MBA

PROGRAMME
Empower
Your Future
The INSEAD MBA Advantage
Ranked #1 MBA Programme in the world by the Financial Times in 2017, INSEADs accelerated 10-month MBA programme develops
successful, thoughtful leaders and entrepreneurs who create value for their organisations and their communities. Drawing the best
and brightest individuals, the INSEAD MBA opens doors to outstanding career opportunities that empower your future. With three
fully integrated campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and over 90 different nationalities in the classroom, INSEAD is the only
business school that offers such a multicultural experience.
Opening Doors to Excellent Career
Opportunities
Our Career Development Centre will help you choose your ideal
career path and support you through the job search process.
Fully integrated across the three campuses and staffed by over 40
career experts, the Centres unique focus on personalised coaching
enables our students to identify and seize the right opportunities.
The full range of support and facilities includes: self-assessment
and career planning sessions, CV and interview workshops,
online tutorials, our careers database, on-campus company
presentations and recruitment events. Our Career Development
Centres are purpose-made spaces with interview suites and
video conference facilities.

The careers journey begins with online learning before the INSEAD also runs an annual Career & Networking Forum in
programme starts and extends long after they become alumni. Dubai that focuses on career opportunities in the Middle East.

Employment Statistics 2016

Worldwide average starting salary

78%
Changed their country of work, sector or
US$ 103,700
job function upon graduation Starting salary by region:

Region Range US$ Average US$

27 %
Changed all three dimensions
Middle East/Africa 24,000 204,100 119,400
Asia Pacific 22,400 189,200 99,700
Central/Eastern Europe 33,400 133,500 87,800

68
Countries of employment post-graduation
Latin America
North America
33,500 200,000
60,000 190,000


84,050
131,300
Northern Europe 69,000 142,200 110,100

300+
Southern Europe 37,800 140,400 82,000
Western Europe 28,100 203,800 105,500
Companies recruited INSEAD graduates
One Year to Challenge your Perspectives
The INSEAD MBA stands out from the rest, with its focus on rigour and relevance. With two intakes a year: January and September,
our revamped MBA curriculum delivers a transformational experience for our MBA students. The academic programme has been
further enhanced by content innovations in the curriculum, as well as the addition of a Personal Leadership Development Programme,
designed to ensure that INSEAD students continue to set the standard for self-awareness, effective communication, and interpersonal
skills.

Period Period Period Period Period

1 2 3 4 5
EACH PERIOD CONSISTS OF TWO MONTHS, FOLLOWED BY A ONE-WEEK BREAK

Financial Accounting Corporate Macroeconomics Capstone:

Financial Policy in the Global Economy Your First 100 Days

Financial Markets Managing Customer Business in Society

& Valuation Value
Ethics
Political Environment
Public Policy
Organisational Organisational
Behaviour I Behaviour II 4 Electives * 4 Electives * 3 Electives *

January intake: internship/break in July & August

Prices & Markets Managerial Accounting

More than 75 electives to choose from in these areas:

Uncertainty, Data Process & Operations
& Judgement Management Accounting Finance Technology
& Operations
Decision Sciences Marketing Management

Principles of Communication Economics & Organisational Others

Strategy Analysis & Leadership Political Science Behaviour (Courses in areas
such as negotiations
Entrepreneurship Strategy and communication)
& Family Enterprise

Personal Leadership Development Programme

with individual and group coaching

Periods 3 - 5:
Take advantage of the campus exchange

Career Journey
1. Know Yourself 2. Know the Market 3. Strategise & Execute

* For more information on academics and elective offerings go to https://www.insead.edu/master-programmes/mba/academics

Customise your Programme
Elective Courses Campus Selection & Exchange

From Period 3, INSEAD offers you a range of over 75 electives.
While some students prefer to concentrate on certain disciplines,
such as entrepreneurship or strategy, others choose to take
courses in a wider variety of subjects to prepare for a career in
general management.
All students will have the opportunity to spend at least one period
on another INSEAD campus from Period 3 onwards. Depending
on your intake (January or September), you may also choose
to spend Period 4 or 5 at one of our partner schools (Wharton,
Kellogg or CEIBS).

Wharton (Philadelphia) and Kellogg (near Chicago) will be of

Elective examples:
Applied Corporate Finance
Communication & Leadership
Identifying New Business Models
Management Decision Making
Market Driving Strategies
Mergers, Acquisitions, Alliances & Corporate Strategy
Realising Entrepreneurial Potential
We also offer a range of popular electives that take learning
beyond the classroom. Courses such as Building Businesses
in China or Building Businesses in Silicon Valley are some
examples of field trips that give you the opportunity to meet
a variety of alumni, entrepreneurs and executives in different
countries, allowing for unique hands-on learning.
particular interest to those seeking to build a career or network in
North America or simply to experience a top U.S. business school.
CEIBS (Shanghai) available only to January starters offers
an inside view of the worlds most dynamic economy and a head
start for anyone hoping to do business in China.
All INSEAD students who choose to go on exchange at any of our
three partner schools will be offered full access to their career
support and services during the exchange period.
When you apply, you will be asked to indicate your starting campus
preference: Europe (Fontainebleau) or Asia (Singapore). If you do
not have any starting campus preference, you will be able to select
both campuses in your application form. Your campus preference
will not affect your admission into the programme. However, there
may be rare instances where you may be asked to start on the other
campus, should one reach its maximum capacity.

Multiple Perspectives
Class of 2017

1055 29 5.7 years

Students Average age Average work experience
(two intakes: Jan & Sept)
GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY
Asia Pacific 33%
Southern/Western Europe 29%
North America 13%

93 34% 707
Eastern/Northern Europe 10%
Middle East/Africa 9%
Nationalities Female Average GMAT score Latin America 6%
The professors have a
vested interest in watching
you grow. They pushed me
to think about what I really
wanted and challenged me
to get me out of my comfort
zone.
Omar Elassar
Associate, Oliver Wyman
Your Journey Starts Here
Admissions Criteria Admissions Process

Academic Capacity After the first round of selection, which includes a video
GMAT & University degree component, two interviews with alumni will take place in your
country of residence. Your file will then be presented to the
Leadership Potential Admissions Committee, which is comprised of both faculty and
Work experience and quality of your achievements alumni, before the final decision is made. It takes up to 10 weeks
from the admissions deadline to the final decision.
Ability to Contribute
To the INSEAD experience during and after
the programme Financing
Current tuition fees for the Class of July 2018 are 77,000 and
International Motivation
are payable by instalments. These fees are revised for each class.
Adaptability and flexibility in multicultural environments
Kindly contact us for the updated tuition fees when you apply.

Most students cover the costs of fees and living expenses through
Language Policy a combination of personal savings or family support, sponsorship
by an employer, scholarships and loans. Of those graduating in
Our MBA programme is taught exclusively in English. If English 2017, 13% received company sponsorship and 21% received loans
from Prodigy Finance: https://prodigyfinance.com.
is neither your mother tongue nor the language in which your
university degree was taught, you will need a certification of Once you have been shortlisted for an interview, you can apply
proficiency in English such as the TOEFL or IELTS. If English for an INSEAD scholarship. INSEAD distributed 4.6 million in
is your mother tongue, you will instead need to provide proof scholarship funding to the 2017 graduating classes and 28% of
of intermediate-level ability in one other official language. By students received awards averaging 15,000 each. There are
two types of scholarships:
graduation, all students will have to demonstrate basic-level
ability in a third language. Need-based: applicants must provide accurate financial
information
Merit-based: usually allocated on the basis of academic
Application Deadlines merit, nationality, gender or educational/professional
achievements
We operate a staged admissions process, with four deadlines
for each of the two intakes per year. Competition for each of the
rounds is equal, but the earlier you gain admission, the more
Meet Us
time you have to secure financing and arrange logistics. The We would be delighted to meet you at one of our regular
online application form typically opens two months before each information sessions and campus tours which are held on Friday
application deadline. afternoons at 2pm on both the Fontainebleau and Singapore
campuses. We also host events regularly in different cities
around the world.
January 2018 intake September 2018 intake
Round
(Class of December18) (Class of July 19)
Visit Us Online
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https://linkedin.com/company/INSEAD
2 03 May 2017 29 November 2017
https://twitter.com/INSEAD
3 14 June 2017 24 January 2018 https://facebook.com/INSEAD

4 26 July 2017 07 March 2018 https://youtube.com/INSEAD

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Empower Your Future

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