The Barcelona Management Institute

The Barcelona Management Institute is a graduate business school located in Barcelona, Spain, offering a unique Master of Business Administration program, as well as non-degree executive training. BMI is privately held, independent, and unaffiliated with any religious or political groups. The mission of the institute is to create world-class business leaders by bringing top professionals, business educators and students together, to develop proven critical business skills and knowledge, and to provide engaging and rewarding educational experiences that will enhance self-confidence and positively impact organizations and transform society.

The MBA program at BMI has one main objective: to give each student the tools to become a successful business leader who will be able to translate learning into action by creating a vision, communicating it, and driving it to completion. The integrated system of modules and workshops has been designed precisely to help our students connect “knowing with doing.”

MBA Faculty

BMI professors come from top-ranked MBA programs and are internationally recognized experts and consultants. However, at BMI, being an expert is not enough – being a great teacher is equally important, and many of our faculty have received teaching awards at MBA programs from leading business schools in the US, Europe and South America such as

• The University of Michigan (US)
• The George Washington University (US)
• Ohio State University (US)
• The University of Western Ontario (Canada)
• Helsinki School of Economics (Finland)
• Central European University (Hungary)
• Warsaw School of Economics (Poland)

MBA Curriculum

The MBA at BMI is integrated to teach the what, why and how of business today. BMI’s MBA program is Today’s MBA and as such, its main features are:

• A general management focus, to make students confident leaders in any industry, business, or government sector
• An emphasis on teaching over research
• A curriculum that allows students focus on one subject at a time
• Training workshops to teach students practical management skills
• A truly international focus, attracting professors and students from all over the world

The MBA is a full-time, 12-months program starting every October, January and May. Summer courses are also available between early July and late September. It is entirely conducted in English made up of five integrated components:

• Modules
• Workshops
• International Field Trip
• In-company consulting project (specialization)
• Language and culture

To get a full understanding of each subject, students focus on one module and one workshop at a time for about three weeks, before moving to the next step. Business simulations, the business trip and in-company consulting project complement theory, and allow students to challenge each other in real-life situations in a corporate environment, preparing them for their post MBA careers.

The MBA curriculum has been designed around the main competencies required in business today.

Leading for success
• Words of Wisdom from the CEO (workshop)
• Managing Information (module)
• Managing the Supply Chain (module)
• Managing People (module)
• Managing Technology and Innovation (module)
• Managing Business Processes (module)
• Team Dynamics (workshop)
• Developing Leadership Competencies (workshop)

Personal efficiency
• Mind Your Own Business: Strategic Career management (workshop)
• Achieving Peak Performance (workshop)
• Communication: Persuasion and Presentation (workshop)
• Spanish for Business

Understanding business • Business and the World Economy (module)
• Developing Business Strategies (module)
• Business Analysis (workshop)

Making it happen• Financing Business Strategies (module)
• Business Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance (module)
• Controlling Business Performance (module)
• Interpreting Quantitative and Qualitative Information (workshop)
• Understanding Consumers (module)
• Conducting Business Research (module)
• Going to Market (module)
• StratSim Business Simulation

Managing finances• Financing Business Strategies
• Financial Decision-Making and Reporting (module)
• Statistical tools for the manager (workshop)

Non-degree Programs

BMI provides executive courses, seminars and personal coaching to meet the needs of different organizations. These are carefully customized to the client’s objectives and developed by our network of international management consulting experts at BMI or at the client’s location around the world. Examples of such training are Becoming an Effective Executive, Change Management, Strategic Port Marketing, Business Protocol and Etiquette, or Negotiation Techniques.

Summer courses to fulfill study-abroad program requirements are available from June to late September.

In addition, BMI holds monthly open lectures on topics of interest to the local business community and students, such as Understanding Venture Capital or The Challenges of Developing Cultural Competencies.

Methodology

The focus of the curriculum is on “learning hours” rather than the traditional contact hours used as the metrics to award credits. Learning takes place through active discussion, case studies, simulations and teamwork rather than reading from a textbook or regurgitating what the lecturer presents from a podium.
All courses are taught in English and follow the ECTS credit system. The MBA Program consists of 90 required ECTS credits. Modules provide 60 credits, Workshops 15, In-Company Consulting Project 10, Language and Culture 5, and the International Business Fieldtrip 3 ECTS credits.

Admissions

Admission to the MBA program is highly competitive and involves several steps. Those who meet the requirements and pass the initial evaluation of the complete application package are contacted for interviews with current students, the MBA Program Director and the Academic Director to determine whether the candidate and the program are a good fit. Usually, 7% of all applicants are invited to enrol in the MBA program for every intake, and incoming class size is limited to make learning more effective. The main decision factor for the admissions committee, aside from the candidates presenting themselves as bright, talented, international and self-aware, is how they may be able to contribute to the learning of others.

Student visa

When a student is admitted into the program and pays the required first deposit, BMI provides the documents to apply for a student visa to Spain in his or her country, which usually takes between four and eight weeks.

Accommodation

Once the student has officially been admitted into the MBA Program, our staff will provide individual assistance in finding and renting a room or apartment in Barcelona and smooth the transition to life in Spain.

Student Activities

BMI encourages students to take advantage of the great cultural and recreational opportunities available in Barcelona, Spain, and the rest of Europe, which is connected to Catalonia by frequent and numerous low-cost airlines from either El Prat or Girona airports.

As part of the Language and Culture component, BMI regularly organizes an array of activities to immerse its students in the local cultural environment and as a great way to build classmate camaraderie, student-teacher relations outside of the classroom, and most importantly to HAVE FUN!

These include architectural tours to Gaudi masterpieces (Sagrada Familia, Casa Batllo, Casa Mila, Parc Guell), visits to Barcelona markets (Santa Catarina, la Boqueria), museums (Picasso, Dali, Miro, MACBA, MNAC), Barcelona FC soccer games, or even the beach or short skiing trips as allowed by the pleasant Barcelona weather.

Location

The BMI classrooms and offices are currently located in the heart of the business district of Barcelona,L'Eixample. Our address is Rosselló 184, 6th. 3-A. The building is on the corner of Rosselló and picturesque Enric Granados, which is known as "The Madison Avenue of Barcelona" for the advertising agencies that crowd this tree-lined street. It is considered by many to be the most attractive street in the city for its wide sidewalks, pleasant cafes and unique architecture.