School of Economics and Business
Entrepreneurial spirit, employability and internationality
The School of Economics and Business is characterized by the professors' commitment to their students. We work to transform them into versatile professionals who help in the development and prosperity of society.
We are obsessed with the employability of our students, and that is why we put all our efforts into equipping them with the skills and abilities that facilitate their entrance into the labor market, and in generating their own employability.
Wide range of degrees
We teach Bachelor's degrees in the areas of economics and international business, business creation and tourism. Many of the subjects can be taken in Spanish or English.
Our School proposes different study alternatives and modalities, and offers the opportunity to combine studies through double degree programs, for those students who aspire to a higher level of knowledge in their university degree period.
Our School's educational offer includes a wide range of postgraduate studies , para aquellos estudiantes que ambicionan un mayor nivel de conocimiento en su periodo universitario de grado.
La oferta formativa de nuestra Facultad se completa con un amplio abanico de estudios de postgrado at our Nebrija Business & Technology School, with 100% official programs, which give access to the doctorate degree.
We are committed to research and the generation of knowledge and science
In the field of research, our School has Research Chairs, spaces for the generation and availability of knowledge and science, supported by companies that trust in our School's ability to generate prosperity in society.:
In addition to these research chairs, and constantly working on generating knowledge and science, the School has Research Groups:
Nebrija Group on Tourism Intelligence and Innovation Nebrija Group on Business Creation and Internationalization (ECEIN)
Ana Fernández-Ardavín
Dean of the School of Economics and Business
Organization
Ana Fernández-Ardavín
Decana DeanDepartamento de Economía Economy Department
Mónica Goded
Directora del Grado Análisis de Negocios Directora del Grado en Economía y Negocios Internacionales (a distancia) Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Business Analytics Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Economics and International Business (online)
Geoffrey Ditta
Director del Máster en Internacionalización de Empresas Director of Master in Business Internationalization
Ana Fernandez-Ardavín
Directora del departamento de Empresa Director of the Business Department
Ivana Ambrosio Racic
Directora del Grado en CADE Creación, Administración y Dirección de empresas Director of the Bachelor's Degree in C-ADE Business Creation, Administration and Management
Jorge Hernando Cuñado
Director del Máster en Dirección Comercial y Marketing Digital Director of the Master in Commercial Management and Digital Marketing
Eva Mª Iglesias Guzmán
Directora del Máster en Liderazgo y Dirección de Recursos Humanos Director of the Master in Leadership and Human Resources Management
Mª Elena Álvarez García
Directora del Máster en Dirección y Organización de Proyectos Director of the Master in Project Management and Organization
Andrés Arenas Falótico
Director del Máster en Business Management (EMBA) Director of Máster en Business Management (EMBA)
Daniela Thiel Ellul
Coordinadora de la Sección Departamental de Turismo y Coordinadora del Grado en Turismo Coordinator of the Tourism Department and Coordinator of the Degree in Tourism
Francisco Javier Navarro Meneses
Director de Títulos propios Turismo y Director del Título de Experto en Dirección Estratégica Prospectiva del Turismo Director of the Expert Degree in Prospective Strategic Management of Tourism
Francisco Javier Navarro
Director del Máster en Empresas y Destinos Turísticos Director of the Master in Companies and Tourist Destinations
Ivana Ambrosio Racic
Coordinadora de Calidad Quality Coordinator
Jorge Hernando
Coordinador de Movilidad Internacional International Mobility Coordinator
Miren Aurkene Alzúa
Responsable IP Grupo de Investigación Nebrija en Inteligencia Turística e Innovación (Smarttour-INN) Head of IP Nebrija Research Group of Economic Analysis of the Tourism System (Smarttour-INN)
Santiago Budría
Responsable IP Grupo de Investigación Nebrija de Economía, Bienestar, Empresa e Internacionalización (ECEMIN) Head of IP Nebrija Research Group of Economy, Business and Internationalization (ECEMIN)Business and Economics Activities
Agreements
Aimed at Bachelor's / Master's students
We participated in the Microsoft Learn for Educators Program. This program provides access to a curriculum of official Microsoft Learning products. Each course covers Microsoft certification exam objectives with lessons based on real-world scenarios and hands-on exercises. These materials are designed for instructor-led and blended learning models, and can be delivered remotely or face-to-face. They fully align with Microsoft Learn online learning itineraries, which are collections of learning modules that can be done together or separately. [+info]
Aimed at Bachelor's / Master's students
Businet, founded in 1987, is a network of international educational organizations of higher education (universities or business schools, private or public) that share a common spirit regarding internationalization.
Businet provides an environment that encourages the exchange of good practice and fosters cooperation between like-minded professors and students.
Businet's work benefits the member institutes themselves, the staff of those member institutes, as well as the students. There are more than 140 members in more than 39 countries around the world.
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Aimed at Bachelor's / Master's students
Students have unlimited access to all resources (lectures, case studies, presentations and market simulators). The professors propose these materials of high pedagogical and professional value for the students in their classes.
Aimed at Master's Degree students
Students of the master's degree in Project Management are offered the possibility of receiving additional training that allows them to be certified in PMP - Project Management Professional by the PMI.
Aimed at Master's Degree students
Students of the Master's Degree in Project Management are offered the possibility of receiving additional training that allows them to be certified in Scrum Master and Kanban Essential.
Aimed at Bachelor's / Master's students
The certifications they will be able to choose from are very varied, from those on productivity, in line with the Microsoft Office package -Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)- to those of Azure Fundamentals, which will offer students knowledge that is in high demand, such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence
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Conferences, Presentations
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
El pasado lunes, 28 de noviembre tuvo lugar en la Nebrija University, la segunda conferencia dentro del ciclo de conferencias sobre internacionalización de empresas, que hacemos conjuntamente con el Club de Exportadores e Inversores Españoles. En esta ocasión tuvimos la inmensa fortuna de aprender de Marcos Felipe Macedo, director jurídico y transaccional de Propav Infraestructuras, el cual dio una interesantísima ponencia a nuestros estudiantes de empresa y economía sobre los desafíos de la internacionalización y los factores clave a tener en cuenta en los procesos de negociación.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
El jueves pasado 10 de noviembre inauguramos el ciclo de conferencias sobre internacionalización de empresas. Ha sido la primera de muchas este año gracias a nuestros compañeros y amigos del club de exportadores aquí representados por Javier Valero. En esta ocasión especial nos acompañó Sara Cristóbal, Directora general de Seguridad, Comunicaciones y Defensa del Grupo Amper. Como nos explicó claramente nuestra ponente, la internacionalización desde un punto de vista teórico y científico está en el centro del desarrollo internacional del grupo Amper. La elección de la expansión internacional se planifica, y su equipo de trabajo realizo tras los años que la internacionalización es la consecuencia gradual de la búsqueda de nuevos mercados. Es una estrategia multifacética, ya que el desarrollo progresivo de la empresa la lleva a cambios culturales y estructurales.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Andrés Arenas, professor at the Nebrija University School of Economics and Business, analyzes the latest data on economic parameters.
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
The technology behind Artificial Intelligence is data (personal, industrial, etc.). And these data are "the basis of the economy and development of the future."
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
In this talk with the students, Carmena highlighted the similarities between Spain and the United States "of which there are many more than the differences". The president of the American Club of Madrid wanted to eliminate some prejudices held regarding culture, politics and lifestyle in the United States, and made a historical review of the relations that both countries have maintained at different stages of history.
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
The implementation of Bizum as a payment solution in physical stores is the company's challenge for this year. “We are in the technological development phase, and we are going to lean towards contactless.” This was announced by Ángel Nigorra, general director of the technological platform, during a conference given at the Madrid-Princesa Campus of Nebrija University.
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Cryptocurrencies are at the center of the economic debate around the world. However, in the exchange of ideas, blockchain seems to take a back seat, the set of technologies that allows the transfer of value and information safely without the intervention of intermediaries. To argue about this potential, Covadonga Fernández and Guillermo Callejo, CEO and Head of Operations, respectively, of the digital Blockchain Observatory, gave a presentation to future economists from Nebrija University.
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Among the extracurricular activities carried out in 2021/22, the conferences and meetings with professionals from the sector can be highlighted:
- Conference "Strong marketing in times of conscience". Bachelor's degree in CADE.
- Conference “Companies with purpose: towards new sustainable business models”. Bachelor's degree in CADE.
- The origins of economic thought: contributions and limitations of the Salamanca School, by Pedro Schawrtz, for ECNI Bachelor's degree students.
- Regional monetary integration in the post-pandemic world. Dr Andrea Carrera.
- Global payment discrepancies and reasons for international central banking. Dr. Andrea Carrera.
- Series of conferences on the internationalization of companies, organized with the Exporters and Investors Club.
- Electronic signature: advances, future, legal aspects and practical business cases, by Julio Alcolado from the SIA company of the Indra Group.
- Coil Project with Coventry University – UK. It offers students the opportunity to network and academically discuss topics of global interest with students and professors from this prestigious UK university.
Presentations
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students and external public
With a foreword by Antonio Huertas, president of Mapfre, Emprendedoras. Las líderes que cambian el mundo en la era digital (Women entrepreneurs. The leaders who change the world in the digital age) is presented as an inspiring book; a reflection of today's society. "This is a book that motivates both women and men to develop their talent," says Huertas.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students and external public
Presentation of the book “Internacionalización empresas alimentación gran consumo”, organized with FIAB and ICEX, and closed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Nebrija-Santander Global Chair on Business Internationalization.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Presentation of the Iberian internationalization report 2021, with the Secretary of State for Trade, and the Ambassador of Portugal in Spain.
At the headquarters of the Export Credit Agency, CESCE, the Secretary of State for Trade, Xiana Méndez, presented the Iberian Internationalization Report, Spain and Portugal in the world, 2021, edited by the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair on Business Internationalization, and which was sponsored by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.
Contests
Dirigido a estudiantes de bachillerato, matriculados en cualquier centro de enseñanza secundaria o de Formación Profesional de España
Estudiantes preuniversitarios tienen la oportunidad de demostrar su capacidad de emprendimiento, creatividad, organización e ilusión a través de la definición y conceptualización de un proyecto de creación de empresa.
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Seminars, Meetings, Conferences
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Taste of America is the story of a successful women's business that started in Spain 27 years ago. The founder and CEO of Taste of America and The Cookie Lab, Dana Knowles, has offered a conference in Nebrija University's auditorium in which she shared with the students of the School of Economics and Business the origin of her company and its business model that has only grown since its inception.
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Seminar held at the confluence of the commemoration of Nebrija's 5th Centenary and the School of Social Sciences Week.
Organized by the Department of Economics and Business, of the School of Social Sciences at Nebrija University, and coordinated by Thomas Baumert and Andrea Carrera, it brings together a cast of outstanding professors —from different areas, orientations and generations— to analyze the economics of Nebrija's time and draw from it relevant conclusions regarding the current economic situation of the country; a situation that, despite the intervening five centuries, presents surprising parallels.
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Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
3rd Meeting of the Network of Researchers on Internationalization (RII), sponsored by the Nebrija-Santander Global Chair on Business Internationalization, along with the Bank of Spain.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Conference organized by the Nebrija Santander Global Chair in Business Internationalization in collaboration with the Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI). The meeting, held at the Madrid-Princesa Campus, included experts linked to research and dissemination of knowledge on the foreign action of Spanish companies and the international performance of companies.
During the event, papers by researchers in internationalization from different universities –public and private, based in Spain and abroad– and organizations and institutions were presented, in order to learn about and discuss the different projects that are being launched at this time. Among others, Asier Minondo, from the Deusto Business School, spoke about the impact of the crisis on Spanish exports, referring to the companies that were forced to export with the drop in domestic demand during the crisis, which gave them the opportunity to discover that they could compete internationally.
Elvira Prades, from the Bank of Spain, discussed the issue of imports into Spain, while Isabel Álvarez, Raquel Marín and Javier Serrano, from Complutense University, explained foreign trade and its link with the digital economy. In addition, during these sessions, topics such as the effects of trade and economic integration, Spanish multinationals and the driving factors of exports were addressed.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Hybrid event presented by the director of the Master's Degree in Leadership and Human Resources Management, Eva Iglesias, and by Professor Dr. Jesús Briones, with the participation of David Barreales García as a speaker.
The event addressed topics such as digital transformation that is affecting employment, the changes that will take place and the sectors that will be affected. In addition, topics such as professional reinvention and the new skills that are most in demand were discussed.
Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students and expert professionals in HR from all sectors of activity
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
The objective of this round table was that, through the experience of women executives with different business profiles, the students see that it is possible and that it is becoming easier to be a director, and that you do not have to give anything up to do so; that the reality that women executives often experience is different from what many directors think. One must understand what is happening and its reasons in order to be able to build a new future.
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Understanding this process, its importance within the organization, learning about the experiences of third parties that allow us to understand how to start this path of transformation, and knowing how to use innovation through the reality of business are basic knowledge and skills for today's executives.
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Competitions
Aimed at Bachelor's and postgraduate students
Banco Santander, along with the Santander International Entrepreneurship Center (CISE) and Nebrija University, has launched the 16th edition of the Explorer program, a young entrepreneurship program for projects in the pre-incubation phase in 10 countries, adding the US and Germany in this new call.
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Tourism Activities
The Department of Tourism of the Antonio de Nebrija University annually prepares the Complementary Activities Program, whose purpose is to complement the education of students by offering them cultural activities, conference cycles or visits that allow the improvement and increase of certain skills as well as the approach of students to the reality of the tourism sector.
Nebrija Tourism Experience
Nebrija Tourism ExperienceOne of the best examples of the student's approach to the business reality is the organization of the Nebrija Tourism Experience Awards. An initiative that emerged in 2009 from a group of students of the Undergraduate Degree in Tourism with the aim of rewarding and assessing those institutions, companies and professionals in the tourism sector that strive to build a renewed image of tourism in Spain. From that date, every year the students select the candidates, both from the public and private sectors, who are contributing to the development of a more innovative, more professionalized and more sustainable tourism in our country; and design and organize the event in which the awards are presented.» Más información en la web de Nebrija Tourism Experience
Specialize Program
Training program for specialization and approach to the reality of the tourism sector.
The Department of Tourism of the university, together with the Business Advisory Commission of Tourism (CAET), considers it essential to complement the education of its students through conferences, seminars and conferences/debates. In these activities, the students of the Undergraduate Degree in Tourism have the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences with companies and organizations of recognized prestige in fields as varied as the internationalization of tourism companies, the application of new technologies in the sector, the analysis of processes of integration of large tourist groups, the use of cultural heritage as a tourist resource or sustainable tourism development.Some examples of these activities are:
- Conference on Hotel InnovationExperts in tourism meet to reflect on the main changes that have taken place in the world of hotels in recent years.
- Debate on tourism distribution: the real challenge of tourismRound table with industry experts to discuss the distribution of tourism in Spain
- Debate low-cost vs. traditional airlines. Directives from Iberia, Air-France and Easy-Jet discuss the airlines' business model.
- Debate on Gastronomic Tourism, hidden treasure of Spanish tourism. Industry professionals discuss the importance and future of tourism on the rise.
- Seminar on air transportThe keys of air transport and tourism.
- Conference: CSR in the hotel sector
- Entrepreneurship in tourism: an opportunity for the future of tourism in SpainEntrepreneurs from the world of tourism make their experience known to Nebrija students.
Discover Program
Program of field visits to companies and tourism institutions
This program aims to show students the functioning of different companies and institutions in the tourism sector through their main managers, managers or managers. Students will have the opportunity to enter organizations such as the World Tourism Organization, the most advanced hotels as well as natural parks and other destinations of special interest in their tourism management.- Visit to the World Tourism Organization (WTO). Our students visit the WTO headquarters in Madrid
- Visit to the Ritz.
Our students were able to see different departments and learn of the responsibilities held by the people working there.
- Visit to the Reina Sofía National Museum (MNCARS). The students visited the museum’s installations as a touristic and cultural institution.
- Visit Hotel Only you.
- Visit FITUR.
- Visit B the Travel Brand.
- Visit Turespaña.
- Visit the Ayre Gran Hotel Colón.
- Visit the Spanish Institute for Tourism Quality (ICTE).
- Visit the IFEMA Convention Center.
Approach Program
Employment Forums and Seminars of Professional Careers. Nebrija University organizes an activity to bring students closer to the professional reality of the tourism sector and promote their employability. The Employment Forum aims to facilitate contact between companies that wish to incorporate the best professionals and our students and recent graduates.- Employment Forum It aims to facilitate contact between companies that want to incorporate the best professionals and our students and recent graduates.
17th Nebrija Employment Forum, an appointment with the professional world - Seminars of Professional . Where the student has the opportunity to learn about the future possibilities in this sector through the experiences of professionals of recognized prestige in tourism.
Degrees
BACHELOR'S DEGREES
DIPLOMA IN ENGLISH PROFESSIONAL SKILLS **** Diploma obligatorio
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES
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Professors
The teaching staff of the School of Economics and Business is made up of full-time professors and part-time associate professors.
The profile of full-time professors corresponds essentially to PhDs (most of them accredited), with dedication to research and undergraduate and postgraduate university teaching in their area of specialization.
The professors have a professional career of recognized prestige in business, they offer students the most intense contact with professional reality that they will find once they finish their studies.
Finally, specialist professors in the field of communication and management skills who teach seminars and courses on professional skills. The University makes a firm commitment to offering its students all the professional and personal development tools that will be required of future professionals.
José Luis García Delgado Full Professor of Applied Economics. Research professor of the Business Internationalization group of the School of Economics and Business.
Óscar Herencia CEO of Metlife for Spain and Portugal.
Jesús Briones Head of people management (HRBP) at CEPSA.
Christian Bailac Jobst Director of Commercial Strategy at the Hotel Puerta América 5* in Madrid.
Carlos Vila International Expansion Director at Mango.
Research
Research Groups
The School dedicates part of its effort to research tasks, as a fundamental complement to teaching. These tasks are structured around the existing Research Groups, which are part of the official register of the University, and which materialize in research projects with companies and public institutions in the sector.
Consult the lines of activity and research groups herePublications
The School's professors regularly publish work related to their research as an essential part of their activity at the University.
Consult the most recent publications here