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B-School and Program Basics
Boulevard de Constance
Fontainebleau (& Singapore), FR 77305
Full-time Program or B-school Web site
Program e-mail address: mba.info@insead.edu
Directions to school
Enrollment
Current total GRADUATE business school enrollment
1007
Full-time MBA students
882
Part-time MBA students (not including Distance MBA)
NA
Distance MBA students
NA
Executive MBA students
55
Other graduate degree program students within the college of business (do not include MBA students, or nondegree exec ed participants)
NA
PhD program
70
Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program
NA
Current total UNDERGRADUATE business school enrollment
NA
Class size
By what percentage has the full-time class size changed since June 30, 2005? NA
Classes begin
2006-2008 full-time classes begin:
08/28/2006
01/04/2007
08/27/2007
01/03/2008
NA
NA
NA
NA
Program length
How many months does the full-time MBA program last? 10
Program costs
Please estimate the total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program.
Resident: $NA
Nonresident: $56,000.00
Expected monthly rent (based on local averages): $NA
Recommended annual budget1 (Resident): $NA
Recommended annual budget1 (Nonresident): $25,000.00
Student demographics
Percentage of full-time students in newest entering class (2006 calendar year) that are:
Female: 22
International2: 78
Married3: 30
For U.S. schools only:
Percentage of newest entering class that are:
African American: NA
Alaskan Native or Pacific Islander American: NA
Asian American: NA
Mexican American: NA
Puerto Rican: NA
Other Hispanic American: NA
White (Non-Hispanic): NA
Multiethnic/Multiracial: NA
Not reported: NA
Other: NA
Citizenship
What percentage of full-time MBA students in the newest entering class are citizens of countries located in the following regions?4
Africa: 4
Asia: 27
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 5
Latin America and the Caribbean: 5
Middle East: 5
North America: 11
Oceania: NA
Western Europe: 51
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: NA
Residency within North America
What percentage of entering North American citizens are from the following regions?
U.S.: NA
Northeast: NA
(ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI)
Mid-Atlantic: NA
(PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)
South: NA
(NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)
Southwest: NA
(CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)
Midwest: NA
(WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)
West: NA
(CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)
Possessions and territories: NA
(American Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
Canada: NA
GMAT
Are applicants required to take the GMAT as part of applying to your program? Yes
If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?
NA
GMAT score of newest entering class:
Mean GMAT score: 702
Median GMAT score: NA
Middle 80% range GMAT score
From: 650 to: 750
TOEFL
Are applicants whose native language is not English required to take the TOEFL as part of applying to your program? Yes
Minimum TOEFL score required for MBAs: 620
Mean TOEFL score of new entrants: NA
Work experience
Postgraduate work experience (months) of newest entering class:
Mean months of postgraduate work experience: 60
Median months of postgraduate work experience: NA
Middle 80% range postgraduate work experience
From: 48 to: 84
Percentage of new entrants with one year or less of postgraduate work experience: 0
Age of new entrants
Mean age (rounded to nearest year): 29
Median age: NA
Middle 80% range age (years)
From 26 to 31
Application fee
Resident: $250.00
Nonresident: $NA
Number of applications
Number of applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class of full-time MBA entrants: NA
Selectivity
Percent of all applicants accepted to the class of newest full-time entrants: NA
Yield
Percent of the admitted applicants to the class of newest full-time entrants who enrolled: 75
Re-applicants
Percent of applicants that were re-applicants from prior years: NA
What percentage of this year's re-applicants were accepted? NA
Wait-listed applicants
Number of applicants placed on the B-school's wait list during the last admissions cycle: NA
How many of those wait-listed applicants were ultimately admitted for in the semester to which they applied? NA
Applicant interviews
Interviews are:
Required
Percentage of all applicants (admitted and denied) to the class of newest full-time entrants who were interviewed: 50
Percent of the admitted applicants to the newest full-time class who were interviewed: 100
Interview deadlines
2006-2008 Final deadline(s) for scheduling an interview:
NA for NA
NA for NA
NA for NA
NA for NA
NA for NA
NA for NA
Applicant groups
Percentage of international5 applicants among total number of applications (accepted and denied) received for the class of newest full-time entrants: 89
Percentage of females among total number of applications (accepted and denied) received for the class of newest full-time entrants: 25
Forgone salary
Mean base salary6 forgone to enter program: $NA
Median base salary6 forgone to enter program: $NA
Application deadlines
2006-2008 MBA application deadlines:
10/18/2006 for All Applicants
12/06/2006 for All Applicants
01/31/2007 for All Applicants
03/28/2007 for All Applicants
05/23/2007 for All Applicants
07/11/2007 for All Applicants
NA for All Applicants
NA for NA
NA for NA
NA for NA
Rolling admissions
Does the MBA program have rolling admissions? No
Financial Aid Office
Financial aid applicants
What percentage of full-time MBAs applied for some form of financial aid (including institutional scholarships, assistantships and loans) for the upcoming academic year? 61
What percentage of full-time MBAs will receive some form of financial aid (including institutional scholarships, assistantships, and loans) in the upcoming academic year? 21
Financial aid recipients
Of the full-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the upcoming academic year, what percentage will receive:
Institutional scholarships: 21
Assistantships (e.g., awarded $5,000 grant, but have to help a professor conduct research throughout the year): NA
Loans (private and government): NA
Financial aid packages
Mean financial aid package (including institutional scholarships, assistantships and loans) for MBAs for the upcoming academic year: $11,900.00
Median financial aid package (including institutional scholarships, assistantships and loans) for MBAs for the upcoming academic year: $NA
Range of financial aid packages for MBAs:
$1,900.00 to $550,000.00
Scholarships/fellowships
On what basis are scholarships awarded at your school? Financial Need, Academic Merit, A Combination of Need and Merit, Some Other Criteria
Full-tuition scholarships
How many full-tuition scholarships will the school award during the upcoming academic year? 4
Scholarship consideration
How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? unique scholarship application
Mean scholarships
Mean scholarships (do not include loan or assistantship awards!) awarded to those full-time MBAs receiving scholarships in the academic year since June 30, 2005: $11,900.00
If your program lasts two-years, of the full-time MBA students who receive an institutional scholarship (a no-strings-attached grant) in their first year of academic study, what percent receive the same amount of money or more in their second year of study? NA
Total aid
Total money distributed to MBAs through the financial aid office during the past academic year? [Note: This figure should be based on institutional scholarships, and assistantships given directly from the University or B-school. Do not include funds from private lenders or companies (sponsoring MBAs) that are disbursed through the school's financial aid office]: $NA
Guaranteed loans
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs, regardless of nationality?7: No
If so, what is the maximum amount an MBA can borrow per year? $NA
Outstanding student loans
Upon graduation, mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the MBA program: $NA
Deadlines
2006-2008 Financial aid deadline(s):
04/15/2007 for All Applicants
09/15/2007 for All Applicants
04/15/2008 for All Applicants
09/15/2008 for All Applicants
04/15/2009 for All Applicants
09/15/2009 for All Applicants
Contact Information
Director of full-time MBA programs: Doris Sohmen Pao
E-mail address: mba.info@insead.edu
Director of admissions: Caroline Edwards
E-mail address: caroline.diarte-eduwards@insead.edu
Director of alumni relations: Sandra Morand
E-mail address: sandra.morand@insead.edu
Director of financial aid: Helen Henderson
E-mail address: helen.henderson@insead.edu
Director of career services: Claire Lecoq
E-mail address: claire.lecoq@insead.edu
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Andy
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