1957: INSEAD Founded[6] 1959: First MBA intake in Fontainebleau 1960: First MBA class graduates[7] 1967: Opening of the school's first campus on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau (now called the 'Europe Campus') 1968: First Executive Education programme 1971: Creation of CEDEP, the European Centre for Continuing Education, on a site next to INSEAD in Fontainebleau 1976: Launch of the INSEAD Alumni Fund 1980: INSEAD Euro-Asia Centre opens in Fontainebleau 1983: MBA programme begins its dual intake (in January and September) 1987: Announcement of the INSEAD-Fundação Dom Cabral Partnership 1989: Launch of the PhD programme 1995: Launch of the first INSEAD Development Campaign,[8] which raised funds for permanently endowed chairs and research 2000: Opening of Asia campus in Singapore[9] 2001: Announcement of the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance[10] and first MBA participant exchanges 2003: Launch of the Executive MBA programme 2004: Opening of the Plessis Mornay Learning Space for Executive Education on Europe Campus 2007: INSEAD Centre opened in Abu Dhabi, primarily for research and executive education; launch of a dual degree Executive MBA with Tsinghua University in China[11] 2010: INSEAD's Abu Dhabi Center attains campus status (Middle East Campus)[6] 2012: Launch of the Master in Finance specialized degree 2013: MBA participant exchange agreement with CEIBS launched[12] 2015: Inauguration of the Leadership Development Center in Singapore[13]