by Clare Lucraft, British, MBA Alumna‘03D,

Director, In Loco Ltd

I’m often asked by people thinking about an MBA why they should go to INSEAD. I’m not sure they are asking the right question…... I was not a typical INSEAD MBA student. In 2003, at 32, I was one of the ‘oldies’. With a background in corporate communications, I was even more of a rarity. But then, there is no single INSEAD student type although being multi-cultural, smart, energetic and always ready for fun and a challenge are common traits.

With more than ten years of work experience, and with the funds and time created by a voluntary redundancy, I was ready for a change. Read on...

by Sungsoo Lee, Korean, MBA student, July 2009 Class,

prior to INSEAD worked for McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst

I would like to share with you what I liked most in my academic experience during the past eight months at INSEAD. I hope this information will give you a sense of what you could expect from academic courses and group work at INSEAD.

Global perspective: At INSEAD, students are continuously challenged to look at businesses from a global perspective. Lectures and cases are designed to help students build a solid foundation to understand businesses around the world. For example, in the first period, Read on...

Announcements

INSEAD will now be accepting the Pearson Test of English (PTE) as certification to measure candidates’ English Language Proficiency. From October 2009, the test will be offered in 22 locations worldwide. For more information on the Pearson Test, please visit the PTE website

We currently accept the following English Proficiency tests and minimum scores:

Admissions Deadlines

For the class starting in January 2010 (class of December 2010) the next application deadline is 27 May 2009.


January 2010 Round Deadlines

1st Round: Closed - 11 March 2009
2nd Round: 27 May 2009
3rd Round: 22 July 2009

For the class starting in September 2010 (class of July 2011) the next application deadline is 20 September 2009.

September 2010 Round Deadlines

1st Round : 30 September 2009
2nd Round : 02 December 2009
3rd Round : 10 February 2010

4th Round: 31 March 2010

*To be included in a specific round, applications must be complete and submitted by midnight (23.59) GMT+1 on the day of deadline. In order to avoid encountering any last minute difficulties, we encourage applicants to submit their complete application one to two weeks before the application deadline.

Should you have any questions regarding the admissions process or our online application, please contact our MBA Information Offices at mba.info@insead.edu or Tel: +33 (0)1 60 72 40 05 (France) or Tel: +65 67 99 59 90 (Singapore).

View the full list of admission dates & deadlines

INSEAD Comes to You – Meet MBA Representatives in your City

Upcoming events for June and July:
Mexico (3 June), Munich (4 June), Paris (11 June), Vancouver (19 June), Vienna (25 June), Paris (15 July), Shanghai (15 & 16 July), Beijing (17 & 18 July), Yerevan (July TBD)

Please click INSEAD Worldwide Calendar for further information on these and future events and details on how to reserve your place.

For the past two years, international employers have ranked INSEAD as the number one business school in Europe and Asia for recruiting. The research was conducted by QS Top MBA (www.topmba.com). Ranking results for schools within Europe can be viewed here (scroll down for table) and for Asia here (scroll down for table)

INSEAD success at European Business Case Awards

We are delighted to announce that once again, we were very prominent in the European Case Awards this year, winning four of the nine categories and taking the Overall Award for the third consecutive year. INSEAD cases were honoured in several categories, including Economics, Politics and Business Environment; Ethics and Social Responsibility; and Finance, Accounting and Control. ‘The Evolution of the Circus Industry’, written by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne, Ben M. Bensaou and Matt Williamson, won the Overall Award.

This reinforces the fact that our students are being exposed to the teaching techniques and cases written by our professors which have been internationally recognised and honoured as the best management case studies.

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