Updated 2 Oct 2026By Gauri DeshmukhReviewed Upamanyu Naskar
T15 · France / SingaporeFontainebleau & SingaporeFounded 1957

The INSEAD
MBA.

A one-year MBA, ~490 per intake, 80-plus nationalities, and the deepest consulting pipeline across Europe and Asia. Everything an Indian applicant needs to know, laid out honestly.

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Quick answers.

The questions we are asked most often about INSEAD, each answered in two sentences. These power the Google rich-result and are what Perplexity and ChatGPT lift verbatim when they cite us.

FAQPage schema · AI engines quote these
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The class profile, with the Indian cut.

The brochure number is the global number. The number you actually need is the India slice, which INSEAD does not publish, so the India cut below is a Pegasus estimate, clearly marked as such.

Overall: INSEAD-published · India slice: Pegasus estimate

Overall class

Latest intakes · ~490 per intake

Indian applicant slice

The India cut

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The admissibility check.

Enter your profile. We’ll place you honestly on the INSEAD admit band and give you the odds. We will not flatter you. This is the number your consultant should be telling you.

Interactive tool · based on last 3 cycles of admit data

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Where do you stand?

Verdict

Strong fit

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Deadlines & what to do today.

Three rounds, three different strategies. Which one you file in is often more decisive than any essay rewrite.

Live countdown · Timezone IST
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Essays & interview.

Three motivation essays, two job-description questions and a Kira video decide whether your file moves to interview. The common Indian applicant mistakes, and what INSEAD is really looking for.

Latest intakes · Verified against INSEAD admissions site
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Cost in INR, the honest number.

The sticker price is in dollars, your loan is in rupees. We’ll give you both. And we’ll show the number nobody puts in a brochure: the real break-even year.

Interactive tool · Live INR conversion @ 90/EUR

Tool · 02Scholarship + loan reality

What does INSEAD actually cost you?

Your net cost over 2 years

INR 1.98 Cr

After scholarship, before any family savings. This is the number you need to borrow or self-fund.

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Named scholarships.

INSEAD runs 170-plus scholarship funds, including three strong India-specific awards (Kalipatnapu, Indian Alumni, Deepak & Sunita Gupta). About 38 percent of students receive one.

~38% of class · India-specific awards available
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The visa reality.

INSEAD is one year across France and Singapore, so your work rights depend on campus. In France, the APS job-search permit gives up to a year to find a role before you move to a Talent Passport; in Singapore you need an employer to sponsor an Employment Pass. No US-style lottery.

Interactive tool · France APS + Singapore Employment Pass

Tool · 03Sponsorship check

Can you stay after graduation?

Reality check

82% get sponsored

France APS job-searchFR: up to 12 mo
Singapore route~30%
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Who hires here.

Management consulting takes fully half the class, the deepest consulting pipeline of any top school, with TMT, corporate and finance behind it, placed across 57 countries. INSEAD publishes sector shares, not employer counts, so the firms below are indicative with Pegasus-estimated counts.

Sector shares INSEAD-published (Class of 2025) · per-firm counts are Pegasus estimates
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Compare live.

Side-by-side with any 1-3 of the 24 schools we cover, built from the same dataset so the comparison is honest.

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    Written by Gauri Deshmukh · Reviewed by Upamanyu Naskar · Last updated 02 October 2026