TIEMBA is a dual-degree program launched by Tsinghua SEM and INSEAD in which participants will be awarded an EMBA degree from Tsinghua and INSEAD respectively. The eighteen-month program, jointly taught by faculties from both school, is part of a wider collaboration between Tsinghua SEM and INSEAD and is currently running into its eighth year. The Class of 2016 comprises of thirty-seven professionals of sixteen nationalities with an average age of thirty-eight. Participants will be taking classes in Beijing, Abu Dhabi, Fontainebleau and Singapore.  In 2013, the TIEMBA program was ranked second globally amongst all other EMBA programs around the world by Financial Times.