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INSEAD
Institut européen d'administration des affaires
MottoThe Business School for the World
TypeGrande école de commerce et de management
(private research university business school)
Established1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Academic affiliations
Sorbonne University, Conférence des Grandes Écoles
Endowment€370 million[1]
ChairmanAndreas Jacobs[2]
DeanFrancisco Veloso[3]
Academic staff
250+
98% PhD.;[4]
22% female;[4]
91% international[4]
Students~1,540
(~1,000 in MBA)
(~300 in EMBA)
(~130 in MIM)
(~30 in MFin)
(~80 in Ph.D.)
Location
Fontainebleau
Singapore
Abu Dhabi
San Francisco
LanguageEnglish
Websiteinsead.edu

INSEAD (/ɪnsiːæd/ IN-see-ad),[5] is a non-profit graduate business school with campuses in France (Europe Campus), Singapore (Asia Campus), and the United Arab Emirates (Middle East Campus) along with a 'Hub for Business Innovation' in San Francisco[6]. INSEAD is associated with Sorbonne University[7] and in a strategic alliance with The Wharton School[8]. The school was established in 1957 by founders Georges Doriot, Claude Janssen and Olivier Giscard d'Estaing with support from the Paris Chamber of Commerce[9][10].

INSEAD offers a range of degree-granting programs, including a Master of Business Administration, Master of Management, Master of Finance and PhD, in addition to various Executive education programs.

History

The Château de Fontainebleau

Georges Doriot was a French-American venture capitalist and a professor at Harvard Business School who founded the American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) in 1946, one of the first publicly owned venture capital firms.[11] Doriot’s career was also shaped by his service as a General in the US Army during World War II, where he led the Military Planning Division.[12]

After the war, Doriot planned a business school that would unite leaders from different countries, including the formerly hostile, to rebuild economies and promote peace. This included citizenship limits and language of instruction to be interchangeably in either French, English or German to ensure cross-culture collaboration.[13] By the 21st century, however, all classes were being taught in English.[14]

In 1955, Doriot presented this idea to the Paris Chamber of Commerce, whose presidents, Jean Marcou and Philippe Dennis, funded the venture and became first presidents of the school. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower also supported INSEAD.[15]

Doriot selected Claude Janssen and Olivier Giscard d'Estaing, his former students at Harvard, as his co-founders. Janssen, well-connected in European business circles, had experience in finance, while Giscard d'Estaing, younger brother of the future French president, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, brought a political network, securing support from influential figures in France and abroad.[16]

INSEAD was established in 1957 and initially operated out of the Château de Fontainebleau, before relocating to its current Europe Campus in 1967.[17] The first MBA class began on 12 September 1959, with 57 students.

Campuses

The original campus (the Europe Campus) is located in Fontainebleau, near Paris, France. The second campus (the Asia Campus) is in the one-north district of the city-state of Singapore. The third campus (the Middle East Campus) is located in Abu Dhabi. The San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation was opened in 2020[18].

INSEAD has been a pioneer in setting up a multi-campus business school as a way to increase the global presence and nature of its faculty and curriculum and to reflect the global diversity of its international student and participant population.[19]

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 the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the UK, and the C9 League in China, grandes écoles are academic institutions that admit students through a competitive process.[20][21][22]

Degree programmes

Specialized Master's degree programs are offered in Management,[23] an MBA program,[24] Master in Change,[25] Master in Finance,[26] and a Phd program.[27]

Rankings and reputation

Business School
International Rankings
European MBA Ranking
QS (2025)[28]3
Financial Times (2024)[29]1
Global MBA Ranking
QS (2025)[30]7
Financial Times (2024)[31]2

QS World Universities Rankings has been ranking INSEAD #2 globally in the Subject Ranking for Business and Management since 2018, behind Harvard University.[32] Before 2018, INSEAD had been ranked #3 globally. This ranking takes into account academic reputation, research citations and employability across business and management degrees.[33]

INSEAD positions on Financial Times Global Rankings
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Global MBAs Ranking 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 3rd[34] 2nd 2nd
Tsinghua—INSEAD EMBA (TIEMBA) 2nd 3rd 3rd 9th 5th 11th 3rd
INSEAD Global EMBA (GEMBA) 4th 8th 13th 19th 9th 15th 17th
Master in Management 2nd
European Business Schools 3rd[35] 5th[35] 3rd[35] 5th[36] 3rd[36] 3rd[36] 15th[37]

The INSEAD MBA program ranked first in 2021, 2017 and 2016 in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking.[38] The dual degree Executive MBA with Tsinghua University is consistently ranked in the top ten by the Financial Times.[39] INSEAD's Master in Management (MIM) program was ranked 2nd globally by the Financial Times in its 2024 ranking of the top Master in Management programs. [40]

Lecturers and Faculty

Notable lecturers and professors include:

  • Georges Doriot - Founder of INSEAD, "father of venture capitalism" and US army general.
  • António Borges - Former Dean of INSEAD (1993-2000), economist and central banker. After INSEAD, Borges became Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International. Then, he negotiated the bailout of Portugal during the European debt crisis.
  • W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne – Professors of Strategy. Co-authors of the book Blue Ocean Strategy.
  • Luk N. Van Wassenhove – Professor of Operations Management and Logistics. Known for his research in supply chain management, humanitarian logistics, and disaster response.
  • Henri-Claude de Bettignies – Emeritus Professor of Business Ethics. Often referred to as the "Father of Business Ethics" at INSEAD, he founded the CEDRE (Center for the Study of Development and Responsibility).
  • Morten Hansen – Former Professor of Management. His research focuses on how individuals and companies can achieve superior performance through better collaboration and disciplined management practices.
  • Jean-Claude Larreche – Emeritus Professor of Marketing. Renowned for his research on customer-centric innovation and marketing effectiveness.
  • Herminia Ibarra – Former Professor of Organizational Behavior. Ranked among the world’s top 50 business thinkers by Thinkers50, she has shaped how executives approach leadership and adaptability in uncertain times.
  • Philippe Naert – Professor of Marketing and former Dean (1989-1993). Known for his research in quantitative methods in marketing.
  • Yves Doz – Professor of Strategic Management and International Business. An expert in multinational strategy and global strategic alliances.
  • Claude Michaud – Professor of Economics and Management Control. Known for his work in management education and executive training programs, helping to shape the early direction of INSEAD’s executive education.


Alumni

Main article: List of INSEAD alumni

The INSEAD alumni community consists of 68,861 individuals across 179 countries with 171 nationalities.[41]

Partnerships and alliances

INSEAD is in alliance with several academic and business partners.[42][43]

See also

References

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