The Entrepreneurship Scholarship is one of three scholarships that IESE Business School and MIT Sloan offer for the Global CEO Program, a seven-month executive education program for senior corporate decision-makers. It backs entrepreneurs and innovators who can create economic and social value and who face financial restrictions.
The program runs as three one-week residential modules on three continents: MIT Sloan in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then Singapore, then IESE in Barcelona. The 2026-27 fee is $56,000, and the award covers up to 15% of it.
Awards are decided by IESE’s Scholarship Award Committee, made up of business leaders and IESE alumni. Scholarship applications run through a separate IESE portal, which closes between editions; it is closed at the time of writing.
Benefits & funding
- Covers up to 15% of the Global CEO Program tuition fee.
- The 2026-27 program fee is $56,000 and includes tuition, reading and classroom materials, hotel accommodation, social activities and most meals.
- Three awards are available each academic year across the program’s three scholarship categories.
- Travel to Cambridge, Singapore and Barcelona is excluded from the fee, so the award does not cover it.
- Program payment terms are unchanged by an award: a $10,000 deposit on admission, the balance 45 days before the start.
Eligibility
- For Global CEO Program candidates who are entrepreneurs or innovators creating economic and social value.
- IESE frames these scholarships as support for senior executives and entrepreneurs who have financial restrictions.
- The program is designed for board members, C-suite executives, presidents and other chief decision-makers; participants have around 20 years of senior management experience, stated as a profile rather than a published cut-off.
- No nationality, residency, gender, age or degree requirement is published for this scholarship.
- IESE does not publish whether program admission must precede the scholarship application.
Can you apply?
Open to all applicants
No nationality, residency, education, or experience limits are listed.
Appears to have an age limit “up to 15”
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Application process
- 1Request an interview with the Global CEO Program admissions team and complete the personal interview.
- 2Submit the program application; IESE reviews every application and sends the admissions committee’s decision within one month.
- 3Complete the Global CEO Program scholarship form on IESE’s application portal while it is open for the edition, choosing the entrepreneurship category.
- 4The Scholarship Award Committee, made up of business leaders and IESE alumni, assesses the application against its published criteria.
Program timeline
Date by which program applications for the October 2026 edition were to be received.
Sep 1, 2026
Module 1 at MIT Sloan, Cambridge, Massachusetts (through October 30).
Oct 26, 2026
Module 2 in Singapore (through January 15).
Jan 11, 2027
Module 3 at IESE, Barcelona (through May 7).
May 3, 2027
Not published
a scholarship-specific deadline, decision date or applicant numbers.