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Why give?

A gift to the HEC Foundation supports excellence and helps HEC Paris to remain open to all talents. It helps to promote social and cultural diversity. 

By making a gift to the HEC Foundation, you have a direct impact on our projects! You can choose to support social scholarships, international diversity, entrepreneurship, research, digital and innovative pedagogy.

5 reasons to support HEC Paris

1

I want to give back to HEC Paris
and I want to continue to support
the reputation of HEC Paris

2

I want to help HEC Paris
to have an impact
on education, on economics, 
on tomorrow!

3

I share the values
​​of the School, and believe in
the strength of the community
and the HEC network.

4

My gift has a direct impact
for HEC Paris and the
tax deduction encourages 
to be generous!

5

I am convinced of
the impact of my donation
and I trust the
HEC Foundation team!

Testimonials

Your impact on scholarships in 2024

325

need-based scholarships awarded to students in pre-experience programs (Grande École, MS, and MSc)

€3,4M

allocated to need-based scholarship students on campus

117

High school students took part in the Eloquentia@HEC summer camp

50

mentor–mentee duos through the School’s volunteers club HEC Bénévolat and the association “Article 1”

425

international excellence scholarships granted to MBA, Masters and PhD students

584

scholarships were granted to preparatory class students

Your impact on students

Those last years, HEC has been one of the most committed French schools to make its teaching accessible to talents from all backgrounds!

Revealing talent is at the heart of our mission.
Thanks to our scholarship and support programs, we help over 1,000 young talents each year — both French and international — whether they are already on campus, still in high school, or in preparatory classes. We provide them with need-based or merit-based scholarships to help them pursue their ambitions.

Your impact on research in 2024

140

professor-researchers out of 167 full-time faculty members; 60% are international

60

Phd students

27

Chairs including 9 funded directly by the Foundation and 18 by companies, individuals and foundations

270

research-based articles on KNOWLEDGE@HEC
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10

HEC Foundation prizes awarded for the best research carried out by HEC Paris students and research professors

46

publications in A-ranked academic journals

Major Donors' commitment to HEC Paris

Thanks to the generous support of our donors and corporate partners, the HEC Foundation can support the School in its development projects.

A warm thank to :
- Jean-Paul Agon (H.78), Chief Executive Officer, L'Oréal,
- Laurence Debroux (H.92), Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board, Heineken Group,
- Jean-Marie Hennes (MBA.80), Executive Vice President, Mars & Co,
- Henri de Castries (H.76), President of the Montaigne Institute,

for their presence in this video, their testimony and their precious commitment to the School.

Your impact on HEC’s contribution to the common good in 2024

+2000

participants in all S&O Institute programs

1/4

teaching hours at HEC are dedicated to ESG topics

20%

of the research produced by faculty members

They are supporting us

Your impact on innovation and entrepreneurship in 2024

16

unicorns worldwide originating from the HEC entrepreneurial ecosystem, with 14 still active

4th

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute is ranked 4th among startup hubs in Europe by the Financial Times, and 2nd in France

624

women entrepreneurs have been trained