Timeline
Alumni Association
The first steps are taken toward the creation of the School’s Alumni Association for the approximately 200 alumni that the School had at the time.
Advisory Board
The Instituto de Empresa Advisory Board is formed to oversee quality and research activities at the School.
First intake of Master in Tax Practice
Following the fiscal reform of 1978 the School receives the first intake of its Master in Tax Practice, adapting its content to said reform, considered to comprise the most significant changes in tax law in decades.
Master in Legal Practice
In the field of corporate law, Instituto de Empresa launches the Master in Legal Practice, the first master program of its kind in Spain, and one which will play a major role in the School’s teaching activities.
Specialization in foreign trade
As the volume of trade between Spain and the rest of the world increases, Instituto de Empresa s portfolio expands to include a specialization in foreign trade in its MBA program. The results of the first three years are presented to HRH King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Function-specific programs
Function-specific programs are created to cater for university degreeholders with professional experience at management level. These programs serve to complement the MBA degrees, which constantly adapt their content to address different economic realities of the time.
IE Business School is born
As a response to the lack of postgraduate education and socio-economic debate in Spain as the country opens up to the rest of the world, Diego del Alcázar Silvela and Álvaro García Lomas open first major business school in Madrid, with the latter acting as president. The center is called Instituto de Empresa, and is […]
