The one-year curriculum includes 13 required core courses and a minimum of 10.5 electives. Its flexibility allows you to create a tailor-made MBA. During all or part of your elective periods, you can select the subject matter of your studies to match your career objectives.

The programme has two intakes each year, in both Europe and Asia, in September and January.Both intakes are organised into five periods of eight weeks each. Each period ends with exams and is followed by a short break. Both intakes are identical academically, although the January intake includes an eight-week summer break, giving you the option of taking a short internship.

The first period of the programme consists of five courses. These areas cover the functional skills of business, including micro-economics, financial reporting, statistical tools and decision sciences, valuation and investments, managing individuals and working in teams.

The next period of your INSEAD MBA consists of six courses. These cover the realities of operating a business enterprise.

Your final core courses in Period 3 focus on the turbulent, competitive and international environment in which business takes place.

Our two campuses in France and Singapore, as well as our strategic alliance with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, provide a stimulating learning environment for the next generation of transcultural leaders.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The Business School for the World
As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organisations. The unique global perspective and multicultural diversity of INSEAD are reflected in all aspects of its research and teaching.

Currently, at the school’s two comprehensive and fully connected campuses in Asia (Singapore) and Europe (France), as well as at the school’s centre in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), 143 renowned faculty members from 32 countries inspire more than 882 MBA participants, 59 Executive MBA's, 59 PhD candidates and over 8,000 executives. On both campuses and at research centres in the Middle East (Abu Dhabi) and Israel, faculty conduct leading edge research projects with the support of 17 Centres of Excellence.

The INSEAD-Wharton Alliance further extends the reach of INSEAD business education and research across three continents.

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