{"id":2095,"date":"2020-11-30T16:27:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/?p=2095"},"modified":"2025-10-03T06:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:37:05","slug":"mba-what-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-what-is\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an MBA? All you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]An MBA is a fascinating and intense journey. A higher education, with international prestige, that focuses on general management, it will transform you and has the potential to open up for you an incomparable array of new opportunities at the top global level.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of real cases, class discussions to challenge you with fresh perspectives, new friends, world-class professors and campuses across the world to make the experience one of the most transformative of your life.<\/p>\n<p>But where to start? A good place is with the information provided here, which should clear up any doubts you\u2019re facing before taking on the MBA experience.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a08f049addc4 {margin-top: 35px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a08f049addc4\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"title-h2 title-h3\"><strong><span class=\"subrat\">1.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-why-study\">Why get an MBA today?<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title-h2 title-h3\"><strong><span class=\"subrat\">2.<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-how-to-finance\">How to finance an MBA<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title-h2 title-h3\"><strong><span class=\"subrat\">3.<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-application-tips\">MBA application tips <\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title-h2 title-h3\"><strong><span class=\"subrat\">4.<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-what-to-learn\/\">What do you learn in an MBA<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title-h2 title-h3\"><strong><span class=\"subrat\">5.<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-barcelona-study\">Getting an MBA in Barcelona<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title-h2 title-h3\"><strong><span class=\"subrat\">6.<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iese.edu\/standout\/mba-essay-application-tips\/\">MBA application essay tips<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can find out about the <strong><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/mba.iese.edu\/\">MBA program at IESE Business School<\/a>,<\/strong> a top international school in all the most prominent and reputable rankings worldwide.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a08f049ade8b {margin-top: 35px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a08f049ade8b\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]An MBA is a fascinating and intense journey. 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