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Who is HEC Paris?

HEC Paris: Ranked No.1 Business School in Europe by the Financial Times.

Recognized as a world leader, HEC Paris is one of the first business schools to have received the prestigious triple-crown accreditation: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA.

Founded in 1881, HEC Paris specializes in education and research in management sciences. As a leading academic institution in Europe and worldwide, HEC Paris offers a complete and unique range of education programs for students and leaders. HEC Paris has a permanent faculty of 105 professors, 4000 students, 40% of whom are international, and over 8700 managers in executive education programs every year.

The most recent rankings attest to the success of HEC Paris:

  • HEC Paris is ranked #1 in Europe by the Financial Times (FT) for the fourth year running (meta survey)
  • HEC Paris MSc in Management program is ranked #2 worldwide by the FT
  • HEC Paris MBA program is ranked #14 worldwide by the Economist and #18 worldwide by the FT
  • TRIUM Global Executive MBA program is ranked #2 worldwide by the FT
  • HEC Paris Executive Education: #2 worldwide by the FT
  • HEC Paris MSc in Management (Grande Ecole Program) is consistently ranked #1 in France by leading national publications including Le Point, L’Etudiant and le Figaro.

For more than 128 years HEC Paris has been dedicated to training high potential managers and has accompanied the skills development of business leaders. With a strong research activity, HEC Paris has made a significant contribution to the production and diffusion of innovation in the science of management. HEC Paris also trains professors and researchers who practice their profession within the best institutions worldwide.

HEC Paris is a central partner to numerous multinationals, via the financing of Chairs, membership in the HEC Foundation and the realization of Executive Education programs (including Microsoft, Toshiba, Thales, Bain & Company, L’Oréal, Bertelsmann, Total, Procter & Gamble, the Coca-Cola Company, Carrefour, Air France, Accor). HEC Paris also benefits from several centers of expertise, such as the Eurasia Center, the Global Transport Institute, the HEC Europe Institute and the HEC Start-up Institute. The HEC Paris Executive MBA is delivered in several locations worldwide, including Paris, HEC Paris campus, Beijing, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Doha.

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