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HEC Paris Graduation 2025

HEC Paris Graduation 2025 HEC Paris Graduation 2025

HEC Paris is delighted to celebrate the achievements of its Class of 2025 during two days of ceremonies on June 13 and 14 on campus, bringing together more than 6,500 graduates and their families from around the world. 

Join us in a moment of pride, inspiration, and new beginnings for students across our Grande École, Master’s, PhD, MBA, EMBA, Executive Masters, and MSIE programs.

Watch the 2025 commencement ceremony LIVE

Friday, June 13: Grande école, Masters Programs and PhD

 

Tech visionary. Changemaker. Philanthropist. Fidji Simo to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at HEC Paris

Fidji Simo - HEC Paris graduate of 2008, Chair and CEO of Instacart, and incoming CEO of OpenAI -  to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at HEC Paris

Chair & CEO of Instacart, Incoming CEO of OpenAI Applications, HEC Alumna (H.08). From the South of France to Silicon Valley, Fidji Simo’s journey is a powerful example of bold ambition, purpose-driven leadership, and global impact. She returns to HEC Paris to address the graduates of the Grande École, Masters, and PhD programs, with a speech on what it takes to achieve your most impossible dream — whatever it may be.

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Celebrate the Class of 2025 with us, wherever you are.

Tune in live for the graduation ceremony honoring our graduates from the Grande École, Master’s programs, and PhD

 

 



1.15 p.m. Welcome of the families under the marquee 

2.00 pm Start of the procession 

2.30 pm Start of the ceremony – Entry of the procession of students and professors 

3.15 pm Speech of Eloïc Peyrache, Dean, HEC Paris 

3.25 pm Congratulatory speeches by Fidji Simo, Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Instacart 

3.35 pm Student speeches 

4.00 pm Speech of Hortense de Roux President, HEC Alumni 

4.05 pm Honoring of the future graduates 

4.45 pm Closing cocktail

*Subject to change


Groupe d'étudiants en robe de graduation célébrant leur cérémonie de remise des diplômes en levant leurs toques noires en l'air, souriants et enthousiastes

Saturday, June 14: MBA, EMBA and Executive Education

The Head of French Diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at HEC Paris

 

The Head of French Diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at HEC Paris - HEC Paris 2025

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Associate Professor of Finance at HEC Paris (on leave), PhD Alumnus. A committed public servant, economist, and HEC faculty member, Jean-Noël Barrot brings academic excellence and international leadership together. He will address graduates of the MBA, Executive MBA, Executive Masters, EMS-GEMM and MSIE programs, reflecting on research-driven leadership, responsible innovation, and the importance of acting with purpose on the global stage.


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Tune in live for the graduation ceremony honoring our 2025 graduates from MBA, Executive MBA, Executive Masters (EMS), Global Executive Master In Management (GEMM), Executive Education & MSc in Innovation & Entrepreneurship (MSIE)

 

 


1.15 p.m. Welcome of the families under the marquee 

2.00 pm Start of the procession 

2.30 pm Start of the ceremony – Entry of the procession of students and professors 

3.00 pm Speech of Eloïc Peyrache, Dean, HEC Paris 

3.15 pm Congratulatory speeches Jean-Noël BARROT, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs 

3.25 pm Student speeches 

3.40 pm Speech of Hortense de Roux President, HEC Alumni 

3.45 pm Honoring of the future graduates 4.35 pm Closing cocktail


Fidji Simo - HEC Paris graduate of 2008, Chair and CEO of Instacart, and incoming CEO of OpenAI -  to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at HEC Paris
From the South of France to Silicon Valley, Fidji Simo’s journey embodies how far ambition, vision, and resilience can take us. At a time when personal ambition must rise to meet global challenges, she...
The Head of French Diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, to Deliver 2025 Commencement Address at HEC Paris - HEC Paris 2025
HEC Paris is honored to welcome Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs and Associate Professor of Finance (on leave), as the Commencement Speaker for the Class of 2025 of the...
Un groupe de diplômés assis dans leurs toges et chapeaux académiques, souriant à la caméra. Ils portent des toges noires avec des écharpes violettes

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Translation / subtitling for foreigners

A simultaneous translation French-English / English-French, will be offered to you in order to follow the event in real time and live together this solemn moment. Please come equipped with your own headphones and cell phones.

 

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