INSEAD

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INSEAD
Motto	"The Business School for the World"
Established	1957
Type	Private
Dean	Frank Brown
Staff	144
Postgraduates	900+, mainly MBA
Location	Fontainebleau and Singapore, France and Singapore
Campus	Urban areas in Fontainebleau and Singapore
Website	www.insead.edu

INSEAD is a graduate business school and research institution based in Fontainebleau (near Paris) France, and in Singapore.

INSEAD is considered one of the world's leading graduate business schools and is known for its influential worldwide alumni network. The official name of the school, INSEAD (pronounced IN-SEE-ADD), is not an acronym.^[1]

As of June, 2005, the school had 144 faculty members who teach nearly 900 MBA students, 56 Executive MBA candidates, 6,400 executives and 71 Ph.D. students from over 75 countries on its two campuses.

INSEAD's main differentiation factor lies in its global perspective and multicultural diversity, which are reflected in aspects of its research and teaching. In addition to INSEAD's two full-fledged campuses in Fontainebleau and in Singapore, the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance, announced in May 2001, combines INSEAD's resources with those of the Wharton School. In 2006, an INSEAD Executive Education centre was inaugurated in Abu Dhabi.

Contents 1 MBA 1.1 Outline of the programme 1.2 Admissions 1.3 Education Emphasis on International Diversity 2 Notable INSEAD Alumni 3 Notable Faculty 4 Brief history 5 References 6 External links

[edit] MBA

[edit] Outline of the programme

The INSEAD MBA curriculum is made of a range of core courses covering traditional management disciplines, such as finance, marketing, strategy, economics and organizational behaviour. Core courses are combined with electives chosen by the participant in function of his/her interests. All courses are taught in English; however, in order to graduate, students must pass proficiency tests in two languages besides English.

[edit] Admissions

INSEAD is known to be one of the most selective business schools in the world. The school's top rivals for candidates are typically Harvard, Stanford and Wharton. The Admissions Committee selects candidates from a pool of applicants on the basis of various qualities, including academic performance, career progress, interpersonal skills and leadership potential.

All applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent and are required to submit a lengthy application with detailed essays supporting their case, two recommendations, their GMAT score and academic transcripts. The MBA participants' average GMAT score is currently 706 (class of July 2007), among the highest GMAT score average of any MBA programme in the world. Applicants who successfully pass the initial screening process are invited to two separate interviews.

[edit] Education Emphasis on International Diversity

The INSEAD experience is renowned for its intensity and multiculturalism. Classes are held six days per week and national holidays are not observed. INSEAD's student body comprise more than 70 nationalities, with no nationality representing more than 12% of the student body.

[edit] Notable INSEAD Alumni

[edit] Notable Faculty

• Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, whose articles on the knowledge economy are all-time bestsellers of Harvard Business Review reprints. Co-authors of Blue Ocean Strategy.
• Manfred Kets de Vries, clinical professor of management and leadership, author of Life and Death in the Executive Fast Lane
• Luk van Wassenhove, world expert in operations management

[edit] Brief history

The history of INSEAD is chronicled eloquently in the book "INSEAD: From Intuition to Institution" by Jean-Louis Barsoux

• 1957 INSEAD founded, three months after the Treaty of Rome.
• 1961 INSEAD Alumni Association founded by alumni
• 1969 Opening of the school's Fontainebleau forest campus.
• 1974 First programme on Asian business.
• 1989 Launch of the PhD programme.
• 1995 Launch of the first INSEAD Development Campaign.
• 2000 January: First Singapore MBA class - 53 "Pioneer" students from 26 countries
• 2000 August: INSEAD's first development campaign achieves €120 million in corporate and private sponsorship.
• 2000 October: Official opening of the INSEAD Asia Campus in Singapore.
• 2001 March: Announcement of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance.
• 2003 Launch of the INSEAD Executive MBA programme
• 2004 Launch of the second INSEAD development campaign with a target of €200 million.

Deans of INSEAD

• 1959 - 1964 Olivier Giscard d'Estaing (Director)
• 1964 - 1971 Roger Godino (Part time Dean of Faculty)
• 1971 - 1976 Dean Berry
• 1976 - 1979 Uwe Kitzinger
• 1979 - 1980 Claude Rameau (Dy Director General)
• 1980 - 1982 Heniz Thanheiser
• 1982 - 1986 Claude Rameau & Heniz Thanheiser
• 1986 - 1990 Philippe Naert & Claude Rameau
• 1990 - 1993 Claude Rameau & Ludo Van der Heyden
• 1993 - 1995 Antonio Borges & & Ludo Van der Heyden
• 1995 - 2000 Antonio Borges
• 2000 - 2006 Gabriel Hawawini
• 2006 - Present Frank Brown

(Source: INSEAD From Intuition to Institution JL Barsoux 2000)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• INSEAD's official website
• INSEAD's official EMBA website
• Wharton-INSEAD Alliance
• Discover INSEAD
• INSEAD Knowledge
• News about the School
• http://www.inseadalumni.org/ the official website of the INSEAD Alumni Association

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