API students participate in excursions designed to help familiarize them with the culture and surrounding areas of their host city and country. The following is a listing of potential excursions for API Barcelona programs. API may need to modify the excursions offered in a given term due to travel restrictions or health and safety concerns.

ESADE students will also experience several business and cultural visits throughout Barcelona as a component of their academic program. Visits may include places such as Mount Tibidabo and Collserola Tower, FC Barcelona Stadium and Museum, the Barcelona Stock Exchange, and Cavas Codorniu (oldest company in the world – 1551).

What You’ll Study

TOTAL CREDITS - 6 U.S. semester credits per session (up to 12 total)

Students who are looking to study abroad in Barcelona over the summer and take business and international studies courses in English at an elite academic institution are good candidates for this program. All classes are taught in English.

Students will choose one 3-credit track from a selection of core modules, which include topics in International Business and Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. In addition to these core modules, students will participate in an integrated workshop in cross-cultural studies.

Students will also choose one 3-credit track from a selection of elective modules, which include topics in Geopolitics and Communication Skills.

ESADE is an independent nonprofit university institution, founded in 1958 in Barcelona when a group of entrepreneurs and Jesuit Society members joined forces. Since 1995 it has formed part of the Ramon Llull University. ESADE has a strong academic reputation, and is one of a select group of institutions worldwide to achieve the triple crown of business accreditation which includes American accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), British accreditation by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and European accreditation by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

TRANSCRIPTS

API students will receive a transcript from the ESADE Business School upon completion of their program.

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COURSE OFFERINGS

Students select one “Core Track” (and both component courses within that Core Track) for 3 credits, and one “Elective Track” (and all component courses within that Elective Track) for another 3 credits for a total of 6 U.S. semester credits per session.

• Summer 1 students will choose between Tracks A or B (3 US credits each) and combine with Track C (6 US credits)
• Summer 2 students will need to choose Track A or B (3 US credits each) plus two elective courses (1.5 US credits each)
• Summer 1&2 students will take Track C (6 US credits) in Summer 1 and either Track A or B (3 US credits each) plus two elective courses (1.5 US credits each) in Summer 2.

CREDIT INFORMATION

Most API partner universities in Spain operate on the contact hour system, wherein the number of credits earned depends on the time spent in class. To determine the conversion of contact hours to U.S. credits, divide the contact hours available by 15.

Highlights

• Triple international business school accreditation: AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS