Competition starts early in the INSEAD PhD in Management. Only 16-18 students from a large pool of applicants are admitted each year across Europe and Asia campuses. However, the programme's rigorous academic standards and healthy competition drive students to become top academics and researchers, empowering them to create positive change. Therefore, it's crucial to start preparing early and put in your best efforts to secure a spot in this prestigious programme.
What we're looking for?
Our standards are high but extremely broad. Diversity is what INSEAD is about, after all. If you have a solid academic record in virtually any discipline, an inquiring and creative mind and a fascination with management or business, all you need is the right training to start your academic career in business academia. Among our successful applicants, there is one thing in common - the desire to become an academic researcher and professor in management.
Why the INSEAD PhD?
The road ahead to a successful career in business academia is tremendously challenging yet, promising and rewarding in the end. If you are up for high pressure to reach excellent standards set and be amongst the brightest and most passionate minds within a multicultural, intellectually diverse and extraordinarily inspiring and fulfilling world-class academic environment, then look no further. At INSEAD, knowledge is created, challenged and nurtured. With a lifetime in research and knowledge creation focused on excellence, an academic career has never been this interesting and exciting.
Application Checklist
To apply to the INSEAD PhD, applicants must have a bachelor's degree, a minimum admissions requirement for education, and a valid GMAT or GRE test. Undergraduate students in their final year and recent graduates with or without work or research experience are welcome to apply. Applicants must submit an online application and e-copies of the required supporting documentation, including the open one-way interview.
INSEAD's application process is electronic, including the submission of supporting documents. The online application includes the prospect's profile, statement of purpose and statement of integrity.
Applying online
The INSEAD PhD application and supporting documents must be submitted online via apply.insead.edu.
To successfully access the application, please download or upgrade your browsers to the following minimum requirements: Internet Explorer 9 and above, Firefox 8 and above, Chrome 10, Safari 5 and above, and Opera 10 and above.
A complete application includes a duly accomplished online form, electronic copies (e.g. PDFs) of supporting documents, a fee of 50 € per application, and a recorded one-way interview.
The online application form includes the following:
Your Profile: personal information, test results, academic background, professional background, proficiency in the English language, international exposure and activities and interests.
Statement of Purpose (SOP) or letter of motivation (1500 words essay), stating current goals, career plans, and reasons for being interested in the PhD Programme. In as much depth as possible, discuss study plans and the intended area of specialisation. If you need further guidance on the SOP, please reach out to phd.info@insead.edu.
Statement of Integrity - upon submission of the form, you agree with the terms and conditions applicable to the INSEAD online application
l4All supporting documents must be in electronic format (e.g. PDF), < = 1 MB size per file and uploaded to the online application platform. We do not require hard copies or paper copies of original documents like degree transcripts or certificates sent to the PhD Office via snail mail. Admitted candidates must provide original hard copies to secure admission to the programme.
Please note that the PhD Committee may request this during the review phase to provide further information on your online application. We will promptly contact you upon receiving their request. To ensure you receive our emails, kindly add phd.info@insead.edu to your email safelist.
Recommendation Letters
We only require three recommendation letters, preferably from faculty or academic sources who can evaluate the applicant's academic ability and research potential. We also accept industry recommendations if faculty references are not available. Candidates must use the online application to send the referee letter request to their recommenders.
In the recommendation section, applicants must enter referee details like name, official title and email address and click the 'send an email to your recommenders' link. We highly encourage applicants to use the official email addresses of their referees; however, if this is not available, applicants can also use their personal email IDs.
NB:
Referees must submit their online recommendation forms by the last day of submission for the PhD online application.
Refer to your application dashboard to view the submission status and make necessary follow-ups with your referees. However, we will not follow up on your behalf regarding the submission of recommendation letters.
Any changes to the referees nominated must be made before you submit your online application form. We do not entertain any changes once you submit your application.
Suppose the referee requests a change of email. Please change this before you submit your online application. The referee with the new email will only receive the recommendation request. The other two referees, with no changes, will not receive a new request.
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