Fees and Financing

HEC Paris offers high-potential female candidates up to €15,000 every year to fund their studies.  

Eligibility:  

The Women's High Potential Scholarship is only open to female applicants. 
Candidates of all nationalities and programs will be considered automatically upon admission. 

Assessment criteria: 

Candidates will be assessed on their academic excellence and leadership potential, evaluated in their transcript, resumé, and interview.  

Publication of results:  

Results from this scholarship are announced by email to all laureates within 1 week after admission results are published.

Read about the 2020 laureates and how the scholarship has positively impacted their study experiences here. 

The Eiffel Excellence Scholarship was established by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to enable French higher education establishments to attract top international students to their master’s and PhD programs. On the masters level, the scholarship encourages applications from emerging countries to shape the future decision-makers of the private and public sectors in priority areas of study. 

How to apply: 

Only candidates applying to Round 1 for 2024/2025 intake will be considered.

Eligibility: 

• Candidates aged 25 years old or below 
• Non-French nationality candidates only (applicants with dual nationality, one of which is French, are not eligible). Candidates already studying in France are not eligible.
• Candidates already studying in France are not eligible.
• Candidates who have already been awarded the Eiffel scholarship at master’s level or another French government scholarship will not be accepted (not eligible at the same level, but can nevertheless reapply at a doctoral level). 
• Candidates who have applied previously and been rejected are not eligible, even if their application is submitted by a different establishment or in another field of study. 
• The Eiffel scholarship can not be combined with any other French government scholarship or award

Eiffel Scholarship applicants who have been pre-selected by HEC Paris will be informed by mid-January.

Grant:  

Monthly allowance of €1181. The scholarship also covers: one international return ticket, social security and cultural activities. 

Publication of results:  

The list of laureates will be published on the Campus France website in April 2024.

Read about the 2021/2022 laureates and how it has positively affected their studies here.

In its commitment to fostering diversity on campus, HEC Paris has launched the Equal Opportunity Scholarship to provide students from all socioeconomic backgrounds access to our unique master’s program portfolio. 

Application process:  

Candidates have the choice to apply to one of four admission sessions. When completing their application, they can select to apply to a need-based scholarship which will open the Need-Based Scholarship Form in their Applicant Space. They will have until the Admissibility results publication date of the round to which they applied to complete the form. All scholarship forms completed after the deadline will not be considered. Please note that scholarship results are final.  

For any questions regarding these scholarships, please contact the Master's Programs Recruitment Team by email at info-masters@hec.fr. 

NB: All bursaries allocated with be automatically suspended if any information communicated by the candidate is found to be false. 

Publication of the results: Results from this scholarship are announced by email to all laureates within 1 week after admission results are published.   

The Imagine Fellowship supports future leaders from war-affected nations to embark on studies at HEC Paris. It aims to promote peace and tolerance, diversity, inclusion and harmony between communities.  

A scholarship will be attributed to outstanding candidates applying to the HEC Paris master’s programs from countries or states that have been affected by war and/or armed conflict. The children of war refugees are also eligible for the fellowship program.  

Application process:  

Candidates have the choice to apply to one of four admission sessions. When completing their application, they can select to apply to a need-based scholarship which will open the Need-Based Scholarship Form in their Applicant Space. They will have until the Admissibility results publication date of the round to which they applied to complete the form. All scholarship forms completed after the deadline will not be considered. Please note that scholarship results are final.  

Imagine Fellow applicants must also submit a 350-word response touching on the two following prompts: 

• What makes you an ambassador of Business & Peace?  
• What initiatives would you implement on the HEC Paris campus linked to the issues around Business &  Peace?  

The short essay should be sent as a PDF to admissionsmasters@hec.fr on the day the admissibility results are published for the round to which they applied. 

The deadlines are as follows:  

For those applying to Round 1 – November 9, 2022 at 12pm (noon) 

For those applying to Round 2 – January 26, 2023 at 12pm (noon) 

For those applying to Round 3 – March 23, 2023 at 12pm (noon) 

For those applying to Round 4 – May 11, 2023 at 12pm (noon) 

For any questions regarding these scholarships, please contact the Master's Programs Recruitment Team by email at admissionsmasters@hec.fr. 

NB: All bursaries allocated with be automatically suspended if any information communicated by the candidate is found to be false. 

Publication of the results: Results from this scholarship are announced by email to all laureates within 1 week after admission results are published.   

Recipients of the Imagine Fellowship will promote student awareness and engagement on the theme of Business & Peace at HEC Paris through the creation of a Student Association and the participation in a class elective related to Business & Peace. The Student Life Office will facilitate students’ efforts to organize events and promote the theme. 

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and the HEC Foundation together offer a scholarship dedicated to supporting talented Lebanese students with limited financial means. The scholarship covers a part of the total tuition fees and living costs in a single deduction payment at the start of our master's programs.  

Eligibility Criteria:  

• Lebanese national (multinational candidates, of which one nationality is French, are not eligible)  
• Completed most recent studies in Lebanon   
• Relevant social criteria  

Application process:  

Candidates have the choice to apply to one of four admission sessions. When completing their application, they can select to apply to a need-based scholarship which will open the Need-Based Scholarship Form in their Applicant Space. They will have until the Admissibility results publication date of the round to which they applied to complete the form. All scholarship forms completed after the deadline will not be considered. Please note that scholarship results are final.  

The deadlines are as follows:  

For those applying to Round 1 – November 9, 2022 at 12pm (noon) 

For those applying to Round 2 – January 26, 2023 at 12pm (noon) 

For those applying to Round 3 – March 23, 2023 at 12pm (noon) 

For those applying to Round 4 – May 11, 2023 at 12pm (noon) 

For any questions regarding these scholarships, please contact the Master's Programs Recruitment Team by email at admissionsmasters@hec.fr. 

NB: All bursaries allocated with be automatically suspended if any information communicated by the candidate is found to be false. 

Publication of the results: Results from this scholarship are announced by email to all laureates within 1 week after admission results are published. 

Please contact your local French Embassy or Campus France office for more scholarship opportunities based on your nationality.

Scholarships to promote Data, Science and Entrepreneurship on the one hand, academic excellence and diversity on the other hand, is one the 3 key pillars of the historical partnership initiated in 2023 between XTX Markets, the global algorithmic trading firm, HEC Paris and the HEC Foundation.

For more information on the partnership: click here.    

Eligibility: Candidates to the Data / Science focused programs : Msc Data Science for Business, Double Degree Data & Finance  

Process: All candidates that are admitted  to the eligible programs  are automatically considered for XTX Markets - HEC Data/Science Scholarships. No additional document is required.    

Deadline: Results from this scholarship are announced by email to all laureates within 1 week after admission results are published   The decision is based on Diversity  and  Academic excellence, thus on the overall strength of the application, previous academic performances, the candidate’s GMAT/GRE/TAGE-MAGE performance, the results of the selection interview…  The awarded Scholarships will be automatically deducted from HEC Paris’ tuition fees.