Social Entrepreneurship Programme

INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme (ISEP)
INSEAD has developed a unique social entrepreneurship programme. It brings together the expertise and academic resources of a top-tier business school with this dynamic and innovative field.

Our flagship executive education programme, ISEP draws some of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs for an intensive week of the most current, leading-edge management and strategy training specifically tailored to social entrepreneurs.

INSEAD’s Executive MBA programmes incorporate social entrepreneurship and innovation and explore opportunities for collaboration between the private and public sectors and non-governmental organisations.

The ISEP dates for 2013 and 2014

17 – 22 November 2013 in Fontainebleau, France
1 – 6 December 2013 in Singapore

16-21 November 2014 in Fontainebleau, France
20 November - 6 December 2014 in Singapore

Tuition: 3800 Euros *

*Tuition is subject to change on a yearly basis.

ISEP continues to set the pace for top-tier business education tailored to social entrepreneurs. The combination of INSEAD’s world-renowned faculty, a series of new cases and course materials targeted at key challenges faced by social entrepreneurs and the participants themselves helped to make this among INSEAD’s highest rated programmes.

INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme combines the deep academic knowledge of INSEAD’s faculty with practical application. Renowned speakers, live case studies, and analysis of the most current issues and trends in the field create a platform to examine the complex issues and challenges facing social entrepreneurs.

Sessions are structured to promote a lively exchange among a diverse group of participants, including many award winning entrepreneurs selected through our partnership with organisations such as Ashoka, The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and UnLtd.

This programme delivers an invigorating blend of business fundamentals, strategy concepts for social enterprises, and leadership skills; It offers the how and why of social business, in a setting that emphasises innovation and practical application. It is designed to help entrepreneurs grow their social ventures and improve their effectiveness and social impact.

Equally important, ISEP creates a forum in which social entrepreneurs exchange their experience and knowledge with a peer group of some of the leading innovators in the field.

In 2008 ISEP added a new program offering on INSEAD’s Singapore Campus in response to the growing demand from Asia. This expansion will also accelerate the development of new cases and materials oriented to the dynamic growth of social entrepreneurship in the region.

Thanks to the generous support of Banesto and Apax Partners, we offer financial assistance to innovative and talented leaders from parts of the world where even the reduced fees of our Programme may be an obstacle.

Key benefits from the programme
  • Understand the role that social entrepreneurs play in society and the key challenges that they face in their work
  • Build leadership, organisational and negotiation skills to manage a growing social enterprise
  • Become part of a dynamic network of international social entrepreneurs and engage with those pioneering innovations and establishing best practices