Woman Talent Scholarship — Master's Scholarship

IESE Business School offers the Woman Talent Scholarship to women admitted to its Executive MBA who show strong leadership potential. IESE is the business school of the University of Navarra and seeks leaders who can make a positive impact on business and society.

The 18-month, part-time, on-campus Executive MBA runs in Barcelona, Madrid, Munich and São Paulo. Scholarship recipients follow the same admissions and study requirements as other Executive MBA participants.

Benefits & funding

The award provides scholarship support toward the Executive MBA; IESE does not publish its amount or tuition percentage.
IESE gives special consideration to admitted candidates facing difficult financial circumstances.
Only one scholarship category can ultimately be awarded to each candidate.

Eligibility

Applicants must be women with high leadership potential.
Applicants must already be admitted to the IESE Executive MBA before applying for the scholarship.
Executive MBA admission requires at least five years of work experience and an official university degree.
Applicants must supply the required test result, employer support letter, two recommendations, transcripts and other admissions documents; non-native English speakers must also meet IESE’s English-evidence rules.
IESE publishes no nationality or residency restriction for this scholarship.

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Education required
Bachelor
Experience required
≥ 5 yrs
Gender requirement
Female

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Application process

1
Choose an Executive MBA campus and submit the corresponding online admissions application.
2
Upload the required documents, complete an accepted admissions test and attend the admissions interview.
3
After admission, complete the campus-specific scholarship application form within IESE’s established deadlines.
4
Candidates may apply under more than one scholarship category, but IESE awards no more than one scholarship to each person.
5
The Scholarship Award Committee evaluates eligible applications and communicates the result through the IESE process.

Program timeline

Madrid Round 11 application deadline.
September 8, 2026
Barcelona Round 11 application deadline.
September 10, 2026
Madrid Executive MBA starts.
September 2026
São Paulo Executive MBA starts.
September 17, 2026
Munich Round 1 application deadline.
September 30, 2026
Barcelona Executive MBA starts.
October 1, 2026
Munich Round 2 application deadline.
December 9, 2026
Munich Executive MBA starts.
September 2, 2027