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We welcome applicants from any field with a strong desire
to pursue an academic career and who are curious, eager to
learn and to explore new ideas.

Johan Hombert,
Director of the HEC PhD program

Key Figures

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students from all academic backgrounds

81%

international students

44%

women

21

nationalities

+300 

alumni, working in over 35 countries

89%

Join an academic career

Lead News

Markus BAK HANSEN Finance

Congratulations to Dr Markus BAK-HANSEN, Finance, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at HEC Paris on the 4th of October, 2024. Specialisation: Finance Title: Essays on the Financial...

Atulya Jain, HEC PhD, Economics & Decision Sciences

Congratulations to Dr Atulya JAIN, Economics & Decision Sciences, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at HEC Paris on the 27th of August, 2024. Specialisation: Economics & Decision...

The image shows a group of eleven people posing outdoors in front of a wooden structure. Five individuals, mostly men, are sitting or leaning on the top part of the structure, while six others, mostly women, are standing in front of it on the grass

HEC Paris has welcomed a new cohort of 12 PhD candidates, underscoring the institution's continued dedication to fostering academic research. Hailing from diverse disciplines, these scholars from China...

Congratulations to Dr Isabella CIAMPA, Marketing, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at HEC Paris on the 29th of August, 2024.

Dan Xie, HEC PhD, Marketing, 2024

Congratulations to Dr Dan XIE, Marketing, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at HEC Paris on the 22nd of August, 2024.

HEC PhD Dissertations

Three Essays on Cooperative Organizational Forms
By C. DOCHE
This dissertation focuses on organizations’ use of collective resource ...
Essays on Economics of Information Systems
To ease prescribers’ burden in using statewide Prescription Drug Monit ...
An investigation of marketing communication facilitated by social media platforms.
By J. NIU
Abstract : This thesis predominantly delves into what motivates social ...