EADA Business School vs Universitat CEU Abat Oliba - CEU UAO vs ESIC Business & Marketing School vs Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera - CEU UCH vs Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia - UCAM

In my experience, this business school is considerably more hyped than the actual value it delivers. While the marketing and reputation may create high expectations, the learning experience often falls short. One of the biggest concerns is the lack of placement support. Students are largely expected to manage their career opportunities on their own, which can be disappointing given the investment made in the program. Academically, many subjects are covered only at a surface level. The curriculum tends to focus on providing a broad overview rather than developing deep understanding or practical expertise. Most topics are wrapped up in just one or two classes, which is rarely enough to gain meaningful knowledge or build strong skills. As a result, students are often left to do significant self-learning if they want to truly understand the material. While the school introduces a wide range of business concepts, it doesn't always provide the depth, rigour, or hands-on learning that many students expect from a quality business education. Overall, I found the institution to be somewhat overrated, with the reputation and hype exceeding the actual learning outcomes and career support provided.

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Worst university ever, I’m an İNTERNATİONAL student who came just for one semester for ERASMUS from another institution. It was the worst experience ever in my life, Esic university treated me so badly. The ERASMUS coordinator is really disrespectful and he didn’t even do a welcoming day for the new students. We didn’t get any training on how we can adapt to the university's system. First, they told us it is a hybrid system, which is not the case. This is the first lie from a higher education institution. They are really trying to push me to fail administration and also teachers I really feel it’s a religious problem about where I come from , plus I did all of my exams perfectly. Now I’m surprised that one teacher wants me to fail because I didn’t do one exercise ( just one in all semester lol) , my exam was perfect now she doesn’t want to show me my results and told me that she will make me fail because of one exercise. It is not fair and no one from the administration wants to help me as an Erasmus student, but I feel there is a difference between me and Spanish nationalities. Now I will take my legal right. They really discriminated against me in every way I’m really sad how I got used and treated this badly and also this issue has now become a personal issue, I really don’t recommend any İNTERNATİONAL students to join ESIC Valencia it’s the worst university on planet earth 😡

Studying Advertising and public relations at CEU Cardenal Herrera was an enriching and transformative experience. One thing I standout is the combined theoretical and practical skills we learned throughout the career. We work hand on hand with well known brands that give us a profesional view and a bigger understanding of the profesional world. The multicultural environment at CEU help me develop cultural sensibility and open my perspective because of the diverse backgrounds. The most enriching experience was living in the amazing city en Valencia, its stunning architecture and its amazing food. I graduated feeling confident and prepared to enter to the professional world.

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!"

The college comes up in the top most colleges for hospitality related courses in the world. Les Roches has excellent links in the hospitality industry and has partnered with some major brands. The teachers are very friendly and professional at the same time. The college offers a limited range of courses for undergrads and post grads but the 5 year undergrad course is more beneficial to take up if you want to acquire proper knowledge and skills that are required for this industry. There are other courses also related to marketing that the college has recently introduced but these courses are not successful at all. All in all, its a good college to get into for an undergrad degree if you want to establish your career in the HOTEL industry.

I have just done my Masters at SBS (MA in Organisational Psychology) and below I want to provide the full, unfortunately not so positive, picture. I have no clue where all the positive reviews are coming from – most likely they are paying for them as 99% of them do not reflect reality at all. As it doesn't fit in 1 review, I will split it, to offer the full picture. Contact me if you’d like to know more. Let's start positively – I have met several very knowledgeable and nice people among the teachers. Some are truly willing to teach you and help you grow. But do note that these people are not paid enough and outside of their actual teaching hours which means you will receive little to no support outside class unless the teacher is willing to go the extra mile with no compensation. This is where the „positives“ end. Organisationally – tuition fees are unclear, they will charge you whatever they can get away with based on your nationality (e.g. Mozambique 700eur to Netherlands 12000eur so quite the range) and you will find out randomly when you talk to your peers after enrolling. This will be labelled as „scholarship“ but it doesn’t have anything to do with your previous grades or performance. Everything is payable as opposed to standard practice in serious academic institutions - for example if you need thesis deadline extension, it is, of course, possible - for about 2K EUR. Everything and anything you pay them is non-refundable, of course. There is also insanely high staff turnover, as usually the better teachers leave the moment they find a better job in the area - often these teachers must teach there because the job market in Malaga/Cadiz province is ridiculously saturated and it is not easy to find another employment. Career days are a joke – people from hotels come to recruit cheap labour (600eur/month internship or unpaid at all) but no real professional opportunities are offered – if by some miracle you find anything suitable for you, the uni will charge you money as they have „provided“ you with this opportunity. Personally I was advised and referred several times by a staff member who went the extra mile with my CV and job applications but this is not the norm, as they definitely don't have the resources to do this for everyone. Academically – they should not have the right to call themselves a higher educational institution. There is no clear curriculum, they are changing subjects all the time – if you dared to apply it will certainly not be the same subjects as are listed on the website. For which they have a little legal note written there but that is just to cover their behinds obviously. Teachers are preparing their own syllabus with almost a free-hand, often far from what would be challenging on an actual Masters academical level. Unfortunately, AI use for cheating purposes is not strictly punished - oftentimes students will get away with it despite the instructors' full awareness of this practice, as the instructors do not have the resources to penalise everyone for it as would be the standard practice in any other reputable academic institution. It's very demotivating to be putting in organic, honest work while many just pass by using AI for every single thought they're supposed to produce scot-free. Language classes are a joke – they do not offer ANY of the languages listed online as they do not have the teachers for them. There is a Spanish class – divided between beginners and those who have already come across it, so if you’d think of improving your Spanish from B2 and higher level - don‘t even think about it as the „non-beginner“ class will not be challenging enough by far. There are English classes which are „mandatory“ for students with lack of English skills but again, no courses on e.g. Business English provided, which are a standard at other universities. Thesis writing is an absolute chaos. The guidelines are extremely vague and sometimes conflicting with what is said in class. Do not expect actual academic support – you will choose your topic and you’ll be asigned „Thesis Advisor“ which will be one of the underpaid teachers who will NOT be informed of this assignment and thus will NOT be compensated for it (as they are only paid for teaching hours and not full-time). This means that depending on your TA you will either receive some minor support out of the potential „goodness“ of the specific teacher but in reality, all is decided and „reviewed“ by the Dean - currently Prof. Sousa. „Reviewed“ is because he will only judge based on whether you have followed their template mainly regarding formatting but not content. Which means when you ask for feedback on your 60 page document you’ll often receive „Please follow the template“ which will get your thesis to „passing“ grade but if you want to actually better yourself in academic research and writing, don’t expect that here since their regular procedure doesn't strive to help every student get to their best. Grading is thus based not on content or someone actually thoroughly reading your thesis (nor there are clear grading guidelines as is more than common in other universities). Facilities – the building on campus is okay, but doesn‘t reflect the tuition amount at all. It is far from everything which means you either have to pay for school bus (expensive), figure out Spanish public transport (bus is about 7min walk) or have a car/motorcycle. There is a cafe on campus which is owned by the owners of SBS with a minor discount for SBS students but that means that there is not even a microwave or water kettle available for students - so that they would go spend money in that cafe if they want to have hot meal during their day. For people considering to apply: please be warned – if you can choose another institution for your development, do so. This university will not challenge you academically nor professionaly. It is a deceiving marketing practice at the very least – scam is the correct word unfortunately. Students that were seen sleeping/obviously using AI to answer absolutely basic (definitely not Masters level of knowledge required) questions asked by teachers IN CLASS then use AI to write on their LinkedIn how enriching and challenging this experience was after their graduation. Moreover, the university praises and advocates for the above mentioned fake social media behaviour even though they are well-aware of the scam they are running and the quality of students they enroll – no entrance exams required, of course. In fact, the university administration used AI to prepare their graduation speech for last year :) Make of that what you will. If you have applied and now cannot go back as you would loose all the tuition fees paid: challenge yourself during this time. Make sure to do all your courses diligently so that you can make the most out of this experience focusing on your academic growth. Ask an external thesis advisor to guide you if you want to actually improve your academic research and writing skills. Do the voluntary tasks during the courses, ask the teachers you deem knowledgeable and interesting for more info about their field of expertise, additional literature etc. You have to make it count yourself, as no one else will in this place – once you paid, your growth and development is irrelevant to the university with the exception of a few staff members that care. I have also submitted this review via Google, see how they don't reply as opposed to the positive ones, because they know all of the above is true :)