An INSEAD MBA yields a lifetime of dividends, both professionally and personally. Pursuing an MBA, however, is a serious commitment of time and money and this investment needs to be carefully considered by applicants.

To help assess the financial obligations required to attend the INSEAD MBA Programme you should first acquaint yourself with the MBA Fees and Expenses. You should also begin to consider your financing options early on, whether in the form of savings, loans or scholarships. Many applicants have access to attractive loan and scholarship opportunities in their countries of origin.

In the context of the investment required to pursue an MBA, it may be helpful to compare the relative costs of a one-year programme versus longer programmes:

• Total tuition fees and living expenses are often considerably less.
  
  
• You forego a salary for one year rather than two.
  
  
• If you are planning to return to the same industry, you will not be out of the market for long and will be able to adjust to industry and sector changes more easily.
  
  
• Most INSEAD graduates recover their total MBA expenses in three years or less.

There are several options for financing so please take time to see if you are eligible for any INSEAD scholarships or MBA loans. We constantly track how INSEAD participants have financed their MBA and these sources of funding are classified in Funding by country.

Though the responsibility of financing your year at INSEAD ultimately lies with you, the MBA Financial Aid Office can assist you in planning how you can meet your financing needs for the INSEAD MBA programme.

Click here to find out what the current participants say about their financing of the programme.