Program Basics

• • Global Executive MBA Programme
  • INSEAD
  • Boulevard de Constance
  • Fontainebleau, 77305
  • France
  • Status:
    • Private
  • Length of program (months): 14

• Classes meet:

  • • Occasional week-long sessions

• Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

  • Resident: $130,022.00
  • Non Resident: $130,022.00

• Graduate business school is accredited by:

  • • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
    • Association of MBAs (AMBA)
    • EQUIS
    • European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,200
  • Full-Time MBA: 1,006
  • Executive MBA: 105
  • PhD Program: 69
• • Other graduate degree programs: Master of Finance

ADMISSIONS

• • Rolling admissions? No
  • GMAT Required? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 0 (option: 0) 645
• • Is the TOEFL required for non-English speakers? Yes
  • Application fee: $289.00
  • Applicant interviews are: Required
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

CLASS PROFILE

• EMBA students in newest entering class who are:

  • Female: 18 %
  • International: 77 %

• Entering students are from the following regions:

  • Africa: 18 %
  • Asia: 15 %
  • Europe: 62 %
  • North America: 3 %
  • Oceania: 1 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
  • Dual citizenship: 21 %
• • Average months of work experience: 144

• Middle 80% range work experience in months:

  • From: 96
  • To: 216
• • Average age: 36

• Middle 80% age range:

  • From: 33
  • To: 44

• Work background:

  • Have advanced degrees: 96 %
  • Work in the nonprofit sector: 3 %
  • Have title of president, CEO, or chairman: 6 %
• • EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus: 21 %
  • Average base salary for new EMBA entrant: $188,097.00

• Middle 80% base salary range:

  • Low: $115,575.00
  • High: $216,704.00

• Students work in these functional categories:

  • Consulting: 10 %
  • Finance/Accounting 22 %
  • General Management : 14 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
  • Management Information Systems : 6 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 15 %
  • Other: 11 %

• Students work in these industries:

  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Consumer Products: 4 %
  • Financial Services: 11 %
  • Government: 3 %
  • Manufacturing: 21 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 23 %
  • Other: 11 %

FINANCIAL AID

• • EMBAs receiving financial aid through school: 37 %
  • EMBA scholarships are awarded based on: Merit, Need
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded in past 12 months: 0
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality? No

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 270

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 71
  • Non-Tenured: 71

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: N/A
  • Non-Tenured: N/A

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 3
  • Non-Tenured: 13

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: N/A
  • Non-Tenured: N/A

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: N/A
  • Non-Tenured: N/A

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 71
  • Non-Tenured: 65

STUDENT LIFE

• • Does the program include a mandatory international trip or project? Yes
  • Description: Modules take place on all three INSEAD campuses in Singapore, Fontainebleau and Abu Dhabi
  • Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants? Yes
  • Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants? Yes
  • Description: on campus residences/hotels
  • Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym? Yes
  • How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles) 60

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods:

  • Case Study: 32 %
  • Distance Learning: 1 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 32 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
• • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 77 %
  • Tenured/tenure-track EMBA faculty: 73 %
  • Average class size, core EMBA class: 40
  • Average class size, EMBA electives: 35
  • Elective courses: 25

• New electives added in past 12 months:

  • Rethinking Risk Management
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Winning strategies in Emerging Markets
  • Social Media
  • Identifying New Business Opportunities
  • Making the leadership transition
  • Corporate Governance
  • Your First Hundred Days: Managing Subsidiaries

• Estimated hours per week in class and outside classwork:

  • Hours per week in class: 50
  • Hours per week outside of class spent on classwork: 15
• • Last revision of core EMBA curriculum: 2010
  • Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium? No
  • Leading areas of study: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Leadership, Strategy, General Management

• Graduation Requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
    • Class participation accounts for some percentage of students' grades
    • Present final company-specific project results to relevant parties
• • Significant recent changes to EMBA program: 2010

• TECHNOLOGY

  • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The following improvements have enhanced the student’s experience: Prior to their studies a CRM system provides a better match of course offerings and individual needs; social media platforms and smartphone platforms allow students to start the MBA experience before arriving on campus as well as continue their networking after their studies. On campus, INSEAD has doubled the wide area network bandwidth and offers in the cloud email and file storage to students.
  • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 20,012
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 60
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 10
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 14
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,864.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $145.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in exess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $195,890,000.00
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: https://alumni.insead.edu
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Do EMBAs have access to career services? Yes
  • Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs? Yes
  • School's policy regarding recruiters targeting EMBAs: If the participant is less than 50% company sponsored (payment of tuition fees) then s/he has full access to on-campus recruitment.

• • -It was a very good program overall, but I miss the US campus experience and have the feeling we paid more and had less in the end. I would have preferred a full-time EMBA, like the Sloan program at MIT or Stanford
    
    -I would have liked more time in order to have more opportunity to socialize. The program is very condensed and there are a lot of extra curricular activities organized. So time flies and it would be nice to spend time together to get to know more people of the program better.
    
    -I enjoyed the cultural emersion provided by traveling to the various campuses in Europe, Asia (including sharing electives with participants from our sister Tsing Hua-INSEAD EMBA program) and Middle East. A presence in the US would have been the perfect round up. At present, only the full time MBAs have the opportunity to rotate to the US through the Wharton partnership.
    
    -I have found both the academic curriculum and the faculty excellent. I have also particularly appreciated the Leadership Development part of the program. I think the program could be improved with more sharing with High Level Managers.
    
    -This EMBA program has met all of my expectations. This was an extraordinary experience and having graduated from INSEAD the brand name is playing an important role in the positive feedback/attention I have from other business leaders
    
    -Career services was not particularly geared to helping EMBAs in career transition. Some great information sessions were provided but more support on executive placement (as being provided for MBAs) could be beneficial to some of us. A large part of the ROI for an EMBA participant especially if they are self-sponsored is in the ability to secure a role in the next rung of the organization or to move to a larger role outside their existing company. For those of us outside Europe, I feel these services are not as well put together to benefit overseas graduates. Even though at the EMBA level, a lot of this movement is done through networking and our own industry contacts - no harm with more help in this area.
    
    -The program was very good overall with super alumni connections. A more directed career services for those who are/were looking for a job would have made this an even better program.
    
    -It could be tailored a bit more to the needs of the students, who are generally some ten years into their career. Soft skill teaching, such as "effectively presenting", could be added as optional courses.
    
    -The professors could have perhaps cut back a little on the theory and encouraged more discussion - although I acknowledge that this may be difficult to do in relatively big classes
    
    -I think it is a perfectly well-balanced program, especially since it is offered in modules and can be completed in 15 months. I was highly impressed by the level and diversity of classmates. This was of particular importance to myself as I work in different countries and appreciate the various perspectives.
    
    -It is a top-notch program, but more lessons on personal branding, personal communication, presentation skills, negotiations, deal making, etc. would be great, but generally very happy and would take it again.
    
    -There should be exemptions for modules that I already had proficiency/ mastery in. On modules which I had mastery in, I’d have liked to see more in-depth interactions with Professors. Also, better quality guest speakers and not invite those who are available.