In the last year MBA applications at the HEC Paris MBA programme have jumped from around 1,400 to 2,200. Class sizes are also up, from 232 students in this year’s graduating class to 275 in the class of 2020. The school has also been able to be more discerning about who it takes on its MBA programme. “In a flat or shrinking global MBA market, we’re growing,” comment Andrea Masini, associate Dean of the school's MBA .