One of the world's best business schools, HEC Paris is a leader in research and education in management sciences. The school offers a unique portfolio of programs designed for a carefully selected student body.
HEC Paris has one of the largest campuses in Europe. The campus is close to Paris and Versailles and also La Défense, which is the biggest business district in Europe where many multinational companies have their headquarters. The campus provides top-notch academic facilities as well as leisure and sporting facilities, so that students may balance recreation and academics.
HEC Paris offers three MBA programs. The Full-Time MBA program is a 16-month, English-taught program taken on campus. The Executive MBA is a 15-18 month, part-time English-taught program. The Trium Global Executive MBA is an 18-month, part-time, English-taught program. This program is offered jointly by HEC Paris School of Management, New York University’s Stern School of Business, and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
HEC Paris holds the prestigious triple-crown accreditation: EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA. EQUIS is an international accreditation awarded by the European Foundation of Management Development (EFMD). EFMD is an international accreditation organization for business schools, based in Brussels. The AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. The Association of MBAs (AMBA) is an international impartial authority on postgraduate business education, established in 1967.
HEC Paris offers several scholarships for its MBA programs.
HEC Paris is the leading business school in Europe, and second in the world only to Harvard, as a producer of chief executives of Fortune 500 companies. HEC’s own figures show at least 4,000 alumni who are CEOs, CFOs, or proprietors of their own companies. Notable alumni include recent French President Francois Hollande, former World Trade Organization director-general Pascal Lamy, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and Jean-Christophe, the current Prince Napoleon, Francisco Madero, leader of the Mexican Revolution, and air ace Roland Garros.
