Our students have sat in Microsoft‘s offices in Barcelona, walked through Amazon‘s headquarters in Madrid, and attended South Summit alongside founders and investors building some of Europe’s most relevant companies. That access is part of what studying business at SBS Swiss Business School Spain looks like in practice.
Inside companies students know
Some visits take students inside organizations they have been reading about in class.
At Microsoft‘s Barcelona offices and Amazon‘s headquarters in Madrid and Barcelona, students get a closer look at how global companies actually operate. Not through a case study, but in the buildings where decisions are made.
Other visits offer completely different perspectives. At El Corte Inglés, students see retail operating at scale. At the Red Cross in Barcelona, they see how a major international organization operates with an entirely different kind of mission. At La Casa de la Moneda, students connect coursework directly to the real systems behind how currency is designed, produced, and protected.
These are not passive visits. Students ask questions, hear directly from the people working there, and leave with a clearer picture of what these environments actually look like from the inside.
Where the industry gathers
Company visits are one part of the experience. Industry events offer a different kind of access.
At South Summit, students step into conversations around entrepreneurship, investment, and innovation at a European level. At 4YFN and Mobile World Congress, they are surrounded by founders, startups, investors, and global tech leaders. Fuckup Nights brings something different: professionals sharing honest accounts of failure and career pivots, the version that rarely makes it onto a LinkedIn profile.
When the experts come to us
Not every industry connection happens outside the campus, though.
Repsol, one of Spain’s largest multi-energy companies, sent a representative to speak about brand strategy and the energy transition. Other sessions have covered wealth management and stock valuation, persuasion and negotiation, and hands-on AI, all led by practitioners who have done it professionally, not just studied it.
The knowledge in the room comes from experience, not theory.
Beyond Spain
Not all of it happens in Spain.
During a recent three-day study trip to Andorra, students worked with organizations like Andorra Business and Andorra Research and Innovation, exploring how a compact economy competes internationally. Visits to Creand and COMMENCAL offered two very different perspectives on international business. The trip also included a speech by Emmanuel Macron, connecting business, policy, and leadership in a way no classroom could replicate.
October 2026 intake
These experiences, inside companies, across industries, and beyond borders, are what make up a business education at SBS Swiss Business School Spain. The next opportunity to be part of it is closer than it looks.
If October sounds far away, application processes, administrative steps, and visa timelines can make it feel much closer than expected. Spots are limited across both our Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science programs.
If this is the kind of business education you are looking for, now is the time.
SBS Swiss Business School Spain has no formal partnership or affiliation with any of the organizations, events, or individuals referenced in this article. All mentions refer exclusively to visits, events attended, or speakers who have participated in student activities.
