IE DEBATE CLUB
Awarded IE Best Professional Club in 2021, 2023 and 2024, the IEU Debate Club is one of the biggest student societies at IE University, with +500 affiliates, and 54 in our debate teams, ranging from different degrees inside IEU. Each year, we are in charge of sending delegations to the most renowned competitions across the world, ranging from Spain, Europe, and the United States.
Also, we are in charge of providing the IE Community with the necessary training in soft skills to succeed in their future endeavors, including negotiation, public speaking, and argumentation abilities.
Mission: Create a safe space for any member of the IE Community to feel free to express their ideas, as well as to learn how to do so by training students in soft and hard skills to achieve professional success.
Vision: Promote a world where debate and negotiation are the way to resolve conflicts in an increasingly complex international context.
OUR BOARD
President
Debate Coach
Internal Relations Officers
Anna Gramann (BBALLB – Madrid Campus)
Events Officers (Segovia Campus)
Sophia Rathleff (BIR)
Miguel Yu (PPLEDBDA)
Head of Delegations Officers
Amy Chemutai (LLBBIR – Madrid Campus)
Vice President
Finance Officer
Events Officers (Madrid Campus)
Raquel Vega (LLBBIR)
Ariane Sorensen (LLBBIR)
Giovanni Coeli (BBA)
Communications Officers
Anna Shatalova (PPLE – Madrid Campus)
Nuray Kazimli (BBSS – Madrid Campus)
Faculty Advisors
Isabella Miller (BBABIR – Madrid Campus)
Our training program
7 sessions training consisting in classes on speech writing and analysis of political speeches, negotiation, public speaking, MUN dynamics, argumentation, body language, etc.
151 delegates enrolled in 2023, increasing student engagement by 55% from 2022 to 2023.
Our delegations
HNMUN: The oldest and largest collegiate Model United Nations conference. Considered the hardest and most challenging debate competition worldwide.
LIMUN: Europe’s largest MUN conference, where top universities come together to debate.
UC3MUN: one of the biggest MUN conferences in Madrid, with a high academic level, that unites universities all across Spain.
What our members say!
Lucas Iturmendi:
“The Debate club, in my opinion, is not just the best club, but one of the best things about my entire experience at IE. Not only are you granted a unique opportunity to grow academically, but you are also immersed in a very welcoming community of talented and ambitious students that all end up being your friends. It’s been a privilege to be a member of a club with such politically aware and socially engaged people. The constructive energy and devotion toward collectively improving has been a factor fostering motivation unlike anywhere else!”