC). Good luck!

Hi there, 

Yes it's a target school for MBB in Europe and in ME.

Cheers, 

GB

Hi there,

I agree with the other coaches here. That is, this is absolutely attainable coming from ESADE MsC in Finance.

That said, if you're maximizing your odds 1) MBA increases your chances and 2) In general, rankings are directly correlated with your odds of success...if you can go to a higher ranked school (and your #1 objective is to maximize odds of MBB), then you should

Hello!

Yes, for sure. 

When joining McK in Madrid as a BA, many people indeed came from ESADE. 

Hope it helps!

Cheers, 

Clara