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With its concentrated focus on learning-by-doing and real-time problem solving, our challenging 12-month or 16-month MBA programs will have a real impact on your future career. You will develop a skillset that truly differentiates you in the global marketplace.
Choose Your Path: 12 or 16-Month Program
with two intakes: September and January
Whether you choose the 12-month accelerated MBA or 16-month MBA, both are specifically designed to give you the time needed to learn new skills, as well as gain specific work experience in a new sector or job function. It incorporates a personalized career-development program with HEC Talents, our career center, as well as unique, hands-on learning and leadership opportunities.
It is an ideal length of time to make a real impact on your future without keeping you out of the workforce for too long.
We have two intakes each year, in September and January. All of our MBA students follow the exact same core curriculum, regardless of intake and specialization.We also offer an accelerated option, for those looking for a more condensed version, our January Intake – 12-month option, for those looking for a shorter MBA.
Students who choose the 12-month option must do 5 intensive electives and have fewer choices to customize their MBA journey.
An overview of each option can be found below.
Students from both intakes have the opportunity to merge together into one class during the second half of their programs (during the Customized Phase), creating a sense of teamwork in a collaborative community.
* The HEC Paris MBA and EMBA are accredited to grant a Master’s degree under European Standards and, by extension, are registered on RNCP (Répertoire national des certifications professionnelles).
The Training consists of a total of 600 to 681 teaching hours in 12 to 16 months, depending on the options chosen, delivered in the classroom.
Fundamental and Customized Phases
Whether you choose to enter the HEC Paris MBA in January or September, you'll follow a curriculum that is divided into two phases: Fundamental and Customized.
Fundamental Phase
In the 8-month-long Fundamental Phase, a rigorous combination of academic training and hands-on learning teach core business skills. After eight months, you have developed the exact skills needed to transform business performance.
Customized Phase
During the 8-month-long Customized Phase, you tailor the MBA program to match your personal aspirations and professional objectives. We offer a wide range of options including MBA Specializations (concentrated learning in one sector), elective courses, international exchanges and internship opportunities, as well as in-depth learning projects.
Leadership in Action
With the HEC Paris MBA's learning-by-doing approach, which puts leadership theory that is learned in the classroom into practice, you'll be immersed in unforgettable hands-on, leadership-development experiences in unusual contexts.
During this 2-day seminar, you learn how to leverage the strength of your team to accomplish a common goal.
The Alumni Reunion Project gives participants a real-world opportunity to hone their project-management skills.
The MBAT is the largest gathering of MBA students in Europe.
Learn from some of the most dynamic people in today's business world what it takes to be a successful and innovative leader.
Create your own MBA
Learn the fundamentals of business management from our world-class faculty, and from the thought-leaders and renowned speakers who regularly come to campus. In teams of 4 or 5 students, you'll collaborate with your peers from all over the world to tackle today's most pressing business problems.
Tailor your MBA by choosing one of seven specializations offered yearly during the MBA's Customized Phase. These advanced modules allow you to focus on a specific management skillset, developing your expertise through a “set menu” of mandatory courses which includes one “backbone” class of 36 hours...
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The New Horizons Capstone allows students to apply classroom-taught knowledge and research to develop their own analytical toolbox, to peer into possible futures and to determine what realities are changing faster than businesses and industries may realize.
The HEC Paris MBA Program has established double degree programs with leading institutions across the world, allowing our students to benefit from the expertise and resources of two world-leading institutions. Graduates will obtain two degrees and will thus be part of two alumni networks. *Admissions...
Students who follow the 16-month path have the option to do an international exchange during the Customized Phase of the program. We are proud to have more than 30 partner business schools all across the world for you to choose from. *Please note that the partnership between HEC Paris and its partner...
Electives and Intensive Courses
A variety of Electives and Intensive Courses are offered in the HEC Paris MBA to enhance your academic journey. A wide range of topics are covered in electives that can help students gain skills in their area of interest or explore topics outside of their fields of expertise.
In addition, adding to the flexibility and customization of the HEC Paris MBA, Intensive Courses are offered in 3-day blocks, four times a year, and work with the MBA schedule.
These intensive, crash courses address professional and industry specific skills and cover a range of topics, from blockchain and fundraising to leadership and investing. These Intensive Courses are held on our campus in Jouy-en-Josas.
World-Class Faculty
Place yourself at the receiving end of the most important strategies and ideas in business today. At the HEC Paris MBA, you will discuss, debate and brainstorm in a personalized and rigorous environment, with professors who sharpen your analytical skills and give you rock-solid insights for making decisions.
Our 140 permanent professors hold PhDs from the world's leading universities, including Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and top European institutions. In the previous five years alone, our professors have published more than 500 research articles, making a substantial contribution to how the world understands business.
Accreditation Information
Vigorously seeking and maintaining accreditation follows a desire to benchmark our strategies and processes against global norms in business education. Accreditations confirm that the HEC Paris MBA and EMBA have programs and management that meet or exceed international standards. The accreditation of the school is driven by a commitment to improve the quality of management education. Both processes involved a self-assessment analysis followed by an external audit.
HEC Paris MBA Programs has received accreditation from AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, based in the US), from AMBA (The Association of Masters in Business Administration) and re-accreditation from EQUIS (the accreditation arm of the European Foundation for Management Development - EFMD). HEC Paris is among only 108 institutions worldwide that hold all three accreditations simultaneously.
The HEC Paris MBA and EMBA are accredited to grant a Master’s degree under European Standards and, by extension, are registered on RNCP (Répertoire national des certifications professionnelles).
Fiche RNCP: Ce programme est disponible en VAE. Pour toute demande relative à la VAE pour le diplôme de gestion des entreprises pour dirigeants, veuillez contacter Mathilde BRETAULT: bretault@hec.fr
The grade de master, or master's degree, is acquired through various diplomas, officially establishes the level of training at bac + 5. It comes after the bachelor's degree (bac + 3) and precedes the doctorate (bac + 8). It is translated into a number of credits (ECTS): a student with a diploma conferring the grade of master has accumulated 300 ECTS (180 during their bachelor's degree and 120 for the master's degree) during his or her higher education studies, allowing him or her to continue on to a doctorate. Degrees were introduced in France to facilitate European mobility of students and the integration of diplomas between European countries.
Assessment methods will include individual or group case studies and practical exercises/simulations.
Objectives : The training develops 3 specific competencies:
- Using management tools and methods to steer and monitor the achievement of objectives for a department/company
- Leading and managing teams: Mobilizing teams around the company's or business unit's project and contributing to the development of talent (Leadership)
- Contributing to the formulation of strategy for the company, a business unit or a subsidiary
Certified with the Bienvenue en France level 3 label by Campus France, HEC Paris guarantees the best conditions for welcoming international students. Fewer than 20% of institutions in France have received the level 3 designation. This certification ensures a stress-free first year, with ongoing support from the school throughout your studies, ensuring a smooth integration into the French environment.
