IESE Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management run the Global CEO Program for senior corporate decision-makers, and they offer a small set of scholarships alongside it. The Women in Business Scholarship supports women with a track record of outstanding professional accomplishment who face financial restrictions.
The program itself runs for about seven months as three one-week residential modules on three continents: MIT Sloan in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then Singapore, then the IESE campus in Barcelona.
The award is partial tuition support, not full funding. Participants who complete all three modules receive a completion certificate co-branded by IESE and MIT Sloan.
Benefits & funding
- The scholarship covers up to 15% of the tuition fee.
- Tuition for the 2026-27 edition is US$56,000.
- Tuition includes reading and classroom materials, hotel accommodation, social activities and most meals; travel to Cambridge, Singapore and Barcelona is paid by the participant.
- Three awards are available in total each academic year across the Global CEO Program: this one, an Entrepreneurship Scholarship and an Emerging Markets Scholarship.
- Completing all three modules earns a program completion certificate co-branded by IESE and MIT Sloan.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be women with a track record of outstanding professional accomplishment.
- The award is directed at senior executives and entrepreneurs who have financial restrictions and can show potential to make a positive impact on the global business community.
- IESE presents over 20 years of general management experience as a typical participant profile, not a minimum requirement.
- Participants must attend all three modules of the same edition to complete the program.
- IESE publishes no nationality, residency, age or academic degree requirement for this award.
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Gender requirement
Female
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Application process
- 1Request a personal interview with the Global CEO Program admissions director.
- 2Submit the official program application.
- 3The Admissions Committee reviews the file and communicates its decision within one month; admission requires a US$10,000 deposit, with the balance due 45 days before the program starts.
- 4Use the IESE Global CEO Program scholarship application page to apply for the Women in Business Scholarship.
- 5The Scholarship Award Committee evaluates eligible candidates and selects the recipients.
Program timeline
Program application deadline for the upcoming edition.
September 1, 2026
Within one month after application
Admissions Committee decision.
Module 1 at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
October 26-30, 2026
Module 2 in Singapore.
January 11-15, 2027
Module 3 at IESE Business School, Barcelona.
May 3-7, 2027