Leading international programme offers more choice and a greater focus on leadership and technology

Fontainebleau, 7 March 2002 - INSEAD is to undertake an extensive revision of its MBA Programme curriculum from September 2003. These changes have come about as a result of feedback from MBA participants, faculty, alumni and recruiters. They are being undertaken in the firm belief that the MBA learning experience and relevance to the business community will be further enhanced.

“It is not without considerable thought, time and effort that we undertake these changes”, said Professor Pekka Hietala, Dean of the INSEAD MBA, “but in short, the new curriculum will allow more choice for the students, provide better exchange opportunities across campuses, more innovative courses, and more leadership content”. The programme will remain at 10 months duration, divided into five periods of two months. The MBA Programme is offered on INSEAD’s campuses in Europe and Asia.

More leadership and entrepreneurial elements will be incorporated into the programme within both the core and elective offerings. All participants will from now on be required to take courses in Leading People and Groups, Leading Organisations, and Information Systems and Management.

The primary change is the increase in the number of elective courses to be taken, from seven to 10. These courses are to be chosen from a large selection of elective choices numbering more than 80 each year. In order to facilitate this change, some of the programme core courses have been refined and some others amalgamated. As a result, participants will be able to explore areas of particular interest to them more deeply than before. The new curriculum will also enhance the flexibility for exchange between the campuses in Singapore and Fontainebleau, France, and with The Wharton School. This is as a result of having the final four months dedicated to elective courses only, which allows greater freedom in campus choice. Full details on courses offered are available at http://www.insead.edu/mba/.

insead, 07.03.2003