Scholarships

HEC Paris MBA Scholarship for Excellence

Scholarships for Excellence are for exceptional applicants who understand the added value of an MBA from our top-ranked business school. This award is our way of attracting the best students and helping them to realize their full potential and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Eligibility

Every admitted candidate will be automatically considered for this merit-based scholarship.

Candidates who are sponsored by their company or government for more than 50% of their tuition fees are not eligible.

Selection Criteria

The Scholarship Jury assesses the candidate’s application. The final decision is based on academic excellence, the overall strength of the application, the results of the selection interviews and the candidate’s GMAT score.

Amount awarded

The amount of the scholarship varies. Applicants can receive scholarships worth up to 50 percent of the tuition fees. The amount awarded is deducted from the last installment of the tuition fees.

Being awarded the HEC Excellence Scholarship does not exclude candidates from applying for other scholarships. If eligible, you may also apply for additional scholarships, including the ones listed in this document.

IMPORTANT: Please note that in the case of a Double Degree, the amount awarded will be calculated on a pro-rata (prorated) basis.

Application Deadline

If you are admitted to the program, you will be considered automatically for this merit-based scholarship.

Decision Date

One week after admission to the program

Note: The combination of HEC Excellence, Forte Foundation, ARD, Paris Saclay Scholarships cannot exceed 50% of the tuition fees.

FORTE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN CANDIDATES

As part of our partnership with the Forté Foundation, the HEC Paris MBA will offer exceptional women significant scholarships. By opening educational pathways, the HEC/Forté scholarships will help improve leadership opportunities for women in business.

Eligibility

Only admitted candidates can apply for this scholarship.

Recipients of the Forté Scholarship are high-quality candidates who meet our standard selection criteria and have demonstrated exemplary leadership skills in academics, team building, creative activity and a commitment to women via personal mentorship or community involvement.

Applicants sponsored by their employer or their government for more than 50% of their tuition fees are not eligible to apply for scholarships.

Selection Criteria

Applicants will be required to submit a 1,500-word essay explaining why they should be the Forté Scholar at the HEC Paris MBA.

Amount awarded

Up to € 26,000

IMPORTANT: Please note that in the case of a Double Degree, the amount awarded will be calculated on a pro-rata (prorated) basis.

Application Deadline

You must submit your Forté essay at the same time that you submit your application to the program.

Decision Date

One week after admission to the program

Note: The combination of HEC Excellence, Forte Foundation, ARD, Paris Saclay Scholarships cannot exceed 50% of the tuition fees.

At HEC Paris, diversity is one of our main values. We work hard to ensure that each of our MBA cohorts is a vibrant, diverse community in terms of gender, race, culture, and professional or academic background. Thus, this scholarship aims to create cohorts with that enrich our students’ learning experience and worldview during their MBA journey.

Selection Criteria

Candidates must demonstrate an excellent professional and academic background. In their admission application, candidates must have the unique or distinctive value that their individual profile would contribute to the class and explain it in the final essay of their application.

Amount awarded

The amount of the scholarship varies. Applicants can receive scholarships worth up to 50 percent of the tuition fees. The amount awarded is deducted from the last installment of the tuition fees.

IMPORTANT: Please note that in the case of a Double Degree, the amount awarded will be calculated on a pro-rata (prorated) basis.

Application Deadline

If you are admitted to the program, you will be considered automatically for this scholarship.

Decision Date

One week after admission to the program.

Note: The combination of HEC Excellence, Forte Foundation, ARD, Paris Saclay Scholarships cannot exceed 50% of the tuition fees.

30% Club Scholarship

We are committed to building a strong and diverse community of women in business. HEC Paris enables high-potential female candidates with a strong sense of leadership to pursue their studies through 30% Club scholarship opportunities. HEC is delighted to offer scholarships dedicated to high potential women in business (50% of tuition fees for the first year of studies), for both intakes.

Application Deadline

If you are admitted to the program, you will be considered automatically for this scholarship.

ARD/HEC PARIS SCHOLARSHIP

HEC Paris has entered into a partnership with the ARD (Agence de Reconversion de la Défense, also called Défense Mobilité) for facilitating the professional transition of officers from all service branches of the French armed forces.

To benefit from this scholarship, officers must have completed the necessary procedures concerning the ARD.

Eligibility

Officers from the French armed forces who have begun the transition process with the ARD and who have been admitted into the HEC Paris MBA

Amount awarded

€ 16,000

Please note that in the case of a Double Degree, the amount awarded will be calculated on a pro-rata (prorated) basis.

Application Deadline

One week after admission to the program

Decision Date

One week after admission to the program

Note: The combination of HEC Excellence, Forte Foundation, ARD and Paris Saclay Scholarships cannot exceed 50% of the tuition fees.

ELIGIBILITY

Only admitted candidates are eligible for this scholarship.  

Recipients for the Laidlaw Scholarship are exceptional women candidates with strong leadership potential who demonstrate the character, competence, and courage to change the world.   

Through the HEC Paris partnership with Laidlaw Foundation, we look to encourage exceptional women with strong leadership potential who, due to demonstrable financial constraints, might not have otherwise been able to consider or afford to pursue an MBA degree.   

We seek to help build a pipeline of outstanding women from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and provide them with access to a top-tier business program with enhanced career opportunities and networks. We strive to increase the number of women with influential roles in business, leaders demonstrating ethical and exemplary leadership, who will help build a more diverse and inclusive business environment, helping to inspire and sponsor future generations.  

AMOUNT AWARDED 

The HEC Paris MBA, via the HEC Foundation, and in partnership with the Laidlaw Foundation can offer up to 10 full tuition scholarships per graduating class.  

Full tuition scholarship (100%).  

IMPORTANT: Please note that in the case of a Double Degree, the amount awarded will be calculated on a pro-rata (prorated) basis 

APPLICATION DEADLINE  

You must submit required essays with the rest of your application to the program. Please provide answers to the following two essay questions and submit the document in PDF format along with the rest of your application. Be sure to include your full name and email address within the document:  

1. Describe what becoming a Laidlaw Scholar would mean to you (200 words)  

2. As a future Laidlaw Scholar, how will you contribute to helping develop a new generation of leaders? (200 words) 

Following the submission of your MBA application, the marketing & admissions team will be in touch with a request to complete a form with follow-up questions around your financial circumstances. The deadline to complete the form will be specified at that time.

DECISION DATE  

One week after admission to the program, you will be assessed for all our scholarships. The Laidlaw decision will only be granted every two months (February, April, June, August, October), please reach out to your dedicated Marketing & Recruitment Manager for more information. 

IMPORTANT: It is possible to apply to all scholarships (HEC Excellence, Forté Foundation, Diversity, etc.) when submitting an application to the HEC Paris MBA. However, if awarded the Laidlaw Scholarship, it is not possible to combine with other HEC scholarships and any previously received scholarships from HEC will become void.  

To read more about the Laidlaw Scholars Program, visit our dedicated page.

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, and the HEC Foundation have partnered together to create the CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon. This grant offers Lebanese students, who otherwise would be unable to pursue their academic studies abroad because of financial reasons, the chance to study at the HEC Paris MBA.

The CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Lebanon covers up to 50% of the HEC Paris MBA’s tuition fees and living expenses (the average award is €25,000).

Selection Criteria

Candidates must:

• Be of Lebanese nationality and live in Lebanon (multinational candidates who hold dual French/Lebanese nationality are not eligible)
• Prove their most recent degree was completed in Lebanon
• Demonstrate academic merit
• Demonstrate outstanding potential
• Demonstrate financial need

Application process

• To be considered for this grant, candidates must first submit an application to the MBA program. This grant will be awarded, based on the eligibility criteria, as a single-deduction payment made at the start of the MBA program.
• Candidates must include an essay explaining why they are eligible for this particular scholarship, showing their rationale for applying for it.
• Candidates must provide documentation that helps HEC Paris to assess the student's eligibility for need-based aid (all possible resources will be considered by the school).
• Please note that the CMA CGA Excellence Fund for Lebanon can be combined with the HEC Paris Excellence and Diversity Scholarships (see the HEC Paris Scholarships listed on this page)

For any questions, please contact the Admissions Team by email at admissionmba@hec.fr

L’OREAL SCHOLARSHIP

The right to be beautiful day after day: L'Oréal strives to make this a reality within the reach of every woman and man. With over a century as a leading expert in cosmetics, this ambition is reflected in a brand portfolio unequalled anywhere in the world. Since 1909, L'Oréal's guiding mission has been to create and continuously promote an approach to beauty that is fun, affordable, fulfilling and genuine. This mission has been adopted and executed by the expertise, creativity and innovation of the thousands of women and men who have built the group worldwide.

None of this would be possible without L'Oréal's deep respect for human beings of all types and nationalities, and their genuine dedication to a sustainable business environment. The group's core values – a passion for new inventions through research, valuing talent and their potential, learning from the diversity of employees and clients, and remaining attentive and sensitive to consumers' needs – help L'Oréal's teams push forward to the frontiers of beauty every day.

Eligibility

Only admitted candidates can apply for this scholarship.

Recipients of the L'Oréal Scholarship are outstanding candidates who can demonstrate significant professional accomplishments, leadership potential and the ability to take initiative, motivate others and provide direction, foster collaboration as well as creativity and innovative thinking.

Selection Criteria

Only admitted candidates can apply for this scholarship. Applicants will be required to submit a 1,500-word essay discussing the style of leadership they think maximizes creativity and innovation.

Number of Awards

One scholarship given per intake

Amount awarded

€ 10,000

Application Deadline

You must submit your L'Oreal essay at the same time that you submit your application to the program.

Decision Date

January intake: January

September intake: September

PARIS SACLAY INNOVATION CLUSTER SCHOLARSHIP

HEC Paris is at the very heart of innovation; it is one of the founding members of the Paris Saclay campus, one of the top 8 “innovation clusters” in the world as defined by the MIT Technology Review. This cluster unites HEC Paris with the best research institutions, engineering schools, universities and innovative businesses (For example, there are 60 companies active in aerospace and defense and 31 in intelligent energy).

This scholarship is intended to strengthen and develop this network by funding MBA studies for members of this celebrated research cluster.

Eligibility

Only admitted candidates who are Alumni from Paris Saclay universities and Grandes Ecoles or employees working physically on the site of the ‘plateau de Saclay’ can apply to this scholarship.

Applicants sponsored by their companies or governments for more than 50% of their tuition fees are not eligible.

Amount awarded

Up to € 16,000

Please note that in the case of a Double Degree, the amount awarded will be calculated on a pro-rata (prorated) basis.

Application Deadline

If you are admitted to the program and meet the criteria for this scholarship, you will be considered automatically for this scholarship.

Decision Date

One week after admission to the program

Note: The combination of HEC Excellence, Forte Foundation, ARD and Paris Saclay Scholarships cannot exceed 50% of the tuition fees.

Serge Bellanger French-American Business Student Scholarship

Eligibility

To qualify for the French-American Chamber of Commerce Foundation Serge Bellanger Scholarship, you must either be an American national who has been accepted to an MBA/Equivalent Program in France or a French national accepted to an MBA program in the United States. You may apply for the Scholarship while your business school application is pending, but you should inform the FACC of your status when the application decision has been decision made, and your application will not be considered if you are not accepted to an MBA program for 2018-2019. You must also meet the following criteria:

• Must be an American national attending an MBA program in France, or a French national attending an MBA program in the U.S.
• Must be applying to an MBA or equivalent program for 2019-2020
• Must intend to pursue a career in the international business community
• Must have been accepted to a qualifying program

Application Process

To apply for a Bellanger Scholarship, you must submit an application packet to the French-American Chamber of Commerce (New York) Foundation. Please note that although this is a merit-based scholarship program, financial need will be taken into consideration.

Please mail your completed application to:
Scholarship Committee
French-American Chamber of Commerce (New York) Foundation
1350 Broadway, Suite 2101
New York, New York 10018

Your application should include

• A completed Scholarship Application Form
• An official copy of your university transcript of all completed college-level coursework. Transcripts must document grades from the most recent semester completed at the time of application. Transcripts must be sent directly from schools to the French-American Chamber of Commerce (New York) Foundation
• A budget indicating costs and how you plan to finance your studies - please consult the Budget Form
• GMAT Scores
• A personal essay that is typed, double spaced, and 2-4 pages in length outlining your personal motivations
• A CV or resume and any optional supplemental information
• 2 reference letters: these should be written on letterhead, signed, and mailed directly to the French-American Chamber of Commerce at the address below
• Amount of Award:

Up to ten awards of $10,000 each

Application Deadline

The application deadline and more information about the scholarship is available on FACC website