HEC & Europe

Europeans represent 31% of the international student body with Italian, German and Spanish representing the highest number of non-French Europeans on campus.

In order to promote their culture and language on campus, as well as build a network, they have founded student clubs that are thriving every year (German Society, HEC Italia, HEC Spain, etc.).

Each year, more than 150 students participate in internships in European countries, enriching their careers with international professional experience.

Europe remains the number one destination for international exchange. HEC Paris has established academic partnerships with 37 academic partners from the following EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden; and from non-EU countries: Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

HEC Paris has signed joint and/or double degree agreements with 21 European academic partners. 

Annually, this network of international academic partners supports the exchange of close to 130 HEC Paris students from all its programs combined. About the same number of students from academic partners come to HEC Paris on exchange programs.

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• In 1988, HEC Paris, ESADE, Università Bocconi and University of Cologne founded the CEMS alliance. Today, its 33 members deliver the CEMS Master in Management
• Double degrees with 5 partners: TUM (Technische Universität München), FU (Freie Universität Berlin), Università Bocconi (Milan), University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and LSE (London School of Economic & Political Science)
• Historical links with 2 academic partners in Central Europe: the Baltic Management Institute (BMI) in Lithuania and Warsaw University of Technology Business School
• In addition to being a CEMS academic partner and enjoying a bilateral double degree agreement, LSE, together with HEC Paris and NYU is a co-founding member of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program
• HEC Paris & TUM joined forces in 2017 for Master in Management & Innovation Program in which all students study for one year on the HEC Paris campus and in Munich during the second year
• HEC Paris & Università Bocconi (Milan): a historical partner, Università Bocconi joined HEC Paris to create CEMS; Bocconi is also a member of the PIM consortium, enjoys a bilateral agreement with HEC Paris and, with roughly 40 students every year, is one of the most active academic exchange partners. Both schools took a major step together in 2023 when they launched the double degree Bachelor of Arts & Science In Data, Society & Organisations

Erasmus+

Each year, the Erasmus+ program supports nearly 100 HEC Paris students in their academic journey by providing financial assistance for study exchanges across Europe. This EU initiative facilitates international mobility, allowing our students to spend a semester or more at one of our prestigious partner institutions, while enriching their academic, cultural, and personal experiences.

EuroTeQ

In 2023, HEC Paris joined the EuroTeQ Engineering University, a European alliance focused on promoting science and technology in entrepreneurship, with a particular emphasis on current challenges related to sustainable and human development.

The EuroTeQ alliance was launched in 2020 and brought together six of Europe’s most renowned technical universities: the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), École Polytechnique (l'X), Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).

Building on the success of this first phase, the alliance has since welcomed two leading business schools, HEC Paris and the University of Navarra (IESE), to add expert knowledge in management, innovation, and entrepreneurship. 

This project is supported by the French government under the France 2030 program, managed by the French National Research Agency.  

HEC Paris has a proven track record in international executive education, including the following assets:

• Creating and delivering customized training solutions for a range of international company clients with headquarters in a non-French European country. Our European customer references include Bertelsmann, Porsche, Puma Energy, Santander, Unicredit, and Volkswagen.

• Delocalizing custom and open-degree programs to other European locations (Berlin, London, Madrid, Milan)

   

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The HEC Paris UK Office was inaugurated in 2014 to develop corporate relations and Alumni services locally. In March 2023, the HEC UK House opened in Central London, near Covent Garden, and serves as an essential point of contact for students, alumni, companies and universities in the UK.

25 HEC Chapters, representing about 10,000 Alumni in Europe, are located in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain (Barcelona & Madrid), Sweden, Switzerland (Lausanne & Zurich), Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom.