I thought I understood what a global community meant before coming to INSEAD.But in reality, I didn’t.I thought it meant having 50+ nationalities in the same classroom.Turns out, it’s much more than that.It’s a French person working at Google taking the time to explain the company and how to make the most of your time at university.It’s a person of Pakistani origin working in consulting sharing honest advice on your CV and career choices.

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On 29 September 2026, the Career Development Centre hosted INSEAD's first MIM Career Fair in the new Desmarais Tower. The event welcomed 160 students and 13 employers from a range of sectors, including Bain, BCG, McKinsey, L.E.K., Artefact, Conversational, EF, INCK, Louis Vuitton and Microsoft.

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I had never really lived outside my home.Not in another city, state, country. Let alone another continent.For 21 years, Delhi, India was home. I did my entire graduation here. I lived with my family. And honestly, I never really thought twice about it.Then, I moved to France. Almost everyone I’ve met here has had some version of the opposite experience. They’ve lived away from home for university, moved countries for work, gone on exchanges, or spent time in different parts of the world.Me? Nope.

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Who would have thought that the world’s largest CO₂ emitter would also become one of the global leaders in clean energy?

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Organising Earth Week taught me something I did not expect: that the hardest part would not be the logistics, but keeping up with the generosity of the people around me. Across two days and two campuses, we brought together practitioners who showed up not to give polished keynotes but to have genuine exchanges.  

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Coming to China was surreal. I’m Taiwanese American. My family immigrated twice: my grandparents from China to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War and a second time to the U.S. when my parents were seven and 13 years.I speak Mandarin, but have never visited China. So, coming to China, especially Beijing, was particularly meaningful since my late grandfather grew up in Beijing.

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