If you are interested in the world of MBA programs, the INSEAD is a name which needs no introduction.You should also be aware of the great diversity in terms of culture from where the MBA students came\u00a0from. The international atmosphere at its Singapore campus follows on the footsteps of the Home\u00a0campus of INSEAD.<\/p>\n
In fact the MBA program offered by the school beats all, with students from no less than 80 countries\u00a0participating in the program with the number of cohorts totaling close to 1000 per year, a fact that is to\u00a0be lauded.<\/p>\n
Students from Singapore, to cite an example constitute, less that 5% of the total students of last year,\u00a0the number of which stood at 1,018<\/p>\n
According to Professor Ilian Mihov, who happens to be the dean of the Singapore campus, this diversity\u00a0in the background of students, lets them glide on smoothly in work environments with large cultural\u00a0differences and as such they are ready to take their position as business leaders of a globalized world.<\/p>\n
He further states that recruiters prize the global talent pool\u2019s depth and breadth that lets INSEAD\u00a0graduates to take up jobs regardless of the location.<\/p>\n
It is interesting to note here that INSEAD recently took the top spot in the global ranking, released\u00a0annually, meant for MBA programs. The INSEAD MBA toppled long standing heavyweights like Hravard,\u00a0Wharton, and the London Business School to take the top spot according to the Global MBA Ranking in\u00a0the Financial Times.<\/p>\n
Student diversity and the career progression of alumni were also taken into account as the basis for the\u00a0rankings.<\/p>\n
INSEAD takes pride in abiding by one of its founding principles i.e. to be truly international with rules\u00a0stipulating that no more than 33.3% of the faculty, board and of course the students can have the same\u00a0nationality.<\/p>\n
The MBA curriculum is intended to thoroughly and swiftly prepare the students for an international\u00a0business career.\u00a0In order that the program meets the specific goals for the career of the student a wide variety of courses\u00a0may be opted for which are inclusive of subjects like negotiations and cost management.<\/p>\n
The INSEAD one year course is considered to be an excellent value for money when contrasted with the\u00a0two year degrees at other famed B-schools.<\/p>\n
The alumni of INSEAD received annual compensation to the tune of $234,000 just three years after\u00a0graduation.<\/p>\n
Despite performing outstandingly, the school does not intend to increase the number of MBA it takes in.\u00a0In order to achieve the aspiration of being really international INSEAD was quick to recognize the\u00a0importance to move out of Europe and Asia was the best choice. During that time Asia was witnessing\u00a0rising demand for business education of outstanding quality and INSEAD delivered accordingly.<\/p>\n
Strong support by the political authorities and presence of several large multi-nationals won the case for\u00a0Singapore as the location of choice.\u00a0As an alumnus of its first batch of 53 students across 26 countries from INSEAD Singapore in 2000, Chan\u00a0Kiat testified that the program served to increase the career option and threw open various paths\u00a0related to the development of their career. He added that the great mixture of MBA cohorts made the\u00a0difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"