INSEAD, a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires" () is a non-profit
business school
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France
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), Asia (
Singapore
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), the Middle East (
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
...
,
UAE
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), and North America (
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
,
United States
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). As a graduate-only
business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...
, INSEAD offers a full-time
Master of Business Administration
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...
, an
executive MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...
(EMBA), a
Master of Finance
The Master of Finance is a master's degree awarded by universities or graduate schools preparing students for careers in finance. The degree is often titled Master in Finance (M.Fin., MiF, MFin), or Master of Science in Finance (MSF in North Am ...
Master in Management
The Master of Management (MM, MBM, MIM, MMgt) is a master’s degree comprising one or two years graduate level coursework in business management. As the program is designed for students interested in entering leadership roles, the degree attra ...
, Business Foundations Post-Graduate degrees, and a variety of
executive education
Executive education (ExEd or Exec. Ed) refers to academic programs at graduate-level business schools for executives, business leaders and functional managers globally. These programs are generally non-credit and non-degree-granting, but sometim ...
programs.
Its MBA, taught in English, is consistently ranked among the best in the world. The MBA has produced the second most CEOs of the world’s 500 largest companies, second only to
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
's, and the sixth most billionaires.
Despite its relatively small size as a specialist, graduate-only university, INSEAD educated 2nd most C-suite executives of listed companies in the world's 19 biggest economies, only second to
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
and ahead of
University of Oxford
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, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
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. INSEAD is among the top 20 universities globally that produced the most of the world's ultra high-net-worth individuals .
INSEAD has a strong reputation for entrepreneurship. In 2021, INSEAD is ranked #4 globally in PitchBook's ranking of MBA programs for founders and #7 for female founders: about 700 alumni of the school founded more than 600 companies, which in total raised $23 billion. As of 2022, 15% of European
unicorns
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In European literature and art, the unicor ...
were founded by an INSEAD alumnus, making the school the #1 unicorn producing university in the continent. As of 2022, Harvard, Stanford and INSEAD are the only 3 universities ever to top Poets and Quants’s list of most-funded startup by MBA students. Notable companies founded by INSEAD alumni include
Admiral Group
Admiral Group plc is a British financial services company headquartered in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, and markets the ''Admiral'', ''Bell'', ''Elephant'', ''Diamond'' and ''Veyg ...
Nubank
Nubank is a Brazilian neobank and the largest fintech bank in Latin America. Its headquarters are located in São Paulo, Brazil. The company also has engineering offices in Berlin, Germany, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and an office in Mexico City, Me ...
,
MongoDB
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Gorillas
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,
Blablacar
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,
Tudou
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Business Insider
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.
The school also educated four
heads of state
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/
governments
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
, a few heads of
legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...
, dozens of
cabinet members
This is a list of the offices of heads of state, heads of government, cabinet, and legislature, of sovereign states. Date of Origin refers to most recent fundamental change in form of government, for example independence, change from absolute mon ...
, and dozens of members of legislatures of countries around the world.
INSEAD admits no more than 12% of students of the same nationality and requires each student to speak two languages on entry and three languages by graduation.
History
INSEAD was founded in 1957 by venture capitalist
Georges Doriot
Georges Frédéric Doriot (September 24, 1899 – June 1987) was a French-American known for his prolific careers in military, academics, business and education.
An émigré from France, Doriot became a professor of Industrial Management at Har ...
, Claude Janssen, and
Olivier Giscard d'Estaing
Olivier Giscard d'Estaing (30 December 1927 – 13 September 2021) was chairman of the Committee for a World Parliament. The brother of the late president of
France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926–2020), he was the founding dean and direc ...
. Original seed money was provided by the
Paris Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce (french: Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris or ''CCIP'') is a chamber of commerce of the Paris region.
It defends the interests of companies of the city of Paris, and provides services to these companies.
S ...
. The school was originally based in the
Château de Fontainebleau
Palace of Fontainebleau (; ) or Château de Fontainebleau, located southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux. The medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence ...
, before moving to its current Europe campus in 1967.
Georges Doriot
Georges Frédéric Doriot (September 24, 1899 – June 1987) was a French-American known for his prolific careers in military, academics, business and education.
An émigré from France, Doriot became a professor of Industrial Management at Har ...
, a professor at
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
and a General in
US Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, wanted an institution that would introduce business education to Europe and bring European businessmen together post-war. In 1955, he presented his idea of creating a new school of management and business administration to the
Paris Chamber of Commerce
The Paris Chamber of Commerce (french: Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Paris or ''CCIP'') is a chamber of commerce of the Paris region.
It defends the interests of companies of the city of Paris, and provides services to these companies.
S ...
, whose presidents, Jean Marcou and Philippe Dennis, not only funded the venture but also became first presidents of the school. The welcoming ceremony of the first promotion for the Master of Business Administration at the Château de Fontainebleau was held on September 12, 1959. Almost 110 candidates had applied, 62 were admitted and 57 attended the first course. The official inauguration took place on October 9, 1959, at the Château de Fontainebleau 5.
INSEAD emphasizes international collaboration from day one. Therefore, the school imposes a quota on percentage of students with the same nationality. Proficiency in multiple languages is also considered a critical enabler for its objectives. Initial classes were taught in 3 languages: English, French and German, interchangeably. Until the 1990s, classes could still be taught in any of the 3 languages. As of now, all classes are taught in English, but the school still requires students to know any 3 languages for graduation.
In 2000, the school opened another campus in Singapore. In 2012, INSEAD became a founding member of the Sorbonne University Alliance, moving toward a merger with leading specialist institutions in other fields to create a top-tier multidisciplinary university.
History
*1957: INSEAD founded
*1959: First MBA intake in Fontainebleau and first business school to offer a one-year MBA program
*1967: Opening of the school's first campus on the edge of the
Forest of Fontainebleau
The forest of Fontainebleau (french: Forêt de Fontainebleau, or ''Forêt de Bière'', meaning "forest of heather") is a mixed deciduous forest lying southeast of Paris, France. It is located primarily in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau ...
(now called the 'Europe Campus')
*1968: First Executive Education programme
*1976: Launch of the INSEAD Alumni Fund
*1989: Launch of the PhD programme
*1995: Launch of the first INSEAD Development Campaign, which raised funds for permanently endowed chairs and research
*2000: First business school with full campuses on multiple continents, with the Asia Campus opening in Singapore
*2001: Announcement of the INSEAD- Wharton Alliance and first MBA participant exchanges
*2003: Launch of the Executive MBA programme
*2007: INSEAD Centre opened in Abu Dhabi, primarily for research and executive education; launch of a dual degree Executive MBA with
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...
in
China
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*2013: MBA participant exchange agreement with
CEIBS
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS; ) is a business school located in Shanghai, China.
Established under an agreement between the Chinese government and the European Commission in Shanghai in November 1994, CEIBS was the first bu ...
launched
*2015: Inauguration of the Leadership Development Center in Singapore
*2016: First and only business school to achieve a ‘triple first’ in rankings – MBA, Executive MBA (Tsinghua-INSEAD EMBA) and Single School Executive MBA (INSEAD GEMBA) in the Financial Times 2016 rankings
*2018: Launch of the Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society
*2020: Opening of the INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation and launch of the Master in Management Programme
*2021: Financial Times ranks INSEAD MBA #1 in the world, for the third time in 6 years
Campuses
The original campus (the INSEAD Europe Campus) is located in Fontainebleau, near
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
,
France
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. INSEAD's second campus (the INSEAD Asia Campus) is in the one-north district of the city-state of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
next to
one-north MRT station
one-north MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line in Queenstown, Singapore.
Located between Ayer Rajah Avenue and Portsdown Road underneath Fusionopolis Place within one-north, this is the only MRT ...
. The third campus (the INSEAD Middle East Campus) is located in
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area.
...
business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...
. INSEAD has been a pioneer in setting up a multi-campus business school as a way to increase the global presence and nature of its faculty and curriculum and to reflect the global diversity of its international student and participant population. A
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
case study, for instance, explores its approach to business education in a global context and how it functions with a multi-campus setting.
Grande École System
INSEAD is a ''Grande école'', a French institution of
higher education
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that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight schools ...
in the United States,
Oxbridge
Oxbridge is a portmanteau of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest, wealthiest, and most famous universities in the United Kingdom. The term is used to refer to them collectively, in contrast to other British universities, and more broadly to de ...
in the UK, and the C9 League in China, ''Grandes Écoles'' are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process. Alums go on to occupy elite positions within government, administration, and corporate firms in France.Monique de Saint-Martin, « Les recherches sociologiques sur les grandes écoles : de la reproduction à la recherche de justice », Éducation et sociétés 1/2008 (), lire en ligne sur
Cairn.info
Cairn.info is a French-language web portal, founded in 2005, containing scholarly materials in the humanities and social sciences. Much of the collection is in French, but it also includes an English-language international interface to facilita ...
Valérie Albouy et Thomas Wanecq Les inégalités sociales d’accès aux grandes écoles (2003), INSEE
Although they are more expensive than public universities in France, ''Grandes Écoles'' typically have much smaller class sizes and student bodies, and many of their programs are taught in English. International internships, study abroad opportunities, and close ties with government and the corporate world are a hallmark of the ''Grandes Écoles''. Many of the top-ranked business schools in Europe are members of the '' Conférence des Grandes Écoles'' ''(CGE)'', as is INSEAD, and out of the 250 business schools in France, only 39 are ''CGE'' members. In addition to the
French Ministry of Education
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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(french: Le Ministère de L'éducation Nationale), INSEAD is further accredited by the elite international business school accrediting organizations and it holds the much coveted
Triple accreditation
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* Triple (baseball), a three-base hit
* A basketball three-point field goal
* A figure skating jump with three rotations
* In bowling terms, three strikes in a row
* I ...
This 14 to 16-month program has an innovative learning approach with an applied problem-solving orientation. It aims to empower the next generation of well-rounded, agile-thinking and innovative individuals who are ready to make a positive impact in today's society. The Masters in Management program is targeted to younger individuals with 0–2 years of experience and consists of coursework in both the Fontainebleau and Singapore campuses, with optional field trips to China, Dubai, and San Francisco. The program ranked 4th in the 2022 QS Business Masters Rankings for Management.
MBA programme
INSEAD's MBA participants can take the MBA's core courses at either or both of its Europe and Asia campuses (as well as an MBA period at its Middle East campus). They follow the same core courses in parallel regardless of campus, and there are faculty who teach on both the Europe and Asia campuses as well as permanent faculty at each of the three campuses who live and work in the respective regions. Approximately 20% of the class entered the MBA program with other graduate or professional degrees; including medical doctors, lawyers, and Ph.Ds.
INSEAD offers two MBA schedules per year: one starting in September which takes ten months to complete, and a 12-month promotion starting in January for students who want to complete a summer internship.
The INSEAD MBA curriculum comprises required core courses and electives. The core covers traditional
management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
disciplines including
finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
,
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
accounting
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...
,
ethics
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,
marketing
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,
statistics
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leadership
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and
corporate strategy
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. There are 75 electives on offer in areas such as accounting and control, decision sciences, economics and
political science
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,
entrepreneurship
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and
family enterprise
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, finance, and organisational behavior, strategy, marketing, technology and operations management. Students are required to speak two languages upon entry and a third by graduation.
Executive MBA programme
INSEAD has two EMBA
Executive MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...
programmes. The Global Executive MBA (GEMBA), and the Tsinghua INSEAD EMBA (TIEMBA). Both EMBA programmes are master's-level degree programmes that take place on a part-time, modular basis.
The programmes offer experienced business executives an intensive 14–17-month modular course that takes place in modular periods (approximately every six to seven weeks). Each period on campus is between one and two weeks' duration. For the GEMBA programme the physical time on campus represents 12 weeks in total with participants going to all three campuses (Fontainebleau, France, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore). For the TIEMBA programme the physical time on campus represents 12 weeks in total with participants alternating between Tsinghua's campus in Beijing, China, and INSEAD's campus in Singapore.
Both the GEMBA and TIEMBA programmes include a schedule of group coaching, 360-degree assessments and team activities designed to develop a leadership style, called the Leadership Development Programme.
Executive Master in Change (EMC)
The Executive Master in Change is a specialized master's degree. It provides a grounding in basic drivers of human behavior and the hidden dynamics of organizations. Integrating business education with a range of psychological disciplines, the programme enables participants to understand themselves and others at a fundamental level, which prepares them to assume roles in leadership, individual and organizational development and change management.
Master in Finance
INSEAD's Master in Finance (MFin) teaches participants finance and accounting skills on a par with those taught in an MBA programme, and also offers leadership and management perspectives. The program is offered in a modular format over a 20-month period to allow professionals to study while continuing to work. Participants take time off from work for each of the six modules (2–3 weeks each) to take classes on campus, and continue working in between.
PhD programme
The INSEAD PhD in Management is a doctoral degree in business to prepare students for a career in academia. It requires four to five years of full-time study – the first two years devoted to coursework, while from the third and fourth (or sometimes fifth) years dedicated to research and dissertation. Students have the option to start their studies on either the Asia (Singapore) or Europe (France) campus, and do an exchange in North America (USA) through the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance. There are eight areas of specialization: Accounting, Decision Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing, Organisational Behavior, Strategy, and Technology and Operations Management. INSEAD offers fellowships, whereby students receive full tuition fee waiver, annual stipend and research support funding.
Business Foundations Programme
INSEAD in collaboration with Sorbonne Université offers the Dual Degree: Business Foundations (BFC) programme which is one of INSEAD's most selective degrees. "BFC" is tailored for recent master or PhD graduates from the sciences, medicine, humanities, engineering and law. The programme equips participants with a broad set of business and economics skills that optimally complement their graduate training. It also supports participants' transition to a business career and helps aspiring entrepreneurs to fulfil the goal of their own start-up by complementing their ideas with a foundation in business and leadership. Both Universities offer fellowships to selected students.
Executive Education
INSEAD holds both company/firm specific and open enrolment executive education programmes at its locations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America, as well as in partnership with corporate universities. The school offers programmes in-person, online, and virtually. Participants usually come from senior or top management, with many years of experience within their company or industry and younger 'high-potentials' identified as being key in succession strategies within their companies. Approximately 12,000 executives of around 130 nationalities undertake courses or programmes at INSEAD each year.
Since the establishment of its executive education programmes in 1967, 195,000 participants have undertaken a programme at INSEAD.
In 2011, INSEAD launched an ''Executive Certificate in Global Management'' which is a formal recognition awarded to participants who complete at least three INSEAD global management and leadership programmes within a four-year period.
Open Programmes
INSEAD executive education Open Programmes, include more than 60 offerings, covering all business disciplines as well as specific industries and world regions.
Customised Programmes
For more than 50 years, INSEAD has designed Customised Programmes for some of the world’s largest and most respected companies. Expert faculty partner with organisations to design programmes that develop specific skills to meet targeted objectives.
Certificates
INSEAD offers six certificates: the Certificate in Global Management, the Certificate in Negotiation, two Certificates in Corporate Governance, the INSEAD Online Certificate: Leading in a Transforming World and the new INSEAD LEAD Certificate.
Rankings
INSEAD's MBA program ranked 1st in 2021, 2017 and 2016 in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking. The dual degree Executive MBA with
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University (; abbr. THU) is a national public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education.
The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...
is consistently ranked in the top 10 by the Financial Times.
Partnerships and alliances
INSEAD is in alliance with:
*
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sor ...
(created in 2012 with INSEAD as a founding partner). As part of
Sorbonne University Association
Sorbonne University Association (French: ''Association Sorbonne Université'') is a group of 10 academic institutions associated with the Sorbonne University. After the fusion between Paris-Sorbonne University and Pierre and Marie Curie Univers ...
, INSEAD collaborate with other institutions on research and academic activities. Most notably are:
** INSEAD-Sorbonne Behavior Lab
** INSEAD-Sorbonne Business Foundation Certificate
** INSEAD-Sorbonne Dual PhD Degree
** INSEAD and
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
Joint LLM in International Business
*
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a Private university, private Ivy League rese ...
(alliance – launched in 2001)
INSEAD has exchange programmes with:
*
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a Private university, private Ivy League rese ...
CEIBS
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS; ) is a business school located in Shanghai, China.
Established under an agreement between the Chinese government and the European Commission in Shanghai in November 1994, CEIBS was the first bu ...
(for Executive Education and MBA programmes)
INSEAD has degrees partnership with:
* PhD Dual Degree between INSEAD and
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sor ...
* LLM in International Business - Collaborated between INSEAD and
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
*
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...
– INSEAD graduates can have 1-year Masters of Sciences in Management Studies degree from MIT.
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Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
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Johns Hopkins University
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in Washington, D.C. (dual-degree MA and MBA program – launched in 2011)
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Tsinghua University
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The university is a member of the C9 League, Double First Class University Plan, Projec ...
(dual Executive MBA programme – launched in 2006)
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Art Center College of Design
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History
ArtCenter College of Design was founded in 1930 in downtown Los Angeles as the Art Center School.
In 1935, Fred ...
(launched in 2015)
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Teachers College
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Columbia University
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(launched in 2014)
Research
Centres of excellence
INSEAD has research centres conducting research in different business and geographical areas.
Case studies
The
case method The case method is a teaching approach that uses decision-forcing cases to put students in the role of people who were faced with difficult decisions at some point in the past. It developed during the course of the twentieth-century from its origin ...
is largely used in the classroom as a teaching method. Business case studies authored by INSEAD professors are the second most widely used in classrooms by
business school
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s globally, after Harvard Business School's case studies.
The business cases that have been designed at INSEAD have received many awards, are made available in case clearing houses, and are used by many other business schools.
Business simulation games
Business simulation
Business simulation or corporate simulation is simulation used for business training, education or analysis. It can be scenario-based or numeric-based.
Most business simulations are used for business acumen training and development. Learning ob ...
games are used by INSEAD. Many of them have been designed by INSEAD faculties, and used in many institutions, including:
* The EIS simulation (change management)
* FORAD (finance)
* INDUSTRAT (marketing)
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Markstrat
''Markstrat'' is a simulation video game developed by Jean-Claude Larréché and Professor Hubert Gatignon, in which players take control of a virtual corporation. Players make a number of decisions in marketing, finance, research and developme ...
(marketing)
Innovation in education
A lot of research and initiatives are conducted at INSEAD to incorporate innovative learning approaches.
Centers conduct research in learning technologies and approaches such as:
* INSEAD CALT (the Centre of Advanced Learning Technologies) has been involved in many research projects, and in particular projects funded by the research programmes from the
European Commission
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on approaches such as
business simulation
Business simulation or corporate simulation is simulation used for business training, education or analysis. It can be scenario-based or numeric-based.
Most business simulations are used for business acumen training and development. Learning ob ...
s, or
learning communities
A learning community is a group of people who share common academic goals and attitudes and meet semi-regularly to collaborate on classwork. Such communities have become the template for a cohort-based, interdisciplinary approach to higher educat ...
.
* INSEAD Learning Innovation Centre was funded to managing innovation in INSEAD programme design and delivery. For instance, INSEAD Learning Innovation Centre has introduced the use of the ''
Second Life
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'' virtual world as an education tool.
* INSEAD VR Immersive Learning Initiative is pioneering new approaches to learning and research for management and business. The Initiative uses immersive experiences to educate future business leaders. VR technology is also used in the annual Master Strategist day at INSEAD.
Alumni
The INSEAD alumni community consists of 65,222 individuals across 180 countries with 169 nationalities.
The INSEAD Alumni Association (IAA) was founded by alumni in 1961 and represents all INSEAD alumni.
See also
* ''
Blue Ocean Strategy
''Blue Ocean Strategy'' is a book published in 2004 written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, professors at INSEAD, and the name of the marketing theory detailed on the book.
They assert that these strategic moves create a leap in value for ...
'' – a book and strategy concept developed by INSEAD faculty
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Management science
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