GBSB Global Business School vs ESIC Business & Marketing School vs Universidad de Navarra - UNAV vs Universidad Pública de Navarra - UPNA vs Creanavarra Centro Superior de Diseño

Side-by-side comparison from 218 verified student reviews. Scan one row at a time — winners are highlighted

Quick verdict
Higher overall rating: Neuro Business School - NBS (5.00)
GBSB Global Business School: wins 0/4 categories
ESIC Business & Marketing School: wins 0/4 categories
Universidad de Navarra - UNAV: wins 0/4 categories
Universidad Pública de Navarra - UPNA: wins 0/4 categories
Creanavarra Centro Superior de Diseño: wins 0/4 categories
Le Cordon Bleu Paris: wins 0/4 categories
Neuro Business School - NBS: wins 4/4 categories
Comparing
Best programme: Bachelor of Business Administration and Digital Innovation
Best programme: Business Management and Marketing
Best programme: Biochemistry
Best programme: Culinary Arts
Best programme: BA in NeuroMarketing
Category ratings
Facilities
3.26
4.09
4.08
3.00
Not rated
4.40
5.00
Win
Location
4.43
4.00
3.96
5.00
Not rated
4.70
5.00
Professors
4.13
3.82
4.19
2.00
Not rated
4.60
5.00
Win
Internationality
4.63
3.64
4.04
5.00
Not rated
4.60
5.00
Student life
3.69
3.82
4.16
5.00
Not rated
3.90
5.00
Value
3.63
3.64
3.85
4.00
Not rated
3.90
5.00
Win
Accommodation
2.76
3.64
4.16
2.00
Not rated
3.00
5.00
Win
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • +High-quality, engaging professors and a supportive learning environment.
  • +Opportunities for cultural immersion and personal growth abroad.
  • +Strong business mindset development and practical entrepreneurial programs.
  • +Practical learning, real-world projects, and industry connections.
  • +Excellent teaching quality and knowledgeable professors.
  • +Supportive campus environment and strong academic/personal guidance.
  • +High-quality, approachable teaching staff
  • +Diverse opportunities and enriching programs
  • +Welcoming student community and beautiful environment
  • +Engaging instructors and effective teaching methods
  • +Supportive and collaborative learning environment
  • +Relevant and practical curriculum leading to career success

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  • +Exceptional teaching quality from passionate, experienced instructors
  • +Unmatched precision, emphasis on quality, and professional skill development
  • +Welcoming environment, strong support, and valuable alumni network
  • +Integrated marketing, psychology, and neuroscience curriculum
  • +Expert instructors and supportive staff
  • +Practical application and industry connections
Cons
  • -Administrative & management issues
  • -Low academic quality and outdated facilities
  • -Poor career and internship support
  • -Poor administrative support and unclear communication regarding academic systems.
  • -Lack of orientation and support for international students.
  • -Misleading information about course delivery methods.
  • -Outdated facilities and poor infrastructure are consistently mentioned.
  • -Inefficient administrative processes and unhelpful staff are significant frustrations.
  • -Overcrowded classrooms and a lack of individualized attention are common complaints.
  • -Administrative and management issues plague scheduling and student group allocation.
  • -Outdated computer programs hinder practical skill development.
  • -Overly theoretical coursework fails to align with current labor market needs.

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  • -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 significant frustration.
  • -Outdated facilities and lack of essential resources are a recurring problem.
  • -Communication is often poor, leading to confusion and unmet expectations.
Rating summary
What students say

This institution scores exceptionally well in **Internationality** (4.63) and **Location** (4.43), indicating a globally connected campus in a desirable setting. **Professors** also receive a strong rating (4.13). Conversely, **Accomodation** is the weakest area, with a rating of 2.76. **Facilities** and **Student Life** fall in the mid-range, with **Value** also receiving a solid, though not outstanding, score.

This institution demonstrates strong performance in its **facilities**, which received a high rating. Conversely, **accommodation**, **internationality**, and **value** represent areas that received comparatively lower scores. Other aspects like professors, location, and student life fall within a moderate range of satisfaction.

This university demonstrates a strong profile, excelling particularly in the quality of its professors, with a rating of 4.19. Student life and accommodation also received high marks at 4.16. Conversely, the university's value for money is its lowest-rated aspect, scoring 3.85. Facilities and internationality are also solid, though not as prominent as the top-performing areas.

A well-rounded assessment reveals this institution excels in its **Location**, **Student Life**, and **Internationality**, all receiving top marks. Conversely, it faces challenges with **Facilities** and **Accomodation**, both rated at a lower two. **Professors** also received a modest rating of two. The **Value** proposition sits comfortably in the upper half of the scale, suggesting a generally positive, though not flawless, university experience.

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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.

Across all evaluated aspects, this institution demonstrates exceptional strength. It achieves a perfect score of 5 in every category, including Facilities, Professors, Location, Student Life, Accommodation, Internationality, and Value. This indicates a consistently outstanding experience for students in all surveyed areas, with no single category performing weaker than others.

Reviews summary
Highlights

Around 74% of reviews are positive, highlighting quality education, cultural expansion, and strong business mindsets. A smaller portion (~15%) expresses dissatisfaction with program usefulness, administration support, and perceived academic levels.

With 4.13 stars from 55 reviews, ~85% of students praise the collaborative learning, practical projects with real companies, and good teaching quality. One review found the university experience poor.

With an average rating of 4.62/5 from 104 reviews, ~97% of students are highly satisfied. Positive feedback frequently praises approachable and expert professors, enriching programs with international opportunities, and a welcoming campus environment. No negative reviews were recorded.

With 3 reviews and an average rating of 2.67/5, feedback is mixed. Approximately 33% of reviews are negative, citing disorganization in administration, scheduling, and outdated course content. No positive reviews were provided.

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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.

All 6 reviews were positive, giving an average of 5/5 stars. Students highlighted the program's blend of marketing, psychology, and neuroscience, and found classes engaging and practical. Professors were professional and supportive.

Rating distribution
5★
23%
31%
63%
0%
0%
60%
100%
4★
45%
55%
35%
0%
0%
40%
0%
3★
18%
13%
2%
67%
0%
0%
0%
2★
8%
0%
0%
33%
0%
0%
0%
1★
8%
2%
0%
0%
0%
0%
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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.

Esic university Valencia is the worst university ever 😡

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 😡

Una experiencia universitaria

Alguna vez me contaron la historia del hijo de una familia real de un pais europeo importante. El chico estaba buscando una universidad; ya había pasado por Cambridge, Oxford y algunas universidades de Estados Unidos. Decidió visitar la Universidad de Navarra junto con su padre y les gustó mucho. En medio de la cena con el rector, el padre le dice al recto: ¿sabes que me ha gustado más de la Universidad? La mirada de los alumnos... en ellos se nota que son personas felices, alegres, generosas... El chico se acabó quedando en la Universidad de Navarra pudiendo estudiar en cualquier otra universidad del mundo. Eso es lo que más me gusta de la Universidad -además del buen nivel académico-, que es propiamente universal; un lugar donde se interesan por ti, no solo desde el punto de vista académico sino personal. Se busca realmente formar personas y se les invita a vivir una experiencia universitaria autentica.

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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.

The attitude and the atmosphere

The classes are so intresting I love how they they teach you about psychology and business strategy, I really like how the teachers are real professionals in terms of marketing , buisness... overall I really enjoy it.

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