History
The ESADE project was conceived in the spring of 1954 by a group of Spanish professionals and entrepreneurs who later founded the university. The school signed an agreement with the Jesuits (Societas Iesu) in October 1958 and started offering its first academic programs in a small building in the district of Sant Gervasi, Barcelona.
Since then, ESADE has steadily grown in size and the range of courses has led to the extension of its installations to create a campus which, if the premises in both Madrid and Barcelona are included, currently covers an area of 30,000m2. A new executive centre was opened in 2003 in Buenos Aires, Argentina: the Foundation for Business and Social Development. ESADE has also inaugurated the ESADE Creapolis, a new campus situated in Sant Cugat del Vallès.
In 1958, ESADE was ultimately founded. Two years later, in 1960, executive education programmes were introduced; and in 1964, the college's MBA programme was established. A year later, in 1965, ESADE's Barcelona campus (Av. Pedralbes) opened (Building I), as well as the Executive Language Centre.
In 1993, ESADE Law school opened, and in 2000, the college's Madrid (Chamartin) campus opened. Three years later, in 2003, a campus in Buenos Aires opened; and in 2009, ESADE opened a new campus in Sant Cugat (Barcelona).
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