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 This innovative post-graduate program is aimed at professionals who wish to play a leading role in cross functional teams engaged in architectural and urban design.

It covers five areas:

• Architectural Design
• Building and Energy Technologies
• Urban Studies
• Contemporary Culture
• Architectural Management

The program is designed to last one year, with rotations between Madrid and Barcelona and provide its students with exposure to the cultural and urbanistic design paradigms which characterize both cities. It is infused with the entrepreneurial and leadership spirit that defines the IE Business School programs. The curriculum integrates hands on design and theory in an environment that invites open experimentation and professional relationships.

In addition to the core curriculum, the IE Master in Architectural Design Academic Advisors offer an international network of professionals and contributors that ensures the program figures prominently within the context of current international architectural debates. 

IE Master in Architectural Design Academic Advisors:  

Iñaki Ábalos (Abalos + Sentkiewicz Architects, Madrid/Cambridge MA) 
Stan Allen (Stan Allen Architects, New York) 
Branko Kolarevic (Faculty of Environment Design, University of Calgary) 
Bijoy Jain (Studio Mumbai Architects, Mumbai) 
Josep Lluís Mateo (Mateoarquitectura, Barcelona/Zurich) 
Agustí Obiol (Bomainpasa, Barcelona/Madrid) 
Michael Speaks (College of Design University of Kentucky, Lexington KY) 
Lu Wenyu (Amateur Architecture Studio, Hangzhou) 
Sarah Whiting (School of Architecture Rice University, Houston TX) 

In parallel to the program, the IE “MADes Conversation & Lecture Series”, held at Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, serves as a forum for students to participate in open discussions between scholars, critics, independent professionals, entrepreneurs, curators and cultural activists. Lecture participation counts towards course credits.

IE Master in Architectural Design is now accepting applications.

For more information contact: admissions.architecture@ie.edu

Visit: www.ie.edu/mades

According to the Financial Times ranking of  Masters in Finance  

IE Business School consolidates its position as No. 2 School in the field of finance 

IE Business School has further consolidated its position as No. 2 school worldwide in finance according to the latest ranking of Masters in Finance published by Financial Times. IE achieved this result for the second year running in the pre-experience category with its full-time English-taught Master in Finance, aimed at young professionals with an international profile. The student body of IE’s Master in Finance comprises 95% international students from 26 countries, with an average GMAT score of 680. They will complete the program at the end of this month to start work in international companies that include Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch, Jefferies, Barclays Capital and Rothschild. The Master is the first program in Spain to be made a CFA (Chartered Financial Advisor) program partner, the leading international endorsement for financial analysts. 

“The financial sector needs specialized profiles with an international focus,” says Ignacio de la Torre, Director of Masters in Finance at IE Business School. “IE’s finance programs equips students with this type of education, and our graduates go on to work in firms like Goldman Sachs, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and Nomura, and in emerging economies that offer enormous potential given the accelerated development of their capital markets”. 

The Master in Finance forms part of IE Business School’s Masters in Finance portfolio, along with the School’s Master in Advanced Finance,  Executive Master in Financial Management, Executive Master in Finance bi-weekly, and the new Global Master in Finance, a blended program with residential periods in Madrid and London.  The five programs offer a selection of 200 subjects in fields like non-banking finance, Islamic finance and microfinance,  making the program portfolio unique in the market. Students share a faculty made up of 80 finance professors, and a pool of more than 60 electives with up-to-the-minute program content in fields like raw materials, distress investments, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. The methodology employed by IE’s Masters in Finance is eminently practical, employing management education tools like investment competitions, portfolio management simulation in real-time using Bloomberg platform Factset, or Matlab, which analyzes fixed income. Students also have one of Spain’s most complete trading rooms at their disposal, with more than 10 Bloomberg terminals connected to the market. 

Students can round off their learning experience in New York, visiting investment banks and hedge funds, holding meetings with financial executives, and gaining a deep insight into how Wall Street works. They also get the opportunity to take part in corporate social responsibility projects such as the initiative launched recently in Ghana by NGO Financieros sin Fronteras, aimed at gauging the impact of microfinance institutions on the eradication of poverty. In the field of research IE Business School’s Center for Islamic Finance has ongoing agreements with institutions that include King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, while IE experts contribute regularly to academic journals like The Journal of Finance. 

The Financial Times ranking of Masters in Finance comprises the categories of pre-experience and post-experience programs. It is based on 18 criteria that include the degree of internationalization of the school and its programs, fulfillment of students’ expectations, graduate salaries, the percentage of international faculty and students, the percentage of women faculty and students, the percentage of professors that hold doctorates, and research levels.

(Spanish Version)

Según el ranking de Masters in Finance de Financial Times 

IE Business School se consolida como la segunda mejor escuela del mundo en Finanzas 

IE Business School se consolida como la segunda mejor escuela del mundo en finanzas en el ranking de Masters in Finance de Financial Times. IE ha obtenido este resultado por segundo año consecutivo en la categoría pre-experience con el Master in Finance, un programa full-time, en inglés, orientado a jóvenes de perfil internacional.  El Master in Finance cuenta con un 95% de alumnos extranjeros que proceden de 26 países, con un promedio de GMAT de 680, y que finalizan su programa este mes de junio para empezar a trabajar en empresas internacionales  como Morgan Stanley, Merril Lynch, Jefferies, Barclays Capital o Rothschild. El Master es el primer programa de finanzas en España certificado como Program Partner por CFA (Chartered Financial Advisor), la principal homologación internacional para analistas financieros. 

“El sector financiero necesita perfiles especializados con enfoque internacional. Los  programas de Finanzas de IE  proporcionan esa formación y nuestros graduados  tienen la oportunidad de trabajar en firmas como Goldman Sachs, UBS, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Nomura. Además de en  las regiones emergentes ya que tienen gran potencial por el intenso desarrollo de sus mercados de capitales”, señala Ignacio de la Torre, director de los Masters in Finance de IE Business School. 

El Master in Finance  forma parte de la cartera de Masters in Finance de IE Business School, que se completa con el Master in Advanced Finance, el Executive Master en Dirección Financiera, el Executive Master in Finance bi-weekly y el nuevo Global Master in Finance, un programa semipresencial que cuenta con periodos de formación en Madrid y Londres.  A nivel académico, estos cinco programas ofrecen una selección de 200 asignaturas en campos como financiación no bancaria, finanzas islámicas o microfinanzas, que posicionan los programas  como únicos en el mercado. Los alumnos de dichos programas comparten un claustro de 80 profesores de finanzas, y un pool de más de 60 electivos con contenidos de máxima actualidad en áreas como materias primas, inversiones distress, fusiones y adquisiciones o private equity. La metodología de los Masters in Finance es práctica e incorpora herramientas de formación como investment competitions, simulaciones de gestión de carteras en tiempo real que utilizan la plataforma de Bloomberg; Factset, o matlab, un software de programación de renta fija. El alumno tiene a su disposición uno de los más completos Trading Rooms que existen en España, con más de 10 terminales de Bloomberg conectados a mercado. 

Los alumnos pueden completar su formación en Nueva York visitando bancos de inversión y hedge funds, mantener reuniones con ejecutivos financieros y conocer el funcionamiento de la bolsa de Wall Street. En el ámbito social, los alumnos cooperan en proyectos como el desarrollado recientemente en Ghana con la ONG Financieros sin Fronteras para conocer el impacto de las instituciones microfinancieras en la erradicación de la pobreza. En el campo de la investigación, IE Business School mantiene acuerdos como el que vincula al centro de finanzas islámicas de IE con la universidad King Abdulaziz de Arabia Saudí. Expertos de IE publican artículos en revistas académicas como el Journal of Finance. 

Para la elaboración del ranking de Masters in Finance, que cuenta con las categorías de programas pre-experience y post-experience, Financial Times ha evaluado 18 indicadores. Entre ellos, han analizado el grado de internacionalización de la escuela y la proyección de sus programas, el cumplimiento de expectativas, la retribución de los graduados, el porcentaje de profesores y alumnos internacionales, el porcentaje de mujeres en el claustro y aulas, el de profesores con doctorado o el nivel de la investigación.

On Wednesday IE School of Architecture & Design will present its Master in Architectural Management & Design at the Van Allen Institute in New York to a group comprised of studio members, academic partners, and media organizations.

Este próximo miércoles 5 de octubre IE School of Architecture & Design presenta en el Van Allen Institute de Nueva York el Master in Architectural Management & Design ante un grupo de 35 estudios de arquitectura, partners académicos, y medios.

Toshiba’s Folio 100 is the only educational device students use for the Master in Architectural Management and Design, a blended program with students from ten countries

According to initial surveys students use the tablets for an average of 2.5 hours a day, mainly for online searches, reading books and notes, and accessing e-mails and social networks. 

The innovative master in management and design for architects is the world’s first postgraduate program to combine creativity and management  

IE University is using Toshiba’s Folio 100 to develop Spain’s first tablet-based academic program. The tablets play an integral role in the University’s Master in Architectural Management and Design (MAMD) program run by IE School of Architecture, with a student body comprised of ten nationalities. All students on the program have a Toshiba Folio100 which they use to communicate with their professors and among themselves, as well as to access practical cases and notes, and to work with different multimedia applications.  

Toshiba’s Folio 100 is the only educational platform the student needs for this postgraduate master program, which means there is no need for traditional note-taking. All materials pertaining to the courses that make up the program can be kept on just one learning device. 

At the start of the program each student received a Folio 100, using it from the outset to read practical case studies and recommended books, as well as to access the University’s online campus. They will also be using the device to follow video conferences and maintain constant lines of communication with professors and classmates during the online periods of the program.  

The Master in Architectural Management and Design delivers 70% of classes in online format, coupled with presential modules run in Madrid and London. It provides the ideal environment for this kind of initiative, given that mobility, flexibility, interconnectivity and online technologies are essential resources for the student. 

Juan Lago, director of the program, feels that this joint project is the result of the program’s aim for student to receive 100% of course literature in digital format. “We believe that we have a particular responsibility to respect the environment, both as individuals and as architects, and this initiative enables us to help reduce the consumption of natural resources as compared to traditional uses and methods.”  

Alberto Ruano, General Director of Toshiba in Spain believes the project serves to underline the quality, reliability and user-friendly design of Toshiba devices and solutions. “Toshiba products are highly valued in the workplace and by users who need tools they can always depend on. With this project Toshiba, already a pioneer in the introduction of information technologies in the classroom, is taking its first step in postgraduate learning environments.   Read more…