Top business schools mark decade of successful partnership with global business education and knowledge network
INSEAD and Wharton, two of the world’s leading business schools, today marked the 10th anniversary of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance. Launched in 2001, the Alliance combines the resources of the world's leaders in management education to deliver top quality business research and education across five dedicated campuses: Wharton’s U.S. campuses in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and those of INSEAD in Fontainebleau, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
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The anniversary was marked by a gathering of Alliance graduates and faculty in London, which incuded remarks by economist Jeremy Rifkin, himself a Wharton alumnus.
Since the Alliance was established, more than 1,000 MBA students have participated in the student exchange. Additionally, the Alliance offers the possibility to nearly 400 combined resident faculty across the two schools to collaborate across many areas such as a faculty exchange, joint research and teaching projects through the Alliance Centre for Global Research & Education, PhD collaboration and co-branded Executive Education programmes.
“The success of the Alliance is based on our shared belief in the importance of providing multinational opportunities for all of our programme participants, as well as exceptional research between the faculties of these institutions,” said Dipak C. Jain, Dean of INSEAD. “Our two preceding Deans - Frank Brown and Gabriel Hawawini - have played a critical role in growing the Alliance to where it is today, and I look forward to building up our relationship with Wharton in the years to come.”
Each year, 100 to 150 MBA students enroll in the exchange and gain full access to various course offerings, local faculty, career services, and clubs. Students have the opportunity to participate in a top MBA programme on a different continent and gain full access to the Career Management Services of the school they visit.
“At Wharton we believe that we must continue to build new bridges and partnerships for knowledge generation and dissemination,” said Thomas S. Robertson, Dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “The Alliance continues to champion international and interdisciplinary education for the best business minds in the world and we are proud to be part of this ongoing global relationship.”
Over 1,500 executives have benefitted from the Alliance with co-branded open enrolment Executive Education programmes such as the INSEAD-Wharton Leading an Effective Sales Force programme and the INSEAD-Wharton Strategic R&D Management programme, delivered across campuses and taught by faculty members from both schools. Additionally, the Alliance has designed and delivered company-specific Executive Education programmes for leading multinational corporations.
“The INSEAD-Wharton Alliance is the broadest and deepest venture of its kind among two business schools anywhere in the world,” said J. Frank Brown, former Dean of INSEAD. “The Alliance has provided a truly unique global business education and knowledge network for MBAs, executives, PhD candidates and alumni.”
The INSEAD-Wharton Centre for Global Research & Education fosters deep collaborative relationships across the two schools to nurture world-class research, enhance the globalisation of the curricula, and experiment with global teaching innovations. The Centre also promotes the exchange of faculty across the two schools (60 faculty members have visited the partner school to teach or conduct research).
The Alliance provides opportunities to connect the large and active alumni communities of both schools (with 41,884 INSEAD alumni present in 160 countries and 86,593 Wharton alumni present in 140 countries). Joint alumni events and industry summits have been held around the world. Dean Jain added, “I am certain the alumni of both schools who have participated in the Alliance will continue to find this an enriching experience.”
For more details on the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance, please visit: INSEAD-Wharton Allianceor Wharton-INSEAD Alliance
