MBA

PROGRAMME
Empower
Your Future
The INSEAD MBA Advantage
Ranked #1 MBA Programme in the world by the Financial Times in 2016, INSEAD’s 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.
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 Centre’s unique focus on personalised coaching
enables our students to identify and seize the right opportunities.
The careers journey begins with online learning before the
programme starts and extends long after they become alumni.
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.
INSEAD also runs an annual Career & Networking Forum in
Dubai that focuses on career opportunities in the Middle East.

Employment Statistics 2015

80% US$ 105,700

Changed their country of work, sector or Worldwide average starting salary
job function upon graduation
Starting salary by region:

26%
Changed all three dimensions
Region

Middle East/Africa
Range US$

23,900 – 200,000
Average US$

115,800
Asia Pacific 23,300 – 180,000 98,500

57
Central/Eastern Europe 50,500 – 157,800 100,400
Latin America 56,400 – 190,000 95,400
Countries of employment post-graduation North America 60,000 – 170,000 120,700
Northern Europe 74,200 – 134,600 113,300

290 +
Companies recruited INSEAD graduates
Southern Europe
Western Europe
38,400 – 115,900
40,600 – 204,200


80,000
109,400
Challenge your Perspectives
Our revamped MBA curriculum delivers a transformational experience for our MBA students. With its focus on digital delivery and
content innovations, the INSEAD MBA stands out from the rest. The academic component will be further supported by a Personal
Leadership Development Programme designed to have INSEAD students reach a new standard of self-awareness, interpersonal skills
and communication effectiveness.

Period Period Period Period Period

1 2 3 4 5
Financial Accounting Corporate Macroeconomics Capstone:
Financial Policy in the Global Economy Your First 100 Days

Financial Markets Managing Customer 4 Electives * 4 Electives * 3 Electives *

& Valuation Value
Business in Society
• Ethics
Organisational Organisational • Political Environment
Behaviour I Behaviour II
• Public Policy

Prices & Markets Managerial Accounting

Electives 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

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

January intake: internship/break (July & August)

* For more information on academics and elective offerings go to http://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 world’s 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 2016

1003 5.5 years 29

Students Average work experience Average age
(two intakes: Jan & Sept)
GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY
˜ Asia Pacific 31%
˜ Western Europe 30%
˜ North America 13%

703 93 30
˜ Central / Eastern Europe 10%
% ˜ Middle East / Africa 8%
Average GMAT score Nationalities Female ˜ Latin America 8%
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 Elyssar
Associate, Oliver Wyman
Your Journey Starts Here
Academic Capacity Admissions Process
GMAT & Undergraduate degree
After the first round of selection, which includes a video
Leadership Potential component, two interviews with alumni will take place in your
Work experience and quality of your achievements country of residence. Your file will then be presented to the
Admissions Committee, which is comprised of both faculty and
Ability to Contribute alumni, before the final decision is made. It takes up to 10 weeks
To the INSEAD experience during and after from the admissions deadline to the final decision.
the programme

International Motivation Financing

Adaptability and flexibility in multicultural environments
Language Policy
Our MBA programme is taught exclusively in English. If English
is neither your mother tongue nor the language in which your
university degree was taught, you will need a certification of
proficiency in English such as the TOEFL or IELTS. If English
is your mother tongue, you will instead need to provide proof
of intermediate-level ability in one other official language. By
graduation, all students will have to demonstrate basic-level
ability in a third language.
Application Deadlines
Most students cover the costs of fees and living expenses
through a combination of personal savings or family support,
sponsorship by an employer, scholarships and loans. Of those
graduating in 2016, 12% received company sponsorship and 23%
received loans from Prodigy Finance: https://prodigyfinance.com
Once you have been shortlisted for an interview, you can apply
for an INSEAD scholarship. INSEAD distributed € 3.05 million in
scholarship funding to the 2016 graduating classes and 23% of
students received awards – averaging €12,700. There are two
types of scholarships:
• Need-based: applicants must provide accurate financial
information
• Merit-based: usually allocated on the basis of academic
merit, nationality, gender or educational/professional
achievements

We operate a staged admissions process, with four deadlines Meet Us

for each of the two intakes per year. Competition for each of the
rounds is equal, but the earlier you gain admission, the more
time you have to secure financing and arrange logistics. The
online application form typically opens two months before each
application deadline.
We would be delighted to meet you at one of our regular
information sessions and campus tours which are held on Friday
afternoons at 2pm on both the Fontainebleau and Singapore
campuses. We also host events regularly in different cities
around the world.

September 2017 intake January 2018 intake Visit Us Online

Round
(Class of July ’18)
1 21 September 2016
2 30 November 2016
3 25 January 2017
(Class of December ’18)
https://linkedin.com/company/INSEAD
15 March 2017
https://twitter.com/INSEAD
03 May 2017
http://facebook.com/INSEAD
14 June 2017

4 01 March 2017 26 July 2017 https://youtube.com/INSEAD

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