INSEAD

PROGRAM BASICS

INSEAD Global Executive MBA

INSEAD

Europe Campus: Boulevard de Constance, F-77300 Fontainebleau, France
Asia Campus: 1 Ayer Rajah Avenue, Singapore 138676 France  

EMBA enrollment, 2007-08:

74

EMBA graduates, 2007-08:

74

Status:

Private Institution

Length of program (months):

15

Classes meet:

Occasional week-long sessions

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Association of MBAs (AMBA)

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

Tuition and fees for entire EMBA program:

Resident: $  110,000
Non Resident: $  110,000

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1959
Executive MBA: 2003
Executive Education (non-degree): 1968
PhD program: 1989

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 988
Full-time MBA: 914
Executive MBA: 74

PhD program: 54

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Rolling admissions?

Yes

GMAT Required?

Yes

If applicants are not required to take the GMAT, how are EMBA applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

N/A

Average GMAT:

656

Middle 80% range of GMAT scores:

From: 620
To: 726

TOEFL required for non-English speakers?

Yes

Minimum TOEFL required:

600

Average TOEFL score:

650

Application fee:

$  200

Applicant interviews are:

Required

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

CLASS PROFILE

EMBA students in newest entering class that are:

Female:  21  %
International:  82  %

Class profile

Entering students from the following regions:

Africa : 1  %
Asia: 8  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 15  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2  %
Middle East: 5  %
North America: 2  %
Western Europe: 67  %

Entering North American citizens from the following regions:

Average months of work experience:

120

Middle 80% range work experience, months:

From: 82
To: 204

Average age:

35

Middle 80% age range:

From: 28
To: 47

Work background:

Have advanced degrees: 95  %
Work in the nonprofit sector: 4  %
Work at an organization of 100 or fewer employees: 12  %
With title of president, CEO, or chairman: 9  %

EMBA students living within 45 miles of campus:

5 %

Average base salary:

$  164,000

Middle 80% base salary range:

Students work in these functional categories:

Consulting: 10  %
Finance/Accounting: 21  %
General Management : 20  %
Human Resources: 1  %
Marketing/Sales: 13  %
Management Information Systems : 13  %
Operations/Logistics: 14  %
Other: 8  %

Students work in these industries:

Consulting: 10  %
Consumer Products: 7  %
Financial Services: 21  %
Government: 2  %
Manufacturing: 13  %
Media/Entertainment: 4  %
Non-Profit: 4  %
Petroleum/Energy: 9  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care Products: 8  %
Technology: 13  %
Other: 9  %

FINANCIAL AID

EMBAs fully funded (100%) by their current employer:

50 %

EMBAs partially funded by their current employer:

14 %

EMBAs receiving financial aid through school:

12 %

Full-tuition scholarships awarded past 12 months:

1

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to EMBAs, regardless of nationality?

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

231

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 67
Non-Tenured: 70

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 14

Minority Faculty

International Faculty

Tenured: 61
Non-Tenured: 64

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 67
Non-Tenured: 66

STUDENT LIFE

Does the school offer any programs for the spouses/significant others of EMBA students?

No

Does school offer child-care support for EMBA students?

No

Program include a mandatory trip or project out of the country?

Yes

Does the school offer pre-program orientation for all EMBA participants?

Yes

Does the school offer temporary housing/accommodations for EMBA participants?

Yes

Hotel

Do EMBAs have access to a health club or gym?

Yes

Special student/home/work/life initiatives:

Each EMBA participant has a personal coach and a career counsellor as well as having access to pastoral support from programme administration.

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods:

Case study: 33  %
Distance Learning: 1  %
Experiential Learning: 8  %
Lecture: 33  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Project: 20  %

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:

49 %

Full-time faculty assigned to the EMBA program past 12 months:

35

Tenured/permanent EMBA faculty:

91 %

Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience:

23 %

Average students, core EMBA class:

74

Average students, elective EMBA class:

30

Elective courses:

16

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:

2,006

EMBA programs run in another country:

Tsinghua-INSEAD Executive MBA China and Singapore

Domestic partnerships or in-house EMBA programs:

Distance-learning EMBA via the Internet, videoconferencing, or some other medium?

No

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

How far away from a major airport are most EMBA classes held? (miles)

60

Recent changes to EMBA program:

INSEAD has significantly enhanced and integrated the breadth and depth of coaching, self-awareness and career services available to EMBA participants

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Over the last three years, INSEAD's technological investments mainly focused on reinforcing our infrastructure to improve communication with all our staff, participants and alumni worldwide. We implemented a specialised ERP as a central component of our information system, tripled our bandwidth between campuses, reinforced our security and business continuity, and developed mobility through WIFI network and visioconference. To serve teaching, we implemented collaborative platforms and supported the development of Podcast.

Amount spent:

$  10,120,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

17,822

Active MBA alumni clubs

42

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

42

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

11 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  4,150

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

No

Business School Endowment

$  147,000,000

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Yes

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://www.insead.edu/alumni

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.insead.edu/alumni

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Does the school offer EMBA students access to the career services office?

Yes

Does the school allow its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs?

Yes

What is the school's policy concerning recruiters targeting EMBA students for full-time jobs?

If the participant is less than 50% sponsored (payment of tuition fees) by his/her company, then s/he has full access to on-campus recruitment.

SCHOOL COMMENTS

Additional school comments:

N/A