At a Glance
France
Singapore
Abu Dhabi
Blended: Flex
Further your potential. Redefine the leader in you.
The INSEAD Global Executive MBA programme is designed to fast-track the leadership journey of executives who aspire to lead at the C-Suite level. With a research-driven curriculum covering corporate finance, accounting, international politics, marketing, and operations, the programme equips you with the tools to make strategic, high-level decisions.
The newly launched GEMBA Flex offers you the flexibility to choose the learning format that best aligns with your personal and professional goals.
Each cohort brings together executives from diverse nationalities and industries, fostering a collaborative learning environment and a global business network. Regardless of your chosen GEMBA journey, you’ll earn the same world-class degree and have rich opportunities to connect with all cohorts across INSEAD's campuses in France, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi throughout your learning journey.
Choose Your INSEAD GEMBA Journey
Campus-based
Begin your journey at INSEAD's world-class campuses in Singapore, Fontainebleau, or Abu Dhabi.
Flexible Learning
Explore a new era of flexible learning with the freedom to study from anywhere in the world.
Dual Degree Partnership
Discover a world of opportunities with two degrees from two prestigious business schools.
Discover the Experience That Suits You
The INSEAD Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) offers four distinct sections designed to meet the diverse needs of professionals worldwide. Choose the one that best aligns with your career goals, location, and commitments.
Why INSEAD Global Executive MBA?
Entrepreneurs and business executives on or nearing C-suite level and senior professionals shared their thoughts about the Executive MBA programme and how it has impacted their leadership development. Watch the video to gain valuable insights from past participants as they share the transformative impact the programme has had on their professional perspectives:
The INSEAD GEMBA Advantage
Highly Ranked and Globally Recognised
Both the INSEAD Global EMBA (GEMBA) and the Tsinghua-INSEAD EMBA (TIEMBA) are ranked amongst the top in the world.
Flexible and Personalised Learning
Experience an innovative, flexible pathway with our new GEMBA Flex, offering executives the freedom to learn from anywhere while balancing their professional and personal life.
A Unique Focus on Leadership
Our Leadership Development Programme runs throughout the programme, evolving along with your own leadership skills.
Learning Through Diversity
Unlike other schools, INSEAD doesn’t have a dominant national culture. This enables us to turn diversity into a powerful learning tool.
Global, Intense & Efficient
With only 51 to 60 days needed away from work over a period of 14 to 17 months, depending on your choice of starting campus, the GEMBA is one of the most efficient routes to a top business degree.
Typical GEMBA Class
235
Participants38
Average Age14 Yrs
Average Years of Work Experience55%
Working Outside Home Country61
Nationalities32%
WomenEach GEMBA class has an unparalleled diversity of nationalities and professional backgrounds, enabling participants to learn from each other and build a close-knit yet globally distributed network.
GEMBA Celebrates 20th Anniversary
The INSEAD Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) is recognised today as one of the foremost and most prestigious senior leadership development programmes worldwide. As we celebrate two decades of redefining leadership and look forward to the future, we invite you to become part of this extraordinary journey.
Career Opportunities
Our global team at the Career Development Centre is dedicated to Executive MBA careers and addresses both your “internal-career” needs (making the most of your career within your present organisation) and your “external-career” needs (making a change outside your organisation).
5-point%
Shift in seniority towards C-suite roles
49%
Changed sector, function or geography
16%
Created or returned
to their own company
Find out how our Career Development Centre works with you during the programme.
Admission Criteria
All applications go through a rigorous selection process by our Admissions Team, which involves 5 stages and up to 6 weeks from the date of application submission. Essential criteria include academic background such as GMAT/GMAT Focus/GRE or INSEAD assessment, past international exposure, proven leadership experience, among other factors.
Tsinghua-INSEAD Executive MBA (TIEMBA)
The dual-degree Tsinghua-INSEAD Executive MBA (TIEMBA) provides an additional option for experienced executives. In partnership with one of the world's great universities in Beijing, Tsinghua University, this modular dual-degree programme (ranked third in the Financial Times Global Executive MBA rankings in 2018) develops an in-depth understanding of business in China, from both international and domestic perspectives, which can be applied to other emerging markets across the world.
Bringing together one of China's most elite universities (Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management) and one of the world's top business schools (INSEAD), this partnership provides participants with a unique learning experience and access to two of the world's strongest alumni networks.
Application Details
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Financing and Scholarships
15.4K SGD
Average scholarship amount for Asia Section16.4K USD
Average scholarship amount for Middle East Section11.6K EUR
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Executive MBA In-Person Consultation | Dubai
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Open Day with Faculty Masterclass | Europe Campus
You are warmly invited to experience the learning environment at INSEAD! Take this opportunity to join a masterclass by a renowned INSEAD faculty member and to learn more about the INSEAD EMBA and MBA programmes. Our team & students will be there to share advice and their personal journey through a panel discussion followed by a networking reception.
Date: 01 February 2025, Saturday
Time: 1:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Venue: INSEAD Europe Campus, Boulevard de Constance, 77300 Fontainebleau
MASTERCLASS
Earnings Quality by Professor Daniel Bens
All corporations have a story. The story includes a plot (strategy), a conflict (competition), and character development (operations that execute the strategy). A firm tells its story in financial terms via its accounting reports. In the Financial Accounting core course at INSEAD participants develop their accounting literacy skills so that they may better understand that story. You will not become an accountant, but rather a knowledgeable consumer of financial information.
In this masterclass we will cover a typical case from the core course that deals with the concept of Earnings Quality. Accounting earnings are one input used to assess firm value, and recently reported numbers serve as a baseline for those forecasts. At the same time, earnings can be used as a monitoring tool to assess the success or failure of past tactical decisions. Yet not all earnings components are equally useful. We will discuss this nuance during the class.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
INSEAD Europe Campus is located on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau and just a stone's throw away from the town centre. It lies within easy reach of all major airports and rail systems connecting Paris with the rest of the world.
Address: INSEAD Europe Campus, Boulevard de Constance, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
A free shuttle will be organised to meet you at Paris Gare de Lyon train station to take you directly to the campus. Same service will be offered for your way back to the station after the event. Departure from Gare de Lyon at 12:00 pm and way back from INSEAD at 6:40 pm.
Please book your seat here and register to confirm your participation
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Meet the Women Alumni of our Executive MBAs | Online
Join us for this exclusive online session with the Women Alumni of the GEMBA programme, who will share about their GEMBA journey. Hear about their personal experiences on managing their time between their professional, personal, and student lives, on the logistics of travelling to several campuses, on the impact it had on their careers, and more.
The presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session.
Please register to confirm your participation. Click here to view other timezones.
Joining us at the event:
Audrey Bertigny, GEMBA’25, HR and Strategy Consultant at AMPW & Associés
Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere, GEMBA’24, Innovation and Value Creation Lead at UCB
Liuba Smolska, GEMBA’25, Data Manager & Use Case Innovator at Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG
Testimonials
Sanita Pukite
I believe the common thread in GEMBA programme is that everyone is evaluating their career choices and looking to make a more significant impact for the rest of their professional lives.
Andy Bushell
I am now a much well-rounded leader with the mindset of a CEO.
Wincel Kaufmann
INSEAD is not just a business school, it is the place where strong and good leaders with integrity and self-awareness are developed. A good leader is what you can expect to become at the end of the EMBA programme.
Stay Inspired
Ambition Has No Gender
At INSEAD, we strive to create a diverse community where individuals from all backgrounds can thrive and pursue their ambitions.
How Education Empowers You to Stay Relevant as a Leader
Physicist Albert Einstein once said that “in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity”. For organisational leaders who roll up their sleeves and continue to find ways to demonstrate success in the face of challenge, this is especially true.
Networking is Key for Career Fulfilment
Networking has always been an indispensable part of building a successful career. Despite some of the challenges that COVID-19 has thrust upon the world as we know it, it still remains just as important as ever.
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