what is insead 
one of the world s top graduate business schools insead has campuses in france singapore san francisco and the middle east abu dhabi founded in 1957 insead is an acronym for institut europ en d administration des affaires today insead is recognized around the world as one of the top business schools on the planet the school has 165 faculty members from 42 countries with more than 1 500 students in its various degree programs each year the school also has more than 11 000 executives that participate in its executive education programs each year 12history of inseadinsead was established in 1955 when the paris chamber of commerce decided to start a european business school four years later it took in its first mba students in 1960 52 students from 14 different countries graduated from the school s mba program in 1968 insead began offering its executive program for the first time the school s ph d program was launched in 1989 345the school opened its asian campus in singapore in 2000 and its middle east campus in abu dhabi in 2010 in 2020 insead announced a new hub located in san francisco ca to establish a north american presence 6insead campusesthe school s main campus in france is located in fontainebleau near paris the second campus located in asia is in singapore in the buona vista district 15 minutes from the financial district the third campus in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates was inaugurated in 2010 786programs offered at inseadinsead offers a variety of graduate and doctoral programs in addition to the standard curricula offered below the school also offers customized programs in collaboration with corporations seeking to grant executive education to their managers 9insead offers a 10 month fully accelerated term of study for an mba with intake in january and august students are required to take core subjects including finance economics accounting business ethics and marketing as well as electives from a pool of 75 different course offerings roughly 94 of graduates were employed in their field three months after graduation 10111213this program is offered at the school s france abu dhabi and singapore campuses for experienced executives an intensive 14 to 17 month modular program it includes group coaching team activities and 360 degree assessments a typical gemba class has 222 students each with an average of 14 years of work experience 14this program spans 18 months with eight modules that last three to four days each students focus on human behavior and organizational dynamics the objectives of the program include learning how to increase self awareness becoming an effective agent for organizational change learning new coaching methodologies and getting a better understanding of organizational behavior a typical emc class has 30 participants across the france and singapore campuses 15this program is for working professionals and lasts 18 months intake is on the asia campus the program consists of six modules that last two weeks each taking place three to four months apart a typical emfin has 35 participants with an average of 9 5 years of work experience 16this program comes as a result of a partnership between insead and tsinghua a university based in beijing students can pursue this degree at the france singapore and abu dhabi insead campuses or at tsinghua 17the most rigorous degree offered is a five year program that prepares students who wish to work in academia in business the first two years are dedicated to course study while the remaining three are intended for research and dissertation work intake happens in europe or asia with an exchange through the wharton school in the united states 18the program has a maximum of 18 open places each year collaboration is encouraged between different academic areas to offer more depth for research students are given lucrative financial support which includes scholarships and living allowances 18insead also offers a certificate in business foundations the insead sorbonne unviersit certificate programme is aimed at recent master s and doctoral graduates 19