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{{Short description|International business school in France}}
{{For|other schools named Hautes Études Commerciales|Hautes Études Commerciales (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = HEC Paris
 | native_name            = {{Lang|fr|{{nowrap|École des hautes études commerciales de Paris}}|italic=unset}}
 | image_name             = [[File:HEC Paris.svg|150px]]<br /><br />[[File:Chateau, HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, South view 20160501 1.jpg|250px]]
 | image_size             = 200px
 | caption                = The ''[[#France|château]]'' at HEC Paris
 | latin_name             = 
 | motto                  = {{lang|fr|Apprendre à oser}}
 | mottoeng               = '''Literal:''' Learn to dare<br />'''Non-literal:''' The more you know, the more you dare
 | established            = {{start date and age|1881|12|4|df=y}}
 | founder                = [[Gustave Emmanuel Roy]]
 | type                   = [[Grande écoles|Grande école de commerce et de management]], École consulaire;<ref name="EESC">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.hec.edu/en/overview/who-we-are/our-history |publisher=HEC |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref><br />([[Private university|Private]] [[Research university|research]] [[university]] [[Business school]])
 | location               = Paris ([[Jouy-en-Josas]]), France;<br /> Doha, Qatar
 | officer_in_charge      = 
 | chairman               = [[Jean-Paul Agon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hec.edu/About-HEC/Governance-structure/Chairman |title=Chairman|last=HEC}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = 
 | vice-president         = 
 | superintendent         = 
 | provost                = 
 | vice_chancellor        = 
 | rector                 = 
 | principal              = 
 | dean                   = [[Éloïc Peyrache]]
 | director               = 
 | head_label             = 
 | head                   = 
 | administrative_staff   = 
 | students               = 5,453 (postgraduate);<ref name="Paris-Saclay">{{cite web |title=HEC Paris : classement, prix, admission |date=13 December 2023 |url=https://www.challenges.fr/emploi/formation/classement-hec-paris_689066 |publisher=HEC |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref><br />8,000 (executive)<ref name = Paris-Saclay/>
 | faculty                = 160 resident professors:<ref>{{cite web |title=Faculty Directory List |url=https://www.hec.edu/en/faculty-research/faculty-directory |publisher=HEC |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref><br />96% PhD.;<ref name="FTFacts">{{cite web |title=HEC Paris |url=https://rankings.ft.com/schools/126/hec-paris/rankings/2869/european-business-school-rankings-2021/ranking-data |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref><br />30% female;<ref name = FTFacts/><br />64% international<ref name = FTFacts/>
 | free_label             = Admission rate
 | free                   = 7% (2024)
 | endowment              = €100 million (2022)<ref name="aeres">{{cite web |publisher=Fondation HEC Paris |url=https://www.hec.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2022%20Annual%20Report%20-%20HEC%20Foundation%20web_compressed%20%285%29_0.pdf |title=2022 annual report |date=2022 |page=62 |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
 | former_names           = 
 | colors                 = Blue and White {{Color box|#042e57}} {{Color box|#ffffff}}
 | accreditation          = [[Triple accreditation]]:<ref name="WelcomeHEC">{{cite web |title=Welcome: HEC Paris |url=https://www.hec.edu/en |publisher=HEC |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref> [[AACSB]];<ref name = WelcomeHEC/><br />[[Association of MBAs|AMBA]];<ref name = WelcomeHEC/><br />[[EQUIS]]<ref name = WelcomeHEC/>
 | affiliations           = [[Conférence des grandes écoles]];<ref name = WelcomeHEC/><br />[[Community of European Management Schools and International Companies|CEMS]];<ref name = WelcomeHEC/><br />[[Polytechnic Institute of Paris]]<ref name = Paris-Saclay/>
 | website                = [https://www.hec.edu www.hec.edu]
 | logo                   = 
 | footnotes              = 
 | budget                 = €205 million (2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pour les étudiants |date=21 June 2019 |url=https://www.cefdg.fr/pour-les-etudiants-les-familles/ |publisher=CEFDG |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''HEC Paris''' ({{langx|fr|École des hautes études commerciales de Paris|lit=Paris School of Advanced Business Studies}}) is a [[business school]] and ''[[grande école]]'' located in [[Jouy-en-Josas]], a southwestern outer suburb of [[Paris]], [[France]]. It offers [[Bachelor's degree|Bachelor]], [[Master in Management (France)|MiM]], [[Master of Finance|MSc in International Finance]], [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]], [[Executive MBA|EMBA]], [[executive education]], [[professional development]], [[professional certification]], and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hec.edu/en|title = HEC Paris| date=16 May 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hceres.fr/en/node/13005|title = Hautes études commerciales - HEC| date= 28 December 2024 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:HEC Paris entrée.JPG|thumb|Campus main entrance, in [[Jouy-en-Josas]], [[Essonne]].]]
Founded in 1881 by [[Gustave Emmanuel Roy]], president of the [[Paris Chamber of Commerce]] (CCIP), with 57 students in its first class, the ''École des hautes études commerciales de Paris'' (HEC) aimed to be in the fields of management and commerce what the ''[[Centrale Paris|École Centrale de Paris]]'' was in the field of engineering.

In 1921, the school introduced the [[Case study|case-based method]] of the [[Harvard Business School]], but most of the lectures remained theoretical. In 1938, the HEC program was lengthened to 3 years.

Due to French corporations' demand for North-American-style management education, at the end of the 1950s, the case-based method was generalized and a one-year ''[[Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles|classe préparatoire]]'' was created to prepare for the entrance examination, which had become more difficult. As a result, only 9% of HEC students had attended university in 1959, whereas 47% had done so in 1929.

In 1964, French President [[Charles de Gaulle]] inaugurated a new {{convert|250|acre|km2|adj=on}} wooded campus in [[Jouy-en-Josas]]. In 1967, HEC launched its executive education programs. Women have been accepted at HEC since 1973. Only 27 women were accepted that year and ''[[HEC jeunes filles]]'' (HECJF), another school dedicated to women, was closed. Its alumnae are officially considered graduates of HEC, and include [[Édith Cresson]], the first female [[Prime Minister of France]].

The doctoral course was established in 1975 but until 1985 doctoral students had to complete their thesis at the university. In 1985 the HEC obtained the right to award the [[Doctor (title)|title of doctor]], before [[ESSEC Business School|ESSEC]] (2010)<ref>[http://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/indiscret-lessec-va-bientot-pouvoir-delivrer-des-doctorats.html Indiscret. L’Essec va bientôt pouvoir délivrer des doctorats]</ref> and [[ESCP Business School|ESCP]] (2012).<ref>[https://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/habilitation-de-esc-europe-a-delivrer-le-diplome-de-doctorat/ Habilitation de ESC Europe à délivrer le diplôme de doctorat]</ref>

The school has developed professorships financed by companies ([[Deloitte]], [[Électricité de France|EDF]], [[Toshiba]] and others) to multiply links between HEC and companies. The HEC Foundation, founded in 1972, has the specific aim of developing these connections and the financing of the school by companies.<ref>[https://www.hec.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Rapport%20Activite%202023%20-%20Fondation%20HEC%20-%20web%20avec%20link.pdf Rapport annuel 2023]</ref>

Ties with businesses were strengthened in the 1990s and this led to greater specialization, with the establishment of finance and entrepreneurship courses in 1986. As a consequence of the ''[[Big Bang (financial markets)|financial Big Bang]]'' and the explosion of the [[City of London|City]], more and more graduates went to work in England and, in general, abroad. In 2006, a third found their first job abroad. In 2015 the school adopted a new legal statute to allow private investors to join the board of directors.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/education/article/2012/11/30/hec-attend-un-nouveau-statut-inedit-pour-2013_1798611_1473685.html HEC attend un nouveau statut "inédit" pour 2013]</ref>

In 1988, HEC founded the [[CEMS - Global Alliance in Management Education|CEMS]] network with [[ESADE]], [[Bocconi University]] and the [[Cologne University|University of Cologne]].

On 1 July 2008, HEC Paris joined [[ParisTech]] and then [[Paris-Saclay University]] as a founding member. The university campus of Jouy-en-Josas, in the [[Yvelines]] department, is located in the northern part of the technological cluster of [[Paris-Saclay]], which brings together a quarter of French public research. HEC Paris is part of the network of graduate schools of business (ESC) in the Paris Île-de-France area, together with ESSEC and ESCP Business School.

In 2016, the school adopted a new legal status and became a public-private partnership (''École consulaire'' or EESC), largely financed by the public [[Paris Chamber of Commerce|Chamber of Commerce in Paris]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.hec.edu/en/overview/who-we-are#governance |publisher=HEC |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>

In 2017, HEC launched a portfolio of new dual degree programs called M2M with the [[Yale School of Management]], the [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]], and [[Fundação Getulio Vargas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hec.edu/Masters-programs/Communication/Landing-Pages/M2M-Programs|title=M2M Programs|last=HEC|website=HEC Paris|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>

The same year in March,<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2017/03/29/hec-lance-un-programme-diplomant-100-en-ligne_5102642_4401467.html HEC lance un programme diplômant 100 % en ligne]</ref> the school launched the Executive Master in innovation & entrepreneurship program in collaboration with [[Coursera]].<ref>[https://www.coursera.org/degrees/omie Executive MSc & MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship]</ref><ref>[https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/exclusif-hec-se-lance-dans-diplome-100-ligne.html Exclusif. HEC se lance dans un diplôme... 100 % en ligne]</ref>

On 15 September 2020, the school co-founded with the [[Polytechnic Institute of Paris]]<ref>[https://www.forbes.fr/technologie/hiparis-linstitut-polytechnique-de-paris-et-hec-paris-affiche-leur-ambition-dans-lia/ Hi!Paris, L’Institut Polytechnique De Paris Et HEC Paris Affichent Leur Ambition Dans L’IA]</ref> the [[artificial intelligence]] research center [[Hi! PARIS]].<ref>[https://www.actuia.com/actualite/__trashed-2/ Zoom sur Hi! PARIS, le centre consacré à l’IA et aux Sciences des données de l’Institut Polytechnique de Paris et HEC Paris]</ref><ref>[https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/hec-et-polytechnique-lancent-le-centre-pluridisciplinaire-hi-paris-pour-devenir-champion-de-la-recherche-en-ia.N1005034 HEC et Polytechnique lancent le centre pluridisciplinaire Hi! Paris pour devenir champions de la recherche en IA]</ref>

In October 2023 the school announced the creation of a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in data, society and organisations in collaboration with [[Bocconi University]] in Milan.<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/societe/hec-paris-se-lance-dans-la-bataille-du-bachelor-1985942 HEC Paris se lance dans la bataille du bachelor]</ref><ref>[https://www.challenges.fr/grandes-ecoles/hec-cree-son-bachelor-et-fait-chavirer-la-derniere-digue-qui-protegeait-le-modele-prepa_869333 HEC crée son bachelor et fait chavirer la dernière digue qui protégeait le modèle prépa]</ref><ref>[https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/etudes/hec-lance-son-premier-bachelor-en-partenariat-avec-la-bocconi-20231003/ HEC lance son premier Bachelor en partenariat avec la Bocconi]</ref>

== Grande École system and Accreditation ==

Degrees (such as the [[Master in Management (France)|Master in Management]] or "''Grande École'' program") from HEC Paris are [[Accredited diploma (France)|accredited]] by the ''[[Conférence des Grandes écoles|Conférence des Grandes Écoles]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Conférence des grandes écoles: commission Accréditation |url=https://www.cge.asso.fr/commissions/accreditation/ |publisher=Conférence des grandes écoles |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref> and by the [[Ministry of National Education (France)|Ministry of National Education]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Etablissements dispensant des formations supérieures initiales diplômantes conférant le grade de master |url=https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/etablissements-dispensant-des-formations-superieures-initiales-diplomantes-conferant-le-grade-de-46529 |website=Ministry of France, Higher Education |publisher=Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> 

HEC Paris is also [[Triple accreditation|triple accredited]] by the [[EFMD|European Foundation for Management Development (EQUIS)]],<ref name="WelcomeHEC" /> the [[AACSB|Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)]],<ref name="WelcomeHEC" /> and the [[Association of MBAs|Association of MBAs (AMBA)]].<ref name="WelcomeHEC" />

HEC Paris is also one of the founding members of [[CEMS - Global Alliance in Management Education]].

== International rankings ==
{{Infobox business school rankings 
| QSglobal = 6
| FT = 9
| QSe = 1
| FTe = 5
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Ranking'''
!2020
!2021
!2022
!2023
!2024
!2025
|-
! colspan="7" |Business School
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – European Business Schools<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2018|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202645/https://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1st<ref name="FT2020">{{cite web |title=FT European Business School Rankings 2020 |url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2858/european-business-school-rankings-2020 |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
|1st<ref name="FT2021">{{cite web |title=FT European Business School Rankings 2021 |url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2869/european-business-school-rankings-2021 |publisher=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
|1st<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Business School Rankings 2022 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com |url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2943/european-business-school-rankings-2022 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=rankings.ft.com}}</ref>
|1st<ref>{{Cite web |title=European Business School Rankings 2023 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com |url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2954/european-business-school-rankings-2023 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=rankings.ft.com}}</ref>
|2nd<ref>{{Cite web |title= European Business School Rankings 2024 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com |url= https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2999/european-business-school-rankings-2024 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=rankings.ft.com}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] (by Subject) – Business & Management Studies<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/hec-paris-business-school|title=HEC Paris Business School|date=13 March 2025|website=Top Universities|language=en|access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>
|9th
|9th
|10th
|10th
|11th
|13rd
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] (by Subject) – Accounting and Finance<ref name=":4" />
|19th
|20th
|19th
|18th
|18th
|25th
|-
! colspan="7" |Master in Management (GE-MiM) for FT—Master in Strategic Management for QS and The Economist (12 months program)
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Master in Management<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management-2018|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=12 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612084521/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-management-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|2nd<ref name="FT2020" />
|2nd<ref name="FT2021" />
|2nd<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2875/masters-of-management-2022|title=Masters in Management 2022 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
|1st<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2948/masters-in-management-2023|title=Masters in Management 2023 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
|2nd<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2961/masters-in-management-2024|title=Masters in Management 2024 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] – Masters in Management<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/business-masters-rankings/management| title=QS Business Master's Rankings 2025: Management|date=25 September 2024|website=Top Universities|language=en|access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref>
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|-
|[[The Economist]] – Masters in Management<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/whichmba/MiM/2017/Ranking|title=Masters in Management 2017 Ranking|date=17 November 2017|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=18 January 2019|issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
|–
|1st
|–
|–
|1st
|1st
|-
! colspan="7" |MSc in International Finance
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Masters in Finance Pre-Experience<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2018|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211185138/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1st
|1st
|1st
|2nd
|2nd
|
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] – Masters in Finance<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/business-masters-rankings/finance|title=QS Business Master's Rankings 2025: Finance|date=25 September 2024|website=Top Universities|language=en|access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref>
|3rd
|4th
|2nd
|1st
|1st
|2nd
|-
! colspan="7" |MBA
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Global MBA<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2019|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=30 January 2019|archive-date=12 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912040109/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-ranking-2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|9th<ref name="FT2020" />
|7th<ref name="FT2021" />
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2866/mba-2022#22308|title=MBA 2022 - Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com}}</ref> 11th
|17th
|12th
|9th
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] – Full Time MBA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/mba-rankings/global|title=QS Global MBA Rankings 2025|date=25 September 2024|website=Top Universities|language=en|access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref>
|7th
|5th
|4th
|4th
|5th
|6th
|-
|[[The Economist]] – MBA<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking?page=1|title=2018 MBA & Business School Rankings {{!}} Which MBA?|newspaper=The Economist|language=en|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
|3rd
|2nd
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Bloomberg Businessweek|Bloomberg Business Week]] – International MBAs<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nasiripour|first=Shahien|date=2017-12-19|title=These Are the Best International MBA Programs|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-best-international-business-schools/|access-date=2020-09-09}}</ref>
|4th
|8th
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="7" |Executive Education
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Executive MBA ([[TRIUM EMBA|Trium HEC/LSE/NYU]])<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2963/executive-mba-2024|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=21 October 2024|archive-date=21 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121161330/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-mba-ranking-2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|4th<ref name="FT2020" />
|2nd<ref name="FT2021" />
|6th
|4th
|5th
|
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] – Executive MBA ([[TRIUM EMBA|Trium HEC/LSE/NYU]])<ref>[https://www.topmba.com/emba-rankings/joint-programmes Joint Programmes]</ref>
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Executive MBA (EMBA HEC)<ref name=":2" />
|3rd
|1st
|4th
|7th
|18th
|
|-
|[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] – Executive MBA (EMBA HEC)<ref>[https://www.topmba.com/emba-rankings/global Global]</ref>
|3rd
|1st
|2nd
|1st
|3rd
|2nd
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Executive Education – Customized<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-customised-2018|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=10 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710071315/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-customised-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-customised-2019 |title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com |website=rankings.ft.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604072526/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-customised-2019 |archive-date=2019-06-04}}</ref>
|2nd
|
|1st
|3rd
|4th
|
|-
|[[Financial Times|FT]] – Executive Education – Open<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-open-2018|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|website=rankings.ft.com|access-date=18 January 2019|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523053441/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education-open-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|8th
|
|1st
|2nd
|1st
|
|-
! colspan="7" |Specialized Masters
|-
|[[The Economist]] – MSc in Strategic Management
|–
|
|
|1st
|
|
|-
|[[Financial Times|QS]] – MSc in Strategic Management
|–
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|-
|[[Financial Times|QS]] – MSc in Marketing
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|1st
|-
|[[Financial Times|QS –]] MSc in Business Analytics
|–
|–
|3rd
|3rd
|3rd
|3rd
|}

==Programs==

Higher education business degrees in France are organized into three levels thus facilitating international mobility: the ''Licence (''[[Bachelor's degrees|Bachelor's]]), [[Master's degree in Europe|Master's]], and [[Doctorate]] degrees. A Bachelor's degree requires the completion of 180 ECTS credits ([[Baccalauréat|bac]] + 3); a Master's, requires an additional 120 ECTS credits ([[Baccalauréat|bac]] + 5). HEC Paris offers a bachelor's degree since October 2023.<ref name = WelcomeHEC/> 

=== Master in Management - ''Grande École'' program ===
Its highly coveted PGE ''(Programme Grande École'' or [[Grande École program|''Grande École'' program]]) ends with the awarding of [[Master of Management|Master's in Management (MiM)]] degree.<ref name="La Licence">{{cite web|date=2016-07-19|title=La Licence|url=http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid20277/la-licence.html|access-date=2016-07-19|website=enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Le Master">{{cite web|date=2016-07-19|title=Le Master|url=http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid20193/le-master.html|access-date=2016-07-19|website=enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="auto1">Ben-David, Joseph and Philip G. Altbach. eds. ''Centers of Learning: Britain, France, Germany, United States'' (2nd ed. 2017).</ref> Outside of the [[Master in Management (France)|PGE]], students at HEC can be awarded other master's degrees, such as the MBA (bac + 5), or a PhD (bac + 8).<ref name="WelcomeHEC" />

=== Bachelor in Data, Society and Organisations ===
Announced in October 2023, the school offers a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in partnership with [[Bocconi University]] in Milan.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=HEC Paris se lance dans la bataille du bachelor|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/societe/hec-paris-se-lance-dans-la-bataille-du-bachelor-1985942}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Focused on Data, Society & Organizations, it combines [[data science]]s and [[social science]]s.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=HEC crée son bachelor et fait chavirer la dernière digue qui protégeait le modèle prépa|date=2 October 2023 |url=https://www.challenges.fr/grandes-ecoles/hec-cree-son-bachelor-et-fait-chavirer-la-derniere-digue-qui-protegeait-le-modele-prepa_869333}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Students spend the first three semesters in [[Italy]] and the last three in France on the [[Jouy-en-Josas]] campus.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=HEC lance son premier Bachelor en partenariat avec la Bocconi|date=3 October 2023 |url=https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/article/etudes/hec-lance-son-premier-bachelor-en-partenariat-avec-la-bocconi-20231003/}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

=== MSc in International Finance (MIF) ===
The MSc in International Finance is ranked #1 worldwide for pre-experience programs (2020 FT Rankings).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times - FT.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2020|access-date=2021-04-23|website=rankings.ft.com|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213223243/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/masters-in-finance-pre-experience-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Master of Business Administration (MBA) ===
The [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] program, created in 1969, has two intakes: September and January. HEC's MBA consists of a 16-month-long curriculum, with 8 months of core courses and 8 months of a customized program, including several specialization options, exchange programs, and fieldwork projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mba.hec.edu/Learning-Experience/16-month-Curriculum|title=16-month Curriculum|last=MBA|first=HEC-|website=HEC – MBA|language=en|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref> A typical class is composed of some 250 students – 90% of whom are international students – with more than 52 nationalities represented in the 2017 graduating class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mba.hec.edu/content/download/5678/354281/file/FINAL+BROCHURE+MBA_23_10_18_DIGITAL.pdf|title=HEC MBA Brochure|date=2018|website=HEC Paris MBA Program}}</ref> The selection process seeks a balance between academic achievement, professional experience, international exposure, and personal motivation. Knowledge of French is not an entry requirement, but participants are highly encouraged to have a basic knowledge of French by the start of the MBA Program, while mandatory (during the first two core terms) and optional language courses are offered throughout the program. Exchange and dual degree programs are offered with about 40 international partner business schools, including the [[Singapore Management University]], [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology|HKUST]], [[London Business School]], [[Columbia Business School]], [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton]], and [[Yale School of Management|Yale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mba.hec.edu/Learning-Experience/International-Exchanges|title=International Exchanges|last=MBA|first=HEC-|website=HEC – MBA|language=en|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mba.hec.edu/Learning-Experience/Double-Degrees|title=Double Degrees|last=MBA|first=HEC-|website=HEC – MBA|language=en|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>

=== Executive education ===

==== Executive MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship ====
The Executive MSc Innovation & Entrepreneurship is a program created by HEC Paris and delivered partly on [[Coursera]].<ref>[https://www.coursera.org/degrees/omie MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship]</ref> 100% online, it takes 18 months.<ref>[https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/exclusif-hec-se-lance-dans-diplome-100-ligne.html Exclusif. HEC se lance dans un diplôme… 100 % en ligne]</ref> The first students were admitted in March 2017.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2017/03/29/hec-lance-un-programme-diplomant-100-en-ligne_5102642_4401467.html HEC lance un programme diplômant 100 % en ligne]</ref>

==== Executive MBA ====
Formerly (until 2002) [[Centre de perfectionnement aux affaires]],<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/2002/10/tendances-emergentes-a-suivre-701461 Tendances émergentes à suivre]</ref> the HEC Executive MBA is a program for top executives with a minimum of 8 years of corporate experience, which prepares them for general management positions (the average background experience of students is about 14 years). The Executive MBA is a multi-site program offered in Paris (France), Beijing (China), St Petersburg (Russia) and Doha (Qatar). The courses are split between theory, case studies, strategic projects, leadership training, EU community campus and foreign exchanges in the US and Asia. Program partnering universities are NYU, UCLA, Babson College in the US, Tsinghua University in China and Nihon University in Japan.<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/societe/hec-paris-remporte-la-palme-du-meilleur-executive-mba-au-monde-1148858 HEC Paris remporte la palme du meilleur executive MBA au monde]</ref>

==== TRIUM Global Executive MBA ====
{{main article|TRIUM EMBA}}
HEC also offers the TRIUM Global Executive MBA programme jointly with [[Stern School of Business]] of [[New York University|NYU]] and the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>[https://www.lepoint.fr/education/un-emba-en-or-massif-14-04-2011-1325909_3584.php#11 Un EMBA en or massif]</ref> It is divided into six modules that are held in five international business locations over 16 months.<ref>[https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2950/emba-2023 EMBA 2023]</ref>

== Admissions ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+2018 Admission Statistics<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://business-cool.com/ecoles/comment-integrer-hec/|title=Comment intégrer HEC ?|last=Berrou|first=Nicolas|date=13 October 2018|website=Business Cool|language=fr-FR|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://poetsandquants.com/2018/10/31/mba-acceptance-rates-at-top-european-business-schools/?pq-category=admissions&pq-category-2=international-business-school-news|title=MBA Acceptance Rates at Top European Business Schools {{!}} Page 2 of 2|last=Hazlehurst|first=Jeremy|date=31 October 2018|website=Poets&Quants|language=en-US|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
!Procedure
!Applicants
!Admitted
!Acceptance Rate (%)
|-
! colspan="4" |''Grande Ecole'' (Master in Management)
|-
|Classes préparatoires (French ''concours'', students enter in L3) 
|5,151
|382
|7.4%
|-
|French dual degree (students from French partner institutions)
|421
|82
|19.5%
|-
|Direct admissions (students enter in M1)
|6,520
|271
|4.2%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''12,092'''
|'''735'''
|'''6%'''
|-
! colspan="4" |MBA
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''2,231'''
|'''391'''
|'''17.5%'''
|}

== Massive Online Open Courses ==

HEC Paris is also participating in the new wave of [[Distance education|distance learning]], by creating its own online training courses via [[Massive open online course|MOOCs]] available on [[Coursera]].<ref>[https://etudiant.lefigaro.fr/les-news/actu/detail/article/hec-paris-premiere-business-school-francaise-a-se-lancer-dans-les-mooc-3010/ HEC, première business school française à se lancer dans les MOOC]</ref>

== Research and Entrepreneurship ==

HEC Paris has several centres of research:
* [[Hi! PARIS|HI! PARIS CENTER]] - A collaboration with the ''[[Polytechnic Institute of Paris|Institut Polytechnique de Paris]] (IP Paris)'', this interdisciplinary and inter-institutional centre combines education, research and innovation to investigate the major challenges surrounding digital transformation and its impact on companies and society at large. This Center combines the 300 researchers and infrastructures of IP Paris and HEC Paris.<ref>[https://www.usinenouvelle.com/editorial/hec-et-polytechnique-lancent-le-centre-pluridisciplinaire-hi-paris-pour-devenir-champion-de-la-recherche-en-ia.N1005034 HEC et Polytechnique lancent le centre pluridisciplinaire Hi! Paris pour devenir champions de la recherche en IA]</ref>

* Society & Organizations Institute - an interdisciplinary Institute that brings together over 60 professors to research, teach and implement ideas in sustainability and inclusion.<ref>[https://www.capgemini.com/ca-fr/actualites/communiques-de-presse/capgemini-et-hec-paris-signent-une-convention-de-parrainage-pour-aider-les-futurs-professionnels-a-creer-lentreprise-a-impact-positif-de-demain/ Capgemini et HEC Paris signent une convention de parrainage pour aider les futurs professionnels à créer l’entreprise à impact positif de demain]</ref>

* GREGHEC - The ''Groupement de Recherche et d’Etudes en Gestion à HEC Paris'' is a joint research laboratory focused on economics and management in France.<ref>[https://hal-hceres.archives-ouvertes.fr/hceres-02033171/document GREGHEC - Groupement de recherche et d’études en
gestion à HEC]</ref>

* [[HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute|Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute]] - 20 partnerships of excellence; 400 projects supported each year; an ecosystem of 400 professors, researchers and recognized experts.<ref>[https://www.b4ig.org/inclusive-business-report-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters-released-by-the-hec-paris-society-and-organizations-institute/ “Inclusive Business Report: What it is and why it matters” released by the HEC Paris Society and Organizations Institute]</ref>

The school has been offering a degree in entrepreneurship for more than 40 years, by creating HEC Entrepreneurs in 1977,<ref>[https://www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/420252-formations-a-lentrepreneuriat-la-creation-dentreprises-est-un-outil-pedagogique-estime-robert-papin-ancien-directeur-dhec-entrepreneurs Formations à l'entrepreneuriat: la création d'entreprises est un outil pédagogique, estime Robert Papin, ancien directeur d'HEC Entrepreneurs]</ref> which has today become the MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs, in partnership with [[École Polytechnique]].<ref>[https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/emploi/patrick-sayer-presidera-le-comite-d-orientation-du-master-of-science-x-hec-entrepreneurs_AN-202106100284.html PATRICK SAYER PRÉSIDERA LE COMITÉ D’ORIENTATION DU MASTER OF SCIENCE X-HEC ENTREPRENEURS]</ref> Between 2004 and 2013, the percentage of entrepreneurs per class jumped from 10% to 25%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=De plus en plus de créateurs d'entreprise à HEC|url=https://www.letudiant.fr/educpros/actualite/entrepreneuriat-un-quart-d-ancies-hec-entrepreneurs.html|access-date=2020-09-10|website=www.letudiant.fr|date=23 March 2015 |language=fr}}</ref> In 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Incubateur HEC Paris|url=https://solutions.lesechos.fr/auteur/incubateur-hec-paris/|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Les Echos Solutions Business|language=fr}}</ref> HEC Paris created Incubateur HEC Paris, its [[Business incubator|startup incubator]] dedicated to supporting alumni-created startups. Currently directed by Antoine Leprêtre, the incubator has been part of the [[Station F]] campus since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Manceau|first=Jean-Jacques|date=2020-04-14|title=Les Écoles De Commerce Championnes De L'Entrepreneuriat|url=https://www.forbes.fr/management/les-ecoles-de-commerce-championnes-de-l-entrepreneuriat/|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Forbes France|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Since 2017, the school has also an online Master's degree dedicated to this topic.<ref>[https://www.onlinestudies.com/institutions/coursera/hec-paris-online-masters-in-innovation-and-entrepreneurship HEC Paris Online Master's in Innovation and Entrepreneurship]</ref>

=== Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute ===
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The '''HEC Paris Entrepreneurship & Innovation Institute''' is an institute created to promote [[Innovation]] and [[Entrepreneurship]] at HEC Paris.<ref>[https://hecstories.fr/fr/hec-innovation-entrepreneurship-center/ HEC Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center]</ref> The institute is part of [[Station F]] and is located both in [[Paris]] and [[Jouy-en-Josas]].<ref>[https://solutions.lesechos.fr/partenaires/hec-innovation-entrepreneurship-center/ Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center d’HEC Paris]</ref> Around 500 students are enrolled in classes over the three degrees (Master of Science X-HEC Entrepreneurs; Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Executive Master of Science in Innovation an Entrepreneurship) of the school year. The institute works with the [[Polytechnic Institute of Paris]] (more specifically [[École polytechnique]]<ref>[https://portail.polytechnique.edu/mie/fr/programmes/les-masters/mse-x-hec-entrepreneur MSe X-HEC entrepreneur]</ref>) and [[Coursera]].<ref>[https://www.coursera.org/degrees/omie Executive MSc & MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship]</ref> Courses taught through the institute include [[Creativity]], Global Entrepreneurship,<ref>[https://www.capgemini.com/ca-fr/actualites/communiques-de-presse/capgemini-et-hec-paris-signent-une-convention-de-parrainage-pour-aider-les-futurs-professionnels-a-creer-lentreprise-a-impact-positif-de-demain/ CAPGEMINI ET HEC PARIS SIGNENT UNE CONVENTION DE PARRAINAGE POUR AIDER LES FUTURS PROFESSIONNELS À CRÉER L’ENTREPRISE À IMPACT POSITIF DE DEMAIN]</ref> Entrepreneurial Marketing, New Venture Creation, Venture Finance, Entrepreneurial Selling and [[social entrepreneurship|Social Entrepreneurship]].<ref>[https://agence-redwood.fr/cas-client/hec-paris-innovation-entrepreneurship-center/ Communication – HEC Paris – Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center]</ref>

The institute has several programs for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for faculty to promote the concept of entrepreneurship.<ref>[https://www.cci-paris-idf.fr/fr/notre-groupe/rapport-activite-2022/faire-des-etudiants-des-entrepreneurs HEC Paris créateur de licornes !]</ref> Several initiatives that the institute has started has raised awareness for both entrepreneurship and innovation in both the community of [[Jouy-en-Josas]] and throughout the country.<ref>[https://event.go-entrepreneurs.com/2023/partner/6834d23b-f597-ed11-9d7a-6045bd8894c2/hec-paris HEC Paris]</ref>

====Events and activities====
[[File:HEC Paris Incubator.jpg|thumb|right|Incubateur HEC Paris]]
[[File:HEC Paris Startup Launchpad Demo Day 2024.jpg|right|thumb|222x222px|HEC Paris Startup Launchpad Demo Day 2024 at [[Station F]]]]
* Accélérateur ESS
* Post incubation
* HECTAR Accelerator [[L'Oréal]] Beauty Tech
* Meta X L'Oréal Accelerator Icade startup studio
* [[Incubateur HEC Paris]] 
* Data for Managers
* HEC Startup Launchpad HEC Challenge +
* HEC Challenge + Afrique 
* Igniting Innovation
* CDL - Creative Destruction Lab
* HEC Stand Up
* [[Massive open online course|MOOCs]]
* Entrepreneurship & Digital Innovation 
* HEC–TUM Summer Program 
* Startup Sprint<ref>[https://www.agenceecofin.com/formation/1409-111736-5-ans-apres-l-ouverture-de-son-bureau-en-cote-d-ivoire-hec-paris-accelere-sur-l-entrepreneuriat 5 ans après l’ouverture de son bureau en Côte d’Ivoire, HEC Paris accélère sur l’entrepreneuriat]</ref>

== Student life ==
===Campuses===

====France====

HEC is located on a 110-hectare campus in [[Jouy-en-Josas]], 16&nbsp; km (10 miles) southwest of central Paris, close to [[Versailles (city)|Versailles]]. Jouy-en-Josas is served by the [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] Parisian suburban train and the local bus service. The campus is built around the 19th-century {{ill|Château de Jouy|fr|Château de Jouy (Jouy-en-Josas)}}, which is currently used for Executive Education classes.<ref>[https://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/campus-hec-paris-nouvelle-generation/ HEC Paris : un campus nouvelle génération]</ref>

====Qatar====
[[Image:Logo_HEC_Paris_in_Qatar.jpg|thumb|200px|right|HEC Paris in Qatar]]
HEC Paris in Qatar is a remote campus of HEC Paris, located in [[Doha]], the capital of [[Qatar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cci-news.com/hec-paris-de-jouy-en-josas-a-doha/|title=HEC Paris: de Jouy-en-Josas à Doha &#124; CCI News|date=30 May 2011 }}</ref>
HEC Paris in Qatar is the result of an agreement between HEC Paris and the [[Qatar Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cge-news.com/contenus/123/cms_pc/fichier/106/100831141437_cp-hec-et-qatar-foundation.pdf|title=Qatar Foundation et HEC Paris concluent un accord de partenariat}}</ref>

HEC Paris in Qatar campus is located in the “[[Tornado Tower]]” in the heart of the “West Bay” financial centre of the city of Doha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemoci.com/actualites/actualites/hec-paris-exporte-ses-programmes-au-qatar/|title=HEC Paris exporte ses programmes au Qatar|date=7 July 2010}}</ref>
HEC Qatar offers four types of programs, including an [[Executive MBA]] and a ''[[Mastère spécialisé]]'' program.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=10 April 2021 |title=HEC Paris welcomes International Executive MBA Class of 2022 |url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/10/04/2021/HEC-Paris-welcomes-International-Executive-MBA-Class-of-2022 |website=thepeninsulaqatar.com}}</ref>

====United Kingdom====
[[Image:HEC_UK_House.jpg|thumb|200px|right|HEC UK House in [[London]]]]
The HEC UK House was inaugurated in March 2023. Close to [[Covent Garden]], the campus is dedicated to the [[HEC Alumni|alumni]] network and conferences. It also has a [[library]] and a creative lab.<ref>[https://www.hec.edu/fr/news-room/inauguration-hec-uk-house-londres Inauguration de la "HEC UK House" à Londres]</ref>

===Alumni association===
The school alumni association, '''Association des diplômés HEC Paris''', was founded in 1883 and gathers alumni of the different institutions of the HEC Group: École HEC Paris, MBA HEC Paris, HEC Paris Executive MBA, Mastères HEC Paris and Doctorat HEC Paris. Each degree is associated with a letter and the year of graduation. In 2017, HEC Alumni were ranked by [[The Economist]] as the 2nd most powerful business school alumni network in the world.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Who you know, not what you know|url=https://www.economist.com/whichmba/mba-rankings/alumni-network/2016|access-date=18 January 2019|newspaper=The Economist|language=en}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The institution is featured in many works. ''[[Association of Wrongdoers]]'', a [[1987]] film by [[Claude Zidi]], features former students.<ref>[https://koha.silc.asu.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2338 Association de Malfaiteurs Association of Wrongdoers Claude Zidi [videorecording]=]</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of HEC Paris people]]
* [[Education in France]]
* [[Grandes écoles]]
* [[CEMS - The Global Alliance in Management Education|CEMS]]

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|École des hautes études commerciales de Paris|HEC Paris}}
* [https://www.hec.edu Official website]
* [https://www.hec.edu/en/faculty-research/centers/innovation-entrepreneurship-institute HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute]

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