News List | HEC Paris

May 2025

Grand Closing Dinner X-HEC Entrepreneurs 6

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

HEC Paris Students Revolutionize Networking with Brilliant Dinner Series Initiative

What if you could have dinner with some of the most promising entrepreneurs and CEOs from the HEC Paris ecosystem and beyond? Recognizing that meaningful connections are often lost in large networking events, two HEC Paris students have created an innovative dinner series to foster deeper ...

May 05, 2025

HEC Foundation

The HEC Foundation’s Annual Report is now available!

The Foundation’s annual report shines a light on those who embody the spirit of action — donors, professors, volunteers, and the HEC Paris teams — as well as the young talents supported and the projects made possible thanks to the generosity of 6,000 individual and corporate donors.

May 02, 2025

Nils Plambeck Wins the global Case Writing Competition

Faculty & Research

Professor Nils Plambeck Wins Global Case Writing Competition in Entrepreneurship

A case on entrepreneurship has won the Entrepreneurship category of a global Case Writing Competition organized by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

May 02, 2025

April 2025

The School

HEC Paris Ranked #2 Worldwide in the 2025 QS Executive MBA Rankings

HEC Paris is proud to announce that its Executive MBA program has been ranked #2 worldwide in the 2025 QS Executive MBA Rankings, reaffirming its place among the global elite in executive education. Notably, the program also secured the #1 spot within the European Union, highlighting the school’s ...

Apr 30, 2025

3 students on campus with the words Ranked #2 in the world

Executive MBA

The HEC Paris EMBA Ranks #2 Globally in 2025 QS Rankings

The HEC Paris EMBA has climbed from 3rd to 2nd worldwide in the QS EMBA Rankings for 2025, cementing our place as one of the top Executive MBA programs.

Apr 30, 2025

Professor Alberto HEC Paris Professor Alemanno Named to Project Syndicate’s Forward Thinkers List 2025

Faculty & Research

Professor Alberto Alemanno Named to Project Syndicate’s Forward Thinkers List

HEC Paris is proud to share that Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor in European Union Law, has been named to the inaugural Forward Thinkers List 2025 by Project Syndicate, released on April 17, 2025. This prestigious distinction recognizes influential voices from academia, policymaking, civil ...

Apr 29, 2025

Change Now 2025 - Grand Palais - ©ChangeNOW 2025

Live

The planet needs solutions, Business schools rise to the challenge!

"We bring science to action. Being solution-oriented is part of our DNA," stated HEC Paris Dean Eloïc Peyrache as he opened the Business Schools for Climate Leadership session at ChangeNOW on April 25, at the Paris Grand Palais.

Apr 26, 2025

Michael Posner speaking at a podium during a conference, wearing a suit and blue sweater, with plants in the background

The School

NYU Professor Warns of “Democratic Norms Under Siege” in the USA

Professor of Ethics at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Michael Posner makes an impassioned call for “resistance” to the latest measures by the Trump administration. In an exclusive interview, Posner mapped out the latest challenges...and their complex roots.

Apr 25, 2025

Michael Posner - Human Rights and Business

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Former U.S. Politician Delivers Impassioned Human Rights Message to HEC Students

With a career allying diplomacy, teaching, human rights advocacy and business strategy, Michael Posner is uniquely placed to share lessons on how to bridge business and advocacy.

Apr 25, 2025

Executive Education

The Pirate of Innovation: Mike Smith’s Mission to Redefine Youth Spaces

Forget the eye patch and parrot – being a pirate doesn't always mean villainy. Just ask Mike Smith, a self-proclaimed “lunatic meant to captain a pirate ship”, who is plundering the status quo for the greater good. His quest? Transforming the lives of young people through the powerful trio of ...

Apr 17, 2025