INSEAD's PhD Program offers a unique education that prepares our students both to be at the forefront of business research and to disseminate cutting edge knowledge to managers and organizations. 

Held at least twice a year, our information sessions include an overview of the INSEAD PhD Programme, Admissions and a presentation by our INSEAD professor. In addition, you will hear first-hand accounts of the INSEAD PhD experience from our current students and have the opportunity to meet and network with our students and PhD staff more informally over drinks and refreshments. If you have missed our recent Information Session that was held on 31 October 2009, please look out for our next session.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the PhD Program. We have come a long way and for this occasion we organised a PhD Alumni Reunion Conference on June 25th on the Europe campus which was a huge success.

We took advantage of the diverse locations and experience of our PhD alumni and discussed in two panels the changing role of business schools and academic careers.

Please click here for the PhD 20th Anniversary Reunion and Graduation Ceremony brochure.

"When I am asked to reflect on my PhD time at INSEAD, the following comes to my mind: thought leadership, demanding and rewarding coursework, an environment to generate and nurture ideas, a truly international place, and an opportunity to meet fantastic people."

Konstantin Korotov, PhD Graduate 2005

Associate Professor, ESMT, Germany

"Attending the programme was a life changing boot camp. Not only in terms of what I learnt, but also of how quickly it pushed me out of the 'pampered' student mode into the 'researcher as creative producer that has to find his own path' mode."

Fabrice Cavarretta, PhD Graduate 2008

Assistant Professor, ESSEC, France

The program is fully integrated across INSEAD’s two campuses in Fontainebleau and Singapore, both in content and via world-class pedagogical infra-structure, in teaching. Students will have the opportunity to study on both campuses and interact with faculty, companies and research sites in both locations.

This September 2009, INSEAD welcomed 19 students representing 12 nationalities on both its Fontainebleau & Singapore campuses. The expansion of the PhD Program in Singapore provides students with the opportunity to pursue their doctoral studies full time on the Asia Campus.

"INSEAD is the first of the world’s leading business schools to offer a

INSEAD Dean Frank Brown

So if you have a strong educational background and the creativity and determination necessary to become a scholar in management, then we invite you to be a part of this challenging experience and encourage you to submit your application through a new online platform.

Following the expansion of the PhD Program in Singapore, this unique opportunity allows our students to have full exposure of faculty & research sites on both our Europe & Asia campus.

We had the opportunity to interview the students and here's what they had to say about their "Singapore Experience".