LIVING

1. The OU Business School

Tel. 91 578 1616

www.open.ac.uk/spain

The Open University Business School allows students to further their education without leaving work through flexible distance learning programs. Students study using the latest technology, working hand-in-hand with tutors and a network of students without stepping foot in a classroom. Students can study a single course or work towards a qualification, acquiring new skills that are immediately applicable to their work lives. The Open University Business School is one of a handful of business schools to have achieved triple international accreditation: AACSB (USA), EQUIS (Europe) and AMBA (UK).

2. BBS Barcelona (Barcelona Business School)

Tel. 93 452 2230

www.barcelona.uibs.org

Barcelona Business School (BBS) is a private, international business school based on the American educational model. BBS offers flexible business and management studies at the undergraduate and graduate level and incorporates classroom theory with real-life applications in an English-speaking environment.

3. EADA

Tel. 93 452 0844

www.eada.edu

Founded in 1957, EADA was one of the first Spanish institutions to offer executive training programmes to the professional community. In 2008, the Financial Times ranked EADA first in Spain for value for money and fifth in the world for career progress.

4. EAE Business School

Tel. 93 227 8090

www.eae.es

Both degrees and postgraduate courses are on offer at EAE (Escuela de Administración de Empresas de Barcelona), along with programmes aimed at executives. With more than 50 years' history and over 50,000 students receiving qualifications from there, EAE has an international reputation, with people coming from 45 different countries to study there. It is now part of the Grupo Planeta, which has helped solidify its position and resources.

5. ESADE

Tel. 93 280 6162

www.esade.edu

ESADE was founded in the Fifties by Catalan professionals and entrepreneurs who envisioned an education that would equip students with professional and management skills. Since then, ESADE has grown to include a Business School and Law School with over 550 students per year. In 2006 and 2007, The Wall Street Journal ranked ESADE the international business school of choice in the business world.

6. ESEC Toulouse Barcelona Business School

Tel. 93 310 0111

www.esec.es

The Barcelona campus, located in the centre of town in Carrer Trafalgar, was created in 1995 by the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Barcelona—it is part of the Group ESC Toulouse, which in 2008 was ranked number 17 in the Financial Times list for the world's best 'Masters in Management'. The school here offers BAs and MAs in Management, taught in English.