kat271 wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm a physician that is interested in pursuing an MBA. I'm looking to get into healthcare administration longterm, but would also like to learn more about the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare consulting. I'm really interested in Insead, but have a few questions I was hoping to get some help with:
1) As a non traditional applicant, with little business background, is a 1 year program too rigorous for someone like me? While I want to stay in healthcare, I'm interested in exploring different avenues as mentioned above, will I be able to do this successfully in a one year program?
2) Does anyone know about healthcare opportunities at Insead?
Thank you!
Hi kat271,
1) I think there are many students in INSEAD with non-traditional backgrounds. If you count those who are not from finance/consulting background, around half of the students are "non-traditional". So no worries for that. Other than going for online courses before the start of the programme, there's a one-week on-campus optional Business Foundations course prior to the start of the programme for students to grasp the foundations of the different business concepts.
2) At least 5% of INSEAD grads work in the healthcare sector ("including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical devices and healthcare services, as well as healthcare-focused consulting, banking, private equity, venture capital and NGOs"). There's an INSEAD healthcare club for students looking for healthcare oppportunities.