IESE Leaders in Sustainability & Responsible Business Scholarship

The IESE Leaders in Sustainability & Responsible Business Scholarship supports incoming Full-Time MBA applicants who have led sustainable-business causes. IESE Business School looks for high achievement, sustained passion and significant social impact through professional experience.

Recipients join the MBA in Barcelona and gain links to IESE’s sustainability community. Applications are made within the MBA application rather than through a separate scholarship form.

Benefits & funding

The award provides scholarship support toward the IESE Full-Time MBA; IESE does not publish the amount or percentage for this scholarship.
Recipients can connect with IESE’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Recipients can participate in Doing Good Doing Well, IESE’s flagship student conference on sustainability.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet IESE Full-Time MBA admission requirements, including holding an undergraduate degree and submitting a valid GMAT or GRE result.
Candidates must demonstrate strong achievement and passion in leading sustainable-business causes, plus significant social impact through professional experience.
IESE publishes no nationality, residency, gender or age restriction for this scholarship.
Non-native English speakers must satisfy the MBA’s English-language requirement unless an exemption applies.

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Application process

1
Complete the IESE Full-Time MBA application by the deadline for the chosen admissions round.
2
Upload the required MBA materials, including transcripts, CV, test results, recommendation, essays and the scholarship essay.
3
Indicate up to three scholarships relevant to your profile; the Scholarship Committee makes the final allocation.
4
Complete the Kira video essays and any subsequent interview or Assessment Day requested by IESE.
5
Receive the scholarship result with the admission decision or within two weeks after the final decision.

Program timeline

Round 1 application deadline
September 23, 2026
Round 1 final decision by
November 23, 2026
Round 2 application deadline
January 7, 2027
Round 3 application deadline
March 9, 2027
Round 4 and final application deadline
May 6, 2027
Round 4 final decision by
June 11, 2027
MBA program starts
September 2027