INSEAD’s Executive Education Programme best in Asia

INSEAD, the leading international business school, has been ranked number 10 in the Financial Times’ 2011 rankings of the top 50 Executive Education programmes. This makes INSEAD’s Executive Education programme the highest ranked offering in Asia.

The latest FT ranking, based on Open Enrolment Programmes (OEP) and Company Specific Programmes (CSP), reinforces INSEAD’s lead in global business education. INSEAD ranked #18 out of 65 (compared to #17 last year) in the OEP division, with the school’s strength in diversity leading to the #1 ranking for international participants, #3 for diversity in faculty and #7 for quality of participants.

 In the CSP division, INSEAD ranked over all #9 out of 65 schools, with similar strengths in diversity of faculty (#3) and also number of international clients (#3).

This result follows INSEAD’s strong showing in other prestigious rankings such the Financial Times MBA 2011 ranking, where the school moved up a notch from the year before to #4 out of 100 business schools, and also topped the Bloomberg Businessweek MBA 2010 ranking for the international business school category.  

Commenting on the school’s high rankings this year despite difficult economic conditions, Dipak C. Jain, newly appointed Dean of INSEAD said, ‘We are proud of INSEAD’s cultural diversity in both our faculty and our students and will continue to keep up if not improve this standard of Executive Education programmes offered in order to groom the future business leaders.’

INSEAD is also ranked #1 overall in the “partner schools” category, moving up 4 places from #5 in 2010. The school recently announced partnerships to offer a dual-degree programme with Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SIAS) of The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and a continuation path programme with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in April this year.

Miklos Sarvary, Dean of Executive Education at INSEAD, said, ‘The rankings are a reflection of INSEAD’s continuing efforts to include diversity in our programmes and the shared visions with other prestigious institutes to develop globally minded leaders in a fast changing environment.’

As one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, INSEAD brings together people, cultures and ideas from around the world to change lives and transform organisations. This worldly perspective and cultural diversity are reflected in all aspects of our research and teaching.

With campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore) and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), and a research centre in Israel, INSEAD extends the reach of its business education and research across three continents. Our 145 renowned faculty members from 36 countries inspire more than 1,000 degree participants in our MBA, Executive MBA and PhD programmes. In addition, more than 9,500 executives participate in INSEAD’s executive education programmes. With the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance, we deliver MBA and co-branded executive education programmes on Wharton’s U.S. campuses in Philadelphia and San Francisco, as well as on our campuses in Asia and Europe.

In 2009, INSEAD celebrated 50 years as a pioneer of international business education based in Europe. In 2010, we celebrated a more recent but no less significant success – the 10th anniversary of our Asia campus in Singapore.

In Asia, the Middle East and Europe, we continue to innovate across all of our programmes and to conduct cutting-edge research. But the core values on which INSEAD was founded have remained constant. These principles have enabled INSEAD’s entrepreneurial spirit to evolve and the school to grow into a truly global force.

Today’s organisations need leaders with the knowledge and sensitivity to operate anywhere in the world. This is why business turns to INSEAD – to develop the next generation of transcultural leaders.