GBSB Global Business School vs IE University vs Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - URJC vs Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia - UCAM vs Le Cordon Bleu Paris

Side-by-side comparison from 394 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted

Quick verdict
Higher overall rating: Advantere School of Management (4.70)
GBSB Global Business School: wins 0/7 categories
IE University: wins 1/7 categories
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos - URJC: wins 0/7 categories
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia - UCAM: wins 0/7 categories
Le Cordon Bleu Paris: wins 0/7 categories
TETR College of Business: wins 1/7 categories
Advantere School of Management: wins 5/7 categories
Comparing
Best programme: Bachelor of Business Administration and Digital Innovation
Madrid, Spain
4.40
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New York City, United States
4.50
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Best programme: Bachelor of Management & Technology
Best programme: Master’s in International Management (MIM)
Category ratings
Facilities
3.40
4.37
3.62
3.50
4.40
4.40
4.69
Win
Location
4.49
4.55
3.68
4.00
4.70
4.60
4.79
Win
Professors
4.15
4.33
3.97
4.33
4.60
4.50
4.81
Win
Internationality
4.65
4.78
Win
3.40
3.83
4.60
4.67
4.59
Student life
3.86
4.41
3.69
4.17
3.90
4.60
4.77
Win
Value
3.65
4.23
3.55
3.83
3.90
4.50
4.66
Win
Accommodation
2.85
3.89
3.55
3.83
3.00
4.50
Win
4.34
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • +Flexible learning options and strong academic programs.
  • +Supportive community and international atmosphere.
  • +Practical, real-world application and career development support.
  • +Experienced professors and engaging practical learning
  • +Diverse international environment and networking opportunities
  • +Modern campus and strong career preparation
  • +Excellent faculty and well-structured curriculum
  • +Valuable practical experience and internship opportunities
  • +Supportive environment and advantageous city location
  • +Supportive and attentive faculty
  • +High-quality, well-organized programs
  • +Diverse and international community
  • +Exceptional teaching quality from passionate, experienced instructors
  • +Unmatched precision, emphasis on quality, and professional skill development
  • +Welcoming environment, strong support, and valuable alumni network
  • +Practical, real-world business experience and skill development.
  • +Unique global mobility and diverse cultural immersion opportunities.
  • +Valuable industry connections and strong peer networking.
  • +Practical, project-based learning with real-world application
  • +Strong professional network and career preparation
  • +Supportive faculty and international environment
Cons
  • -Administrative and management issues
  • -Low educational and academic quality
  • -Poor career and internship support
  • -Marketing promises regarding innovation and flexibility are not met.
  • -Academic standards and program content are perceived as low quality.
  • -The campus environment is corporate and lacks a traditional college experience.
  • -Lack of adequate English proficiency among staff and insufficient international student support.
  • -Issues with academic organization, faculty, and teaching methodologies.
  • -Inconsistent treatment of double-degree students and administrative challenges.
  • -Administrative and management issues cause significant frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and poor maintenance are recurring problems.
  • -Inconsistent teaching quality and curriculum concerns are frequently mentioned.
  • -Administrative and management issues cause frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and lack of modern resources are disappointing.
  • -The curriculum feels irrelevant and disconnected from real-world needs.
  • -Administrative and management issues cause frustration.
  • -Facilities are outdated and poorly maintained.
  • -Communication from the institution is frequently unclear or lacking.
  • -Poor communication and disorganization from administration.
  • -Outdated facilities and inadequate resources.
  • -Uninspiring teaching methods and irrelevant curriculum.
Rating summary
What students say

This university demonstrates notable strengths in its **Internationality** and **Location**, both receiving very high marks. **Professors** also garnered positive feedback. Conversely, **Accomodation** stands out as the weakest area, with a significantly lower rating. **Facilities**, **Student Life**, and **Value** fall within a moderate range, indicating areas with room for improvement alongside established positives.

This institution demonstrates remarkable strengths, particularly in **Internationality** (4.78) and **Location** (4.55). Student life and facilities also receive high marks. The area requiring the most attention is **Accomodation**, which has the lowest rating (3.89). Other categories like Professors and Value are also rated favorably.

Academic departments at this institution are highly regarded, with professors receiving the strongest marks. Areas like student life and location also show a positive reception. On the other hand, internationality and accommodation received the lowest ratings, suggesting potential areas for improvement. The overall value and facilities fall within a moderate range.

Reviewing the university's performance reveals a mixed but generally positive picture. The strongest area for the institution is clearly its professors, who received an excellent rating. Students also appear to be well-served by the location and student life. Areas with slightly lower, though still respectable, scores include facilities, accommodation, internationality, and value for money.

This university demonstrates exceptional strength in its **location** (4.7), **professors** (4.6), and **internationality** (4.6). Students are particularly impressed with the quality of instruction and the global environment. Conversely, **accommodation** stands out as the lowest-rated area at 3.0, suggesting room for improvement in this aspect. Student life and value for money also received moderate scores.

This institution demonstrates a consistently strong performance across key areas. It excels particularly in **Internationality**, **Student Life**, and **Location**, all receiving top marks. **Facilities**, **Professors**, and **Accomodation** also score highly. The **Value** proposition is well-regarded. While all ratings are impressive, the slight difference in scores suggests that the unique global atmosphere, vibrant campus experience, and convenient setting are standout features.

Remarkable scores are evident across most surveyed aspects of this university. Professors and location stand out as exceptionally strong areas, both scoring near perfect marks. Student life and facilities also received very high praise. The weakest area appears to be accommodation, though it still maintains a respectable rating. Internationality and value for money are also well-regarded.

Reviews summary
Highlights

~74% of 48 reviews are positive, highlighting flexibility, excellent professors, and community. A smaller ~12.5% of reviews express dissatisfaction with the program's value, administrative support, and academic standards.

Around 97% of reviews are positive, praising professors' experience, international environment, practical coursework, and networking opportunities. The remaining feedback highlights academic deception, low standards, and a corporate campus feel.

~74% of 113 reviews are positive, praising strong faculty, well-structured curricula, and supportive communities. Minimal negative feedback (~4.4%) mentions campus comfort and international student integration.

With a 4.18 average rating from 11 reviews, students praise UCAM's high-level teaching, supportive faculty, and enriching academic and international environments. No negative feedback was provided.

Students highly praise the exceptional quality of teaching and knowledgeable instructors. Facilities are noted as impeccable and the learning environment welcoming, contributing to professional and personal growth for ~100% of reviewers.

Most student reviews are highly positive, with ~83% rating 4-5 stars and an average of 4.5/5. Recurring themes include brilliant concepts, learning by doing, and valuable real-world business experience. Minimal negative feedback was noted.

Reviews are overwhelmingly positive (~97% 4-5 stars), highlighting valuable technical knowledge, practical learning, and professional network development. No negative feedback was provided.

Rating distribution
5★
25%
53%
8%
27%
60%
67%
75%
4★
44%
32%
63%
64%
40%
17%
22%
3★
19%
12%
25%
9%
0%
17%
3%
2★
6%
2%
4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1★
6%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Most useful review
Most liked
Its ok

The overall experience was ok. Yet I dont feel that it was worth 10k€ a year for what I received. Starting from repetitive classes in each year but with a different name until not having bathrooms for almost 6 months. The quality of the majority of classes was 2/5. The content of the classes was not deep enough to teach you about tools, appliances, ways of solving, what should be taken into consideration. On my 2 last years. I took the exact same class of public relations but named differently. Not even the professor knew what to say any more. I didn’t saw not event one tool that is used in public relations. We analyzed just one case of public relations in the whole semester. And it was a mention not event a full analysis. I do not recommend GBSB. The internships they say the help you with on their webpage its a lie. They do not help you in any way to connect you with no company. They are not event informed in how to help you with the visa.

The review

ie university is the best university in the world, they education system is the best and infrastructure. It's the best university to put your child to I'm very happy with it i dont wanna lie l. Please go for it

Some improvements to be made

In my opnion is not a bad university but most of the teachers have many titles and certificates that say they are very good on the discipline they teach but they are not very good in the teaching skill. I can understand that some subjects could be boring but I think they can do better effort to encourage the students in their subjects. The approach to the teachers is not bad at all, the time for having an answer to an e-mail is 1 or 2 days (not involving weekends). The classes and most of the facilities (at least in Fuenlabrada) are new and comfortable both for teachers and students. The social aspect maybe is the worse of this university (and most of the Spanish ones I think), because the students come to class from many different places and after the classes most of the link between classmates breaks, so you can´ not do university lifestyle. The Double Degree in BMA+Law that I am doing the overall thinking is that it would be useful for the future so the hopes about the future are high.

Good, but worthy of improvement

The life in Murcia is simply great! A lot of tapas bars, bars, clubs etc. which are affordable for students! During the courses at UCAM, I got to know so many international people who got really good friends in the meanwhile. The only shortcoming is that several professors have difficulties to explain their ideas in English, because of the language barrier. But this does not concern every teacher. Furthermore, the teaching staff is not only about professors but about people having their own business and talking about their own experiences. All in all the education is pretty good at UCAM. But the working-life balance is even better. "Savoir-Vivre!"

Student in 2013

I really enjoyed my time at LCB! I've found that my skills when I entered the work force were much higher than others. I think though there was a big portion missing in recipe development and composition. True- we did learn it through memorizing the recipes, but we really were missing classes on how different ingredients affect the final textures.. how you can change them... etc. That I still am not an expert in .. and I create recipes! Ouf! Also, I don't know if you still do a month of sugar work... but that really wasn't necessary and should be either cut or minimized to just 2 lessons. It's such a niche skill to know that I would have really preferred more technical skills. I loved the old location. The "rumors" I'm getting about the new location are that it's not as good, unfortunately - that i's become more of a money focused/marketing machine. I really hope that this image can be fixed as I love LCB and enjoyed my time there! Oh also - there should be more help for students to get jobs and featuring old students accomplishments - from cookbook launches to new bakeries so that current and old students can support them.

Loving it here!

Being here has been such a wild ride. Moving to a new country every semester and learning local languages has been both fun and challenging, but it's kinda exhausting too. Still, that hustle gives me an adrenaline rush I low-key love! The best part has been seeing our business ideas come to life and when people genuinely appreciate and engage with something we’ve built, it makes all the hard work worth it.

Masters international Management

I enjoyed this programe, academically is it similar to other programs in other cities but it offers so much more. The personal connection with professors, strong guidance for future career and the international network is what separates it from other options!

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