ISSA School of Management Assistants has launched the new Study program for students starting degree program this academic year 2018-19. The new Degree, currently being taken by the 55 first-year students, is primarily characterized by a project-based professor methodology, language and business culture immersions; and by offering diplomas from specialization.

For the next three years, the two programs of study plans will coexist until the students currently in the second year complete their programs of study.

Victoria Rodriguez, Director of ISSA School of Management Assistants

"When we studied the change of Study program we were convinced by the fact of obtaining different benefits, on the one hand, to increase the motivation of student thanks to the involvement of students in their own training; on the other hand, to improve learning, since they are prepared with real cases; and finally, to develop specific skills that are currently required by the world of work".

Maricarmen Erviti, Deputy Director of ISSA School of Management Assistants

"Currently, the University is the only one in Spain that offers the Degree en attendance de Dirección-Management Assistant. With it we seek to train experts in management and organization with mastery of at least three modern languages and communication skills to work in global environments and with a deep spirit of service. This is in demand by organizations, as revealed by the employment rate index. According to the latest study conducted by the consulting firm Ikerfel, about 93% of ISSA - School of Management Assistants graduates from the last three graduating classes are working".

In total, 190 students from 16 different countries are studying at the center this year: Germany, Romania, Belgium, Holland, France, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, France, Italy, Moldova, Panama, Venezuela and Spain. More than a hundred of them participated last Wednesday, September 12, in the traditional "welcome paella" at the beginning of the school year.

The meeting began at 13.30 hours with a few words from the director of ISSA School of Management Assistants, Victoria Rodriguez, who welcomed the students and teachers who are joining this course.