INSEAD

{{Short description|International business school}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox university | name = INSEAD | native_name = Institut européen d'administration des affaires | image = INSEAD Strapline Logo.svg | motto = The Business School for the World | established = {{start date and age|1957}} | type = Grande école de commerce et de management (private research university business school) | endowment = €400 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSEAD Annual Report 2023-2024 |url=https://www.insead.edu/sites/insead/files/2026-02/Annual-Report-2024.pdf |format=PDF |website=insead.edu |access-date=2026-04-28}}</ref> | dean = Francisco Veloso<ref>{{cite web |date=4 April 2023 |title=INSEAD Has A New Dean From Imperial College Business School |url=https://poetsandquants.com/2023/04/04/insead-has-a-new-dean-from-imperial-college-business-school/?pq-category=business-school-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901060331/https://poetsandquants.com/2023/04/04/insead-has-a-new-dean-from-imperial-college-business-school/?pq-category=business-school-news |archive-date=1 September 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023 |publisher=Poets and Quants}}</ref> | chairman = Kristin Skogen Lund<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Smita |date=9 June 2024 |title=Kristin Skogen Lund Appointed Chairperson of INSEAD Board of Directors |url=https://hrtoday.in/kristin-skogen-lund-appointed-chairperson-of-insead-board-of-directors/ |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=HR Today}}</ref> | city = Fontainebleau Singapore Abu Dhabi San Francisco | students = ~1,540 (~1,000 in MBA) (~300 in EMBA) (~202 in MIM) (~50 in MFin) (~86 in Ph.D.) | faculty = 250+ 98% PhD.;<ref name="FTFacts">{{cite web |title=Insead |url=https://rankings.ft.com/schools/135/hec-paris/rankings/2869/european-business-school-rankings-2021/ranking-data |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123201056/https://rankings.ft.com/schools/135/hec-paris/rankings/2869/european-business-school-rankings-2021/ranking-data |archive-date=23 January 2022 |access-date=23 January 2022 |publisher=Financial Times}}</ref> 22% female;<ref name = FTFacts/> 91% international<ref name = FTFacts/> | academic_affiliations = Sorbonne University, {{lang|fr|Conférence des Grandes Écoles}} | language = English | website = {{URL|insead.edu}} }} '''INSEAD''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|s|i|æ|d}} {{respell|IN|see|ad}}; {{langx|fr|Institut européen d'administration des affaires|translation=European Institute of Business Administration}})<ref>{{cite web |last1=Patil |first1=Pratyush |title=How to pronounce INSEAD? |url=https://intheknow.insead.edu/blog/how-pronounce-insead |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423213111/https://intheknow.insead.edu/blog/how-pronounce-insead |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=23 April 2024 |publisher=INSEAD}}</ref> is a non-profit business school with locations in France (Fontainebleau), Singapore, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi), and the United States (San Francisco).

As a graduate-only business school, INSEAD offers a full-time Master of Business Administration, an Executive MBA (EMBA), an Executive Master in Finance, a Master in Management, an Executive Master in Change,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=INSEAD |url=https://www.topmba.com/college/insead |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=TopMBA.com |language=en}}</ref> a PhD in management, a Business Foundations post-graduate certificate and a variety of Executive education programmes delivered at campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSEAD Business School - Executive Education |url=https://executivecourses.com/schools/europe/france/insead-business-school-executive-education |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=executivecourses.com |language=en}}</ref>

==History== {{Main|Georges Doriot#INSEAD}} [[File:Georges Doriot Bachrach portrait c1962 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|Georges Doriot, founder of INSEAD, potrait by Fabian Bachrach, Jr., circa 1962]]

INSEAD was founded in 1957 by venture capitalist Georges Doriot, and his former students Claude Janssen, and Olivier Giscard d'Estaing. Original seed money was provided by the Paris Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barsoux |first1=Jean-Louis |title=INSEAD: D'une Intuition a Une Institution |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=0-333-92534-3 |page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 2014 |title=Five Degrees of Doriot |url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=4278 |website=Harvard Business School}}</ref>

==Campuses==

INSEAD's founding campus (the Europe Campus) is located in Fontainebleau, near Paris, France. The second campus (the Asia Campus) is in the one-north district of Singapore next to one-north MRT station and the third campus (the Middle East Campus) is located in Abu Dhabi. INSEAD expanded its presence to North America in 2020 with the opening of the INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation.<ref name=":0" />

== Grande école system ==

INSEAD is a grande école, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to most universities in the world, ''grandes écoles'' are academic institutions that admit students through a competitive process.<ref>{{cite web |date=17 November 2003 |title=France's educational elite |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4190728/Frances-educational-elite.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727033935/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/4190728/Frances-educational-elite.html |archive-date=27 July 2018 |access-date=5 February 2019 |work=Daily Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Pierre Bourdieu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=do9o-jIrzXgC&pg=PA133 |title=The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power |publisher=Stanford UP |year=1998 |isbn=9780804733465 |pages=133–35 |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928192817/https://books.google.com/books?id=do9o-jIrzXgC&pg=PA133#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=28 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 April 2019 |title=What are Grandes Ecoles Institutes in France? |url=https://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2019/04/19/grand-ecoles-france/, |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228141516/https://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2019/04/19/grand-ecoles-france/, |archive-date=28 December 2022 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>

==Academics== ===Master programmes=== ====Master in Management==== Launched in May 2019, the INSEAD Master in Management (MIM) is a 14- to 16-month full-time programme for young graduates starting their careers in management. The average age of students on the INSEAD MIM is 23.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2022 |title=Master in Management (MIM) Programme |url=https://www.insead.edu/master-programmes/master-management |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=INSEAD}}</ref>

====MBA==== The programme is delivered across INSEAD´s campuses in Europe and Asia. It lasts 10 months, with two cohorts joining per year, in September and January. <ref>{{cite web |title=INSEAD |url=https://www.clearadmit.com/schools/insead/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=Clear Admin}}</ref>

====Global Executive MBA==== The institution runs a modular Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) programme across its Asia, Europe and Middle East campuses. It also offers the Tsinghua-INSEAD EMBA (TIEMBA) programme.<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) 14 months MBA Program By INSEAD |url=https://www.topmba.com/college/insead/mba/global-executive-mba-gemba |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=QS Top MBA}}</ref> Since 2024 it has offered the GEMBA Flex programme, a master's programme for executives.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 November 2024 |title=INSEAD launches innovative Global EMBA Flex programme |url=https://www.insead.edu/news/insead-launches-innovative-global-emba-flex-programme |access-date=11 March 2025 |website=INSEAD}}</ref>

===PhD=== The INSEAD PhD programme contributes to the school's research and currently has 86 participants on its Europe and Asia Campuses. PhD students' research topics include organizational behavior, economics, finance, strategy...

==Rankings and reputation== {{Infobox business school rankings | QSglobal = 8 | FT = 2 | QSe = 4 | FTe = 1 }} QS World Universities Rankings has been ranking INSEAD #2 globally in the Subject Ranking for Business and Management since 2018, behind Harvard University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSEAD |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/insead |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

The INSEAD MBA programme was ranked first globally by the ''Financial Times'' in 2016, 2017, and 2021, and has ranked among the top five in subsequent years, including #2 in 2026.<ref name="FT2026MBA">{{Cite news |last=Jack |first=Andrew |date=16 February 2026 |title=MIT Sloan tops FT Global MBA Ranking for the first time |url=https://www.ft.com/content/414d2b8c-20d4-4892-a730-255c0af7edb8 |access-date=17 March 2026 |work=Financial Times}}</ref> INSEAD's MBA program was ranked third globally by Linkedin in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 September 2025 |title=2025 LinkedIn MBA Ranking: Stanford, Harvard & INSEAD Top the List |url=https://poetsandquants.com/2025/09/15/2025-linkedin-mba-ranking-fresh-concept-undercut-by-fatal-flaw/2/}}</ref>

==Alumni== {{Main|List of INSEAD alumni}}

[[File:PSVI DAY TWO 523 (52535968176) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|William Hague, MBA 1986, Chancellor of the University of Oxford.]] [[File: Antoine Arnault lors de l’inauguration de la Maison LVMH le 22 juillet 2024.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|Antoine Arnault, MBA 2006, CEO of Christian Dior SE.]] [[File: Karsten WILDBERGER (Federal Minister for Digital and State Modernisation, Germany).jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|Karsten Wildberger, MBA 2000, German Minister of Digital Transformation, former CEO of Ceconomy.]] [[File: Julie-battilana.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|right|Julie Battilana, PhD 2006, Joseph C. Wilson Professor at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School.]]

The INSEAD alumni community consists of 68,861 individuals across 179 countries with 171 nationalities.<ref>{{cite web |title=INSEAD Alumni Community |url=https://www.insead.edu/alumni |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310033605/https://www.insead.edu/alumni |archive-date=10 March 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022 |website=insead.edu}}</ref>

The MBA programme has produced the second-highest number of Financial Times Global 500 CEOs, behind Harvard Business School.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Where did FT500 chief executives go to business school|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3a63c054-b885-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=www.ft.com}}</ref> It is amongst the largest 20 producers of ultra high-net-worth individuals across all educational institutions,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Robyn |date=2022-09-14 |title=University Alumni Rankings of the Wealthy and Influential 2022 |url=https://altrata.com/reports/university-alumni-report-2022 |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=Altrata}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hess |first=Abigail Johnson |date=2019-07-31 |title=The 20 universities around the world that produce the richest grads |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/wealth-x-these-20-universities-produce-the-richest-grads.html |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> and is also amongst the top 10 producers of billionaire alumni amongst global MBA programs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kulikowski |first=Laurie |date=2014-11-13 |title=10 Best MBA Programs for Minting Billionaires |url=https://www.thestreet.com/markets/which-prestigious-mba-programs-give-you-the-best-chance-of-becoming-a-billionaire-12952178 |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=TheStreet |language=en}}</ref> INSEAD's MBA alumni are fourth worldwide in terms of capital raised, founder count, and company count (only behind Harvard's, Stanford's, and Wharton's).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-15 |title=Top 100 colleges ranked by startup founders |url=https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pitchbook-university-rankings |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=PitchBook |language=en}}</ref>

== Faculty == === Research === INSEAD’s faculty comprises about 170 permanent members from over 40 nationalities, spanning fields such as strategy, organisational behaviour, marketing, finance, and economics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty and Research |url=https://www.insead.edu/faculty-research |access-date=2026-02-08 |publisher=INSEAD}}</ref> INSEAD ranked ninth in the University of Texas at Dallas's Top 100 Business School Research Rankings (2020–2024) and tenth in the ''Financial Times'' global business-school research ranking (2024).<ref>{{Cite web |title=UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings |url=https://jsom.utdallas.edu/the-utd-top-100-business-school-research-rankings/ |access-date=2026-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Business school research rank 2024 |url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2951/business-school-research-rankings-2024 |access-date=2026-02-08 |publisher=Financial Times}}</ref> Faculty output includes journal articles, books, and teaching cases published through institutions such as The Case Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Case Centre Awards and Competitions |url=https://www.thecasecentre.org |access-date=2026-02-08}}</ref>

=== Notable faculty members === {{Main|Category:Academic staff of INSEAD}}

* Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics and the Kurt Björklund Chaired Professor of Innovation and Growth, 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction" <ref>{{cite web |title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/aghion/facts/ |publisher=Nobel Prize Committee}}</ref> * W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, Professors of Strategy, co-authors of Blue Ocean Strategy. * Soumitra Dutta, former Professor of Business and Technology (1989–2012), former Dean of Oxford's Saïd Business School, founding dean of Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business, pioneer of innovation rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=University of Oxford appoints new Dean for Saïd Business School {{!}} Saïd Business School |url=https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/university-oxford-appoints-new-dean-said-business-school |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.sbs.ox.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> * Christoph Loch, former professor (1994-2011), former Dean of the Cambridge Judge Business School from 2011 to 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Christoph Loch appointed Director of Cambridge Judge Business School |url=https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/insight/2010/christoph-loch-appointed-director-of-cambridge-judge-business-school/ |website=Cambridge Judge Business School|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Philip H. Gordon, former Affiliate Professor of Economic and Political Sciences <ref>{{Cite web |last=Philip |first=Gordon |title=The United States and the European Security and Defense Identity in the New NATO |url=https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/migrated_files/documents/atoms/files/notes04.pdf |access-date=31 January 2026 |website=ifri.org/}}</ref> US National Security Advisor (2022-2025) to the Vice President Kamala Harris , former US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009-2011) and Special Assistant to the President Obama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Center on the U.S. and France at Brookings |url=https://www.brookings.edu/news/new-center-on-the-u-s-and-france-at-brookings/ |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Philip H. Gordon |url=https://www.fp4america.org/phil-gordon/ |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=Foreign Policy for America |language=en}}</ref> * Arnoud De Meyer, former professor (1983-2006) where he was Dean of MBA programme, former President of Singapore Management University (2010-2019), former Dean of the Cambridge Judge Business School from 2006 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arnoud DE MEYER |url=https://faculty.smu.edu.sg/profile/arnoud-de-meyer-2186 |access-date=2026-01-31 |website=SMU Faculty Directory |language=en}}</ref> * António Borges, former Dean of INSEAD, former Director of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund during the European Debt Crisis, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International.<ref name="Businessweek">{{cite web |title=António Borges |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=6140047&ticker=GS&previousCapId=18621&previousTitle=Advent%20Venture%20Partners |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927034242/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=6140047&ticker=GS&previousCapId=18621&previousTitle=Advent%20Venture%20Partners |archive-date=27 September 2013 |accessdate=8 August 2013 |publisher=Businessweek}}</ref> * Bruce Kogut, former professor known for knowledge-based theory of the firm. * Edith Penrose, former professor (1978-1984), known for resource-based view. * Ronald Stuart Burt, former professor, known for structural holes. * Lars-Hendrik Röller, former professor (1987-1999), former chief economic advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel, founding president of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, known for his works on industrial economics. * Sumantra Ghoshal, former professor (1985-1994), founding Dean of Indian School of Business in Hyderabad.

== See also == * ''Blue Ocean Strategy'' – a book and strategy concept developed by INSEAD faculty * Management science

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{official website|http://www.insead.edu/ }} * [https://mba.reviews/MBA/mba-program-insead/ Student and Alumni Reviews about INSEAD MBA Program] {{Sorbonne University}}{{Triple accreditation}} {{Conférence des Grandes Écoles}} {{Universities in Singapore}} {{Authority control}}

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