Now in its 25th year, the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance remains a vital platform supporting academic and research collaboration between faculty and students. This longstanding partnership continues to enhance the global reach and impact of both INSEAD and The Wharton School. The Alliance promotes joint research published in leading academic journals, facilitates faculty exchanges for teaching and research purposes across institutions, supports MBA student exchanges, enables PhD students to audit coursework and serves as a catalyst for collaborative conferences.
Mission and Vision
The Mission of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance
The Alliance represents a commitment from both schools to excellence in research and teaching. Together we can do what neither alone can, across a range of domains. The Alliance has effectively supported collaboration between the schools in MBA, Executive and doctoral education, as well as academic research for more than two decades.
Phanish Puranam
Professor of StrategyThe Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Strategy and Organisation DesignResearch Director of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance
Phanish Puranam
Professor of StrategyThe Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Strategy and Organisation DesignResearch Director of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance
INSEAD-Wharton Alliance Events:
The 14th Annual Doctoral Consortium was held at the INSEAD Europe Campus on 23–24 October 2025.
Quotes
INSEAD’s brings together people, cultures and ideas for learning, exchange and impact to shape leaders who will make a positive difference in the world. The partnerships we form are integral to fulfilling our mission, and our long‑standing collaboration with Wharton is a perfect example.
In a rapidly changing and increasingly fractured world, no single institution can grasp all dimensions of what is unfolding. Trusted alliances between leading schools like INSEAD and Wharton allow us to exchange perspectives, learn what works in our classrooms and research, and reinforce each other’s strengths. Over the past 25 years, by working closely together across education, research and our PhD programmes, we have not only achieved meaningful results but amplified our collective impact on business and society.
Francisco Veloso
Dean of INSEAD
Francisco Veloso
Dean of INSEAD
The Wharton School is a diverse, multicultural institution that prepares current and future leaders to transform business and society on a global scale. We are incredibly proud of our international community of students, faculty and alumni, and recognize the critical need to exchange ideas and knowledge across cultures as we live, learn and conduct business in an increasingly interconnected global environment. Our alliance with INSEAD furthers our impact by encouraging collaborations among the faculty and students of both schools. It is a unique and valuable partnership that increases the span of our research and the knowledge that we disseminate to the world.
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Erika James
Dean of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Objectives
Our shared vision is the belief that tomorrow’s market leaders in management research and education must have global reach and be part of a global business education and knowledge network. The enhanced use of information and communication technology as well as state-of-the-art learning technologies will be critical components of that global network.
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Development
of deep collaborative relationships across the two institutions to stimulate faculty and student exchanges, promote world-class research and further enhance globalization of our curricula and learning.
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Creation
of an image of the “best of the best” working in close collaboration, such that when business people anywhere are asked to name a top business program, Wharton-INSEAD are top-of-mind responses.
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Enhancement
of each school’s abilities to work with top global corporations for management development and research sponsorship.
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Continued Improvement
in our ability to attract outstanding faculty to the two schools and the best students to our programs.
Milestones
The alliance between INSEAD and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a strategic partnership created in March 2001 to establish academic ties between two prestigious business schools based on the shared belief that tomorrow’s market leaders in management education must have global reach and be part of a global business education and knowledge network with a leadership position in America, Europe and Asia. The demands of fast-paced, multinational companies for superior global education was the key driver behind the decision to form this Alliance.
