WHY STUDY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT ESIC SPAIN?
Here, innovation is our muse, and creativity is our flag. At ESIC University you don't just prepare for the future, we create it together! Imagine learning in an environment where passion and entrepreneurship merge with world-class education. An educational project based on quality, business reality and inclusive training.
Studying at ESIC Spain is more than just entering classrooms, it is immersing yourself in a vibrant and welcoming culture that will inspire you to grow both personally and professionally. From the vibrant streets of Madrid to the sunny beaches of Barcelona or Valencia, Spain offers you an incomparable backdrop for your university adventure.
International students study with us every year
Of ESIC graduates are currently working
University with the highest number of international students and gender parity in the classrooms according to THE ranking
DO YOU WANT TO STUDY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SPAIN?
Discover our official bachelor's degrees, higher degrees and double degrees
At ESIC we offer official degrees specialising in the areas of business administration and management, strategy and organisation, marketing, digital economy, data and analytics, communication, advertising and public relations, law and computer engineering.
DO YOU PREFER TO STUDY IN ENGLISH?
FEATURED DEGREES 100% IN ENGLISH AND BILINGUAL
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
Companies face global challenges at lightning speed. This degree prepares you to meet all these challenges.
Next Intake: Sept 2024
Location: Madrid and Valencia
Language: English
Bachelor's Degree in Marketing
Your education will enable you to incorporate the knowledge and skills necessary to define the marketing strategy and commercial policies of any company.
Next Intake: Sept 2024
Location: Madrid and Barcelona
Language: English
Degree in Global Marketing Management
A degree that stays current. That promotes you. That adapts to new market and corporate demands.
Next Intake: Sept 2024
Location: Valencia
Language: English
Bachelor's Degree in International Business
Perform with a global mindset in management, advisory and evaluation tasks in multinational organizations.
Next Intake: Sept 2024
Location: Madrid and Valencia
Language: English and bilingual
Grado Universitario en Derecho i Diploma en Newlaw
Gain a deep understanding of the pillars of law, while developing essential skills such as research, critical analysis, case resolution and argumentation, essential tools to face the challenges of the legal field.
Next Intake: Sept 2024
Location: Madrid
Language: Bilingual
Grado en Digital Business
Prepare yourself for the creation, management and administration of digital companies or to lead the digital transformation of those that are not.
Next Intake: Sept 2024
Location: Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia
Language: Bilingual
LANGUAGE SKILLS
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES
To be able to study any of ESIC's 100% English programmes you need to have at least a B2 level. Take our online test and check your level.
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STUDY AT ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES IN SPAIN AND LIVE A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
ESIC University is a University and Business School with almost 60 years of experience training globally recognised professionals in Marketing, Business and Technology, with a community of more than 70,000 alumni of 83 different nationalities and more than 1,000 students per year carrying out international exchange and mobility programmes thanks to more than 145 agreements with universities in 45 countries on 4 continents.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN SPAIN
Requirement for students who have studied in Europe with the Swiss or Chinese education system, who have studied the International or European Baccalaureate, or who have studied in any other country that has a bilateral agreement with Spain.
If you have taken a programme that follows one of these educational systems, you only need to send the credential issued by the UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia) certifying that you have the necessary qualification to start university studies.
The UNED is responsible for providing an equivalent grade on a scale of 1 to 10.
How to obtain the UNED credential
The credential issued by the UNED can be obtained from its website: students are responsible for making the request to the UNED and completing the process.
The UNED requires different documents depending on the system; they are informed when the process is opened. In general, the documentation required to obtain the credential is as follows:
- Photocopy of your ID card (if you are a Spanish national) or passport.
- Diploma or certificate that allows you to access university studies in your corresponding education system. Those who have studied in the British education system (A Levels) will also need to send a certified copy of the GCSE and GCE A2 certificates.
- Academic or school transcripts from the last two years of secondary school.
In some cases, sworn translations may be required.
Agreements on recognition for academic purposes with Germany, Italy, France, China, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
MORE INFORMATIONRequirements for students coming from other education systems
The homologation is a process through which the Spanish Ministry of Education certifies that your secondary school studies allow you to enrol in a Spanish university, in the same way as if you had done your secondary school studies here.
This document certifies that you have a qualification equivalent to the Spanish baccalaureate and allows you to access Spanish universities. The process can take several months, so you MUST submit the initial documentation to our admissions Department as soon as possible. However, you CAN start the admission process, even if you do not yet have the homologation.
The Spanish Ministry of Education allows enrolment (on a temporary basis) if you present a document proving that you have applied for homologation.
How to obtain the homologation of your secondary school studies
Before starting the homologation process, the authenticity of the diploma, academic documents and report cards must be confirmed. To do so, the student must have the corresponding stamp issued by the authorities certifying the legal value of his/her school diploma in the country where the school is located.
The documents required vary depending on the educational system.
There are two ways to initiate the homologation process:
- If the country in which the student has obtained his/her diploma is a member of the Hague Convention, the student will only need to present an apostille issued by the authorities of the country where the institution is located. Note: The apostille is a stamp confirming the authenticity of a document and is issued by the relevant authorities.
- Those who have studied in countries that are not part of the Hague Convention will have to present a certificate of their diploma, the marks of the last three years and, in some cases, a certificate that allows them to access university studies in their educational system. To do so, the following steps must be followed:
- All stamps must be on the diploma and transcript, NOT on the sworn translations.
- At the end of the process, each document (the academic certificate and the diploma) must have three stamps, and then a sworn translation into Spanish of these documents will be made by an authorised professional.
- You can apply directly at the Spanish Embassy or Consulate in your country.
Documentation (minimum) to be submitted in order to request the homologation
- Certified copy of the apostilled degree and the report card. Certified copies can be obtained at the Spanish Embassy or Consulate or at any notary's office. The Spanish Government will not accept copies issued by authorities or notaries that are not recognised in Spain.
- Sworn translation into Spanish of the apostilled degree and the report card. Certified copies can be obtained from the Spanish Embassy or Consulate, or you can request the services of a sworn translator in Spain (translations issued by authorities or sworn translators who are not recognised in Spain will have to obtain an apostille).
- Certified photocopy of your identity card or passport. Certified copies can be obtained at the Spanish Embassy or Consulate, or at any notary's office. The Spanish Government will not accept self-made copies or those issued by authorities or notaries who are not recognised in Spain..
Some universities, after homologation, require students to pass the EBAU or the specific competency tests (PCE). In the case of ESIC, this is not a requirement.
ADMISSION PROCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
If you are a student from a pre-university education system other than Spanish, you will need to meet each of the requirements to study one of ESIC's University Degrees. In this section we explain step by step how to enrol at ESIC.
So that you can plan as well as possible and have time to prepare your documents, we would like to remind you that the academic year in Spain starts in September and ends in June.
Even if you have not finished your Bachillerato, IB Diploma, A levels, Baccalaureate, Maturitá or equivalent educational system, you can still take the admission tests and then reserve your place, until you complete your documentation on the established dates.
Language requirements for studying our degrees
It is essential that the language requirement is met by the candidate in order to be admitted to any of our degrees.
- QUALIFICATIONS IN SPANISH: Minimum B2 (Spanish)
- DEGREES DELIVERED IN ENGLISH: Minimum B2 (English)
- DEGREES DELIVERED IN BILINGUAL MODALITY: Minimum B2 (English and Spanish)
If you have an official language certificate that is no more than two years old, it will be valid and you will not need to take our internal language test. If you do not have an official language certificate, an internal level test will be carried out through the ESIC Language Area.
Valid qualifications for English: Cambridge English (First, Advanced and Proficiency), IELTS, TOEFL and TOEIC.
Valid qualifications for Spanish: DELE B2, DELE C1 and DELE C2.
To start the admission process you must make an appointment with the admissions team beforehand. You can do this online or by telephone. Choose the campus where you wish to do your degree studies.
The admission process can be done online or in person at any of our campuses and consists of a personal interview, a business case study and an English test*.
*English test is not exclusive for degrees taught in Spanish.
1. REQUEST YOUR APPOINTMENT.
You will need to tell us what day and time you would like to take the tests. Choose your preferred method of testing.
2. APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION.
Once you have requested your appointment, you will receive a confirmation email with all the steps to follow.
3. ADMISSION TESTS.
No prior preparation is necessary. On the date and time requested, you will receive an email with a link to our platform if you take the test online. If you take the test in person, we will be waiting for you at the Undergraduate Admissions Department of the selected Campus.
4. RESOLUTION.
Once all the phases of the admission tests have been completed, we will inform you of the resolution within 72 hours (3 working days).
The ESIC admission test can be taken in Spanish or English, depending on the language in which you are going to study the university degree. The test lasts approximately one and a half hours and does not require prior preparation. The admission test is divided into four phases:
- Personal Interview: the purpose of this test is to find out the candidate's profile, their affinity with the chosen degree and their degree of motivation to study at ESIC.
- Practical or Business Case: this test focuses mainly on the candidate's ability to write, reason and express themselves and not so much on their knowledge or mastery of the subject.
- English or Spanish test: this will allow the candidate's language level to be assessed. English-speaking students applying to study a degree in English or Spanish-speaking students applying to study a degree in Spanish will not need to take the test, as will those candidates who hold an official language certificate.
It is important that you have the following documentation (either in digital or physical format) ready a few days before requesting your appointment:
- Passport or NIE.
- Baccalaureate or equivalent educational system grades.
- Legal Access Requirement to the Spanish University (Definitive Homologation of the Foreign Baccalaureate or Definitive UNED Accreditation). In case of wanting to study the ‘Higher Degree in Global Marketing’, it will not be necessary to have access to the Spanish University, but it will be necessary to have the baccalaureate or equivalent.
- Official Language Certificate (If you do not have an official English certificate, you can take our internal language test).
The place reservation must be paid once the candidate has received the notification of the admission decision and before the date indicated therein. If the payment is not made on time, the place cannot be guaranteed. This notification will contain the steps to follow for the reservation of the place and the following procedures.
The reservation fee will be refunded if the student has not passed the Bachillerato, Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior or similar or the corresponding university entrance exam.
The registration fee will have to be paid once the student has one of the legal requirements for access to the Spanish university (Homologación del Bachillerato Extranjero Definitiva or Acreditación UNED definitiva). For this purpose, the Undergraduate Student Services Office will inform the student of all the steps to follow.
The enrolment period may vary depending on each ESIC campus, we recommend that you contact the corresponding campus to find out the exact enrolment dates.
ESIC has a collaboration agreement with a Consultant of Homologation and Legalisation of academic documents for your access. This agency is an expert in obtaining the legal requirements for university access (UNED ACCREDITATION and HOMOLOGATION OF DEFINITIVE FOREIGN BACCALAUREATE).
At ESIC we offer this alternative so that you can process your legalisation of documents in an easier and safer way. This procedure can take a long time and in the case of missing documents, your application may be rejected by the corresponding body.
It is important to bear in mind that if you do not have these legal access requirements, which are necessary for your enrolment, you will not be able to start your studies with us. Depending on the pre-university education system you come from, you will need one legal requirement or another.
IMPORTANT: The MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORT takes between 3 and 6 months to issue the resolution (most of the time it takes 6 months), so our recommendation is that you do the paperwork as soon as possible so that your Homologación del Bachiller Extranjero Definitiva is on time and you can enrol without any problems.
* ESIC is a private centre attached to different universities on each of its campuses, so the admission and final enrolment of international students to study an Official Degree is subject to the requirements, regulations and fees that these universities establish for the corresponding academic year.
In the case of wanting to study the Higher Degree in Global Marketing the candidate will not need the two previous requirements for access to the Spanish university, it will only be necessary to submit the Certificate of Baccalaureate approved and apostilled.
HAVE YOU DECIDED TO STUDY A BACHELOR'S DEGREE?
FIND OUT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE IN SPAIN
Spain is one of the most attractive countries to study in. We have a list of universities and business schools with great international prestige and recognition. Perhaps that is why we are also the largest host of Erasmus students in Europe. But, in addition to the quality of our education, Spain stands out for its climate, its lifestyle and philosophy of life, its festivities, its rich gastronomy, the diversity of its landscapes, its historical and monumental legacy, its cultural wealth, and so on... This is why it is sometimes said that Spain is a small Europe with very different identities.
EXCELLENT WEATHER
With more than 300 sunny days a year, Spain is a paradise for lovers of warm and sunny weather. From golden beaches on the coast to snow-capped mountains in the north, you'll find a climate to suit all tastes, allowing you to enjoy outdoor activities all year round.
CULTURE OFFERING
Spain is an unrivalled cultural and leisure treasure trove. From the majesty of the Alhambra in Granada to the masterpieces of Gaudí in Barcelona, every corner of the country is steeped in history and beauty. What's more, Spanish nightlife is legendary, with parties that last until dawn and festivals that celebrate life and culture.
GASTRONOMY
Spanish food is a celebration of life and simple pleasures. With fresh ingredients and traditional recipes passed down from generation to generation, Spanish cuisine is valued around the world for its flavour and authenticity.
LANGUAGE
Spanish is a global language spoken by millions of people around the world. By studying in Spain, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture, allowing you to communicate fluently in an increasingly connected and multicultural world.
CONNECTION WITH EUROPE
Spain is the perfect bridge between Europe and the rest of the world. With its strategic location in the south of Europe, it acts as a vital point of connection between continents, facilitating commercial, cultural and academic exchanges globally.
LIFESTYLE
Spain values the balance between work and the enjoyment of life. From afternoon naps to long dinners with friends and family, life in Spain is about savouring every moment and finding joy in the little things.
ESIC INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSES
ESIC has campuses in three of the most important cities in Spain and with the greatest potential for your academic and professional development.
There are many reasons why Madrid is the ideal city to study, but we can sum it up in one: Madrid has it all. If there is a place where opportunities multiply, where everything is possible, where there is freedom to think, create and build... That place is the capital. A city that is open, welcoming and radiant. A city where you go, but from which you never want to leave.
Barcelona is an attractive destination in every sense. It is perfect for talents looking to access a qualified job market, with that touch of international projection. Sea and mountains, unique architecture, social and cultural offerings to suit all tastes. Barcelona has all the potential for you to be the best version of your professional self.
Valencia is the city that not only offers you a great projection in your career, but also balances it with the best possible quality of life. It is an affordable city, with great architecture and a very active social life. The essence of a big city concentrated in a small city.
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DISCOVER OUR MOBILITY PROGRAMMES
One of the main demands of companies is the need for professionals capable of developing their careers in international environments. A good level of English and international experience increase your chances of employment. Get to know other cultures and learn to function in multicultural environments by applying new working methods.
Today you are a student, tomorrow a professional ready to work in the world.
ERASMUS+
ERASMUS+
Study mobility within the European Educational Area, subsidised by the European Union.
MUNDE
MUNDE
Study mobility outside the European Educational Area. Destinations in Asia, Africa, Latin America, among others.
HORIZON
HORIZON
University exchange in multiple destinations according to agreements. Some destinations could be the United States, Ireland or France.
TERRA
TERRA
University exchanges around the world. *For students of the Higher Degree in Global Marketing Management and students in the 5th year of a Double Degree.
OFFICIAL DOUBLE DEGREES
OFFICIAL DOUBLE DEGREES
Study for a year in a different country and at a different university, obtaining a degree certificate from both institutions.
BUSINESS STUDY TOURS
BUSINESS STUDY TOURS
Strengthen your education with a view to foreign universities and broaden your educational horizons beyond the traditional classroom environment by learning about different cultures, educational systems, languages and people.
BLENDED INTENSIVE PROGRAMME (BIP)
BLENDED INTENSIVE PROGRAMME (BIP)
Participate in intensive courses and training sessions at prestigious institutions throughout Europe, where you will learn from world-class instructors and gain invaluable knowledge in your field of study.
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