School Profiles
Studying an MBA at HEC Paris with our ideal class size and broad array of personal and professional
backgrounds, participants are guaranteed one of the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding times
of their lives. The environment at HEC is truly multicultural; we are home to an 86% international student body including over 50 nationalities.
Our curriculum is innovative and rigorous, which when teamed with the quality of our Faculty truly
equates to an impressive knowledge base. Following our recent curriculum redesign in partnership with Bain and Company, students are equipped with the exact skills, competencies and experiences expected by recruiters, whatever the sector in question. Throughout the programme students receive personalized, time efficient career support from our Career Management Center and also leverage privileged access to our impressive alumni network of over 45,000 worldwide, including the CEO of L’Oreal and the President of the French Republic.
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All students follow two phases, Fundamental and Customized, which secure solid foundations in core business areas and allow personalization with opportunities for international exchanges, double degrees, specializations and a wide range of electives. At HEC Paris we understand that leadership comes from experience. Our students learn from hands-on exercises such as our annual Sustainable Business Conference, the world famous MBAT and our original St-Cyr Leadership Seminar during which students spend two days in the elite military training center, benefiting from the opportunity to practice
their decision-making skills. Our top recruiters reflect our students’ abilities: Amazon, L’Oreal, McKinsey, AT Kearney and BNP Paribas to name just a few who value our graduates.
Accreditations: AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB
Rankings: Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2012 #21, The Economist Which MBA
Rankings 2012 #14, America Economia Rankings 2012 #8.
Type of Programme: Generalist MBA
Programme Format: Full-time and Part-time
Content Strength or Specialization: Finance, Leadership in Global Organizations, Strategy,
Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Business Development.
Language Courses: French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Italian.
Application Deadlines: Rolling
Starting Dates: September and January
Exchange Programme: 12 Double Degrees, over 40 academic partnerships worldwide.
Percentage of salary increase after graduation: 118%
Ratio of Applicants to Places: 1:6
Male Female Ratio: 65/35%
Age Range: 24 – 39
Average Age: 30
International Students: 86%
Europe: 30%
North America: 15%
Central/South America and Latin America: 8%
Middle East: 5%
Oceania and Asia: 39%
Africa: 3%
University Degree: Yes
GMAT (Minimum): 600 (Average Full Time GMAT:
685) or Minimum GRE: Quantitative Reasoning
65th percentile, Verbal Reasoning 65th percentile
TOEFL (Minimum): 100 (IBT); 250 (CBT); 600
(PBT) Min. IELTS : 6.5 Min PTE: 72 Min TOEIC:
850
References: 2 online forms to complete
Minimum Length of Work Experience: 3 years
Application Fees: 130 EUR
Tuition Fees: 48,000 EUR
Scholarships: Available after admission
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> In Brief
Participants at HEC MBA benefit from privileged access to our impressive alumni network of over 45,000 worldwide including the CEO of L’Oreal and the President of the French Republic; increasing networking and career transformation opportunities. As the number one Business School in Europe with regards to the number of Alumni in CEO positions in Fortune 500 companies, participants are guaranteed to benefit from our impressive network of academic and corporate partners.
Name: Mireille Cestrières, Philippe Champion
Email: admissionmba@hec.fr
Telephone: +33 1 39 67 95 46 / + 33 1 39 67 73 83
Website: www.mba.hec.edu