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One of the world's best business schools, HEC Paris is a leader in research and education in management sciences. We offer a unique portfolio of programs designed for a carefully selected student body.

Explore the diversity and richness of our school and all it has to offer.

KEY FACTS

4,500

Students in degree programs

8,000

Participants in Executive Education programs

140

Academic partners

80,000

Alumni

167

Permanent faculty members

135

Nationalities represented

Academic Programs

HEC Paris offers a complete and unique range of business programs for the most talented students and leaders from around the world. There are over 4,500 participants enrolled in our degree programs, 500 participants in the Summer School, and 8,000 participants in the Executive Education programs every year.

Master's Programs

Students from all backgrounds benefit from a long tradition of academic excellence at HEC Paris. Both our Grande Ecole and Specialized Masters programs are designed to transform outstanding potential into exceptional success.

MBA PROGRAMS

The HEC Paris MBAs are a transformational learning experience, specifically designed to meet the needs and challenges of managers and executives coming from highly diverse professional and cultural backgrounds.

PhD program

HEC's PhD program accompanies future academics in 8 areas: Accounting & Management Control, Economics & Decision Sciences, Finance, Law and Regulation, Management & Human Resources, Marketing, Information Systems & Operations Management, and Strategy...

Executive Education

Our mission is to shape the future of business and society by bringing together a global community of business leaders and entrepreneurs and providing them with the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to bring about sustainable change.

Summer School

Our summer programs offer learning opportunities to participants at the university and master’s-level as well as young professionals. High school students can join our Youth Leadership Initiative to develop their leadership skills and mindset.

HEC Online

Over the years, and with the support of partner companies, our selection of online programs has expanded making HEC Paris the strongest European school in this market. Each year, new programs are developed to meet student and business expectations.

Stories

Master's programs

 HEC is a great opportunity for personal growth, both academically and socially 

 

To describe my exchange experience at HEC in one sentence: Open minded, friendly and incredibly helpful people. It is astonishing how welcome you feel from day one...

Heiner-Stinner

Exchange student

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MBA & Executive MBA

I wanted to be among the decision makers.
 

One of Mamoudou Bocoum’s greatest career successes is an unfinished, 3,000-hectare project. As a civil engineer, Bocoum, MBA ’18, was working in Chad on a sustainable hydro-agricultural project predicted...

Mamoudou Bocoum

MBA

Class of 2018

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Master's programs

 

 I encourage students to go to HEC Paris for the opportunity to be challenged by some of the most brilliant minds in the marketing world 

 

Having been educated in the United States and after receiving an honors degree in economics from McGill...

William-Bauer

Master in Marketing

Class of 2015

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PhD Program

Our PhD students are fully integrated into the research ecosystem at HEC and greatly contribute to the publication output of the school

Christophe Pérignon, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Finance

Christophe Pérignon, Associate Dean for Research

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HEC Academy

Never was I given so much detailed insight into the fashion management industry than here at HEC Paris 

 

HEC Paris and the Fashion Management program: a new universe I had the chance of entering this summer. The decision to come here for the...

Anneke-Sidenburg

Summer School

Fashion Management

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News

There's a different kind of learning that happens when the case study walks into the room. Last week, HEC Paris MBA students were in the middle of a competitive automotive business simulation, making high...
Emmanuel Coblence lors du Commencement Day 2025 d’HEC Paris Executive Education, vêtu de la toge académique et souriant sur scène
When Indra Nooyi, then CEO of PepsiCo, was told to walk into a job interview in a sari — “ and if they don’t hire you for who you are, that’s their loss” — she didn’t know it yet, but she was getting one...
Dr. Tayyab Rashid, expert in Positive Clinical Psychology and Faculty Affiliate at Harvard, pictured indoors on a university campus
Dr. Tayyab Rashid explains how to spot red flags, assess risk, and refer responsibly when coaching conversations shift into clinical territory.
During a scholarship award ceremony attended by Olivier Sevillia (MBA.90), a major donor to the Foundation, we celebrated excellence, diversity, and commitment alongside our MBA students.
Nils Plambeck has been named a winner of the 2026 Case Centre Awards & Competitions in the category Outstanding Compact Case for his case Ben & Jerry’s vs. Unilever: Serving Ice Cream, Cherry Topping and...
Vignette Evren Örs article
In a world where finance is being reshaped by rapid technological disruption, global uncertainty, and the rise of artificial intelligence, the need for rigorous, forward-looking education has never been...