Full-time option
The 16 month HEC MBA Program has placed itself at the forefront of business education by building a curriculum around the principles of successful leadership and by providing our participants with opportunities to develop into strong leaders. Our participants come away from their MBA experience with a heightened sense of self-awareness and relational intelligence, as well as strong confidence in their ability to lead some of the world's most powerful organizations.
Tailor your MBA to work towards achieving your personal aspirations during the customized phase. You can choose to do either an international exchange or a specialization, and either a fieldwork project or electives. Alternatively, you can opt to do a double degree program which replaces the customized phase at HEC Paris.
Courses
Participants cover the fundamentals of business; this phase is very demanding academically and provides a solid foundation in management techniques equips participants in advancing to the next stage.
- > Business Economics
- > Corporate Finance
- > Financial Accounting & Statement Analysis
- > Financial Markets
- > Human Resource Management
- > Managament Accounting & Control
- > Marketing
- > Organizational Behavior
- > Operations Management
- > Statistics for Decision
- > Strategic Management
Career Building & Coaching
At HEC we teach valuable tools to develop career paths and attain desired professional positions – we do so through the leadership of our Career Management Center and by engaging MBAs in the process. At four key milestones in the MBA program, you will build your core competencies with an emphasis on personal and professional development:
- Exploration
- Specification
- Implementation
- Crysallization
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Seminars
During the fundamental phase participants develop their cross-functional skills, including decision-making, negotiation and communication, in required courses and seminars.
Electives
Participants choose from around seventy electives with emphasis on either management knowledge or personal skills and development. Some electives are offered in French.
Tracks
During the second half of the program participants customize their MBA in choosing from one of four tracks which are available.
Exchange
Participants can choose to do an international exchange. There are over forty partner business schools in our worldwide network. The exchange option is selective; around forty to fifty participants go on exchange every year. Depending on the intake the exchanges take place in the fall or in the spring with different schools.
Double Degree
The HEC MBA Program has established twelve double degree programs with leading institutions across the world. Participants benefit from the expertise and resources of each institution and graduates obtain two degrees, thus entering two alumni networks. Admissions are managed independently by each program according to their standard admissions procedure. Candidates must be admitted by both programs. There is no guarantee that a participant already admitted or enrolled at one program will be admitted to the second program. Double degrees are available in two formats: HEC MBA + other MBA or HEC MBA + other Master's Degree.
Certificates
In association with the Grande Ecole and Specialized Masters programs, MBA participants have the opportunity to complete certificate programs. Certificates are approximately 100 contact hours and are sector specific.
- > Digital Innovation for Business
- > Energy & Finance
- > Luxury Strategies
- > Real Estate
- > Social Business
Electives
Through a range of electives and seminars, participants continue to develop their managerial and cross functional skills in the customized phase.
- > Creativity & Psychology of New Product Development
- > Créativité et Management
- > Ethics & Performances
- > Oser trouver son clown pour mieux se manager
- > International Negotiations
- > IQ Strategy/ EQ Leadership
- > Advanced Excel
- > Les décisions du Dirigeant d'Entreprise
- > All electives
Field Projects
Participants can gain new professional experience to facilitate their career change by choosing one of the four field work projects available.
- > Company Consulting Project
- > Creative Academic Project
- > Mission and Action Project
- > Individual Professional Project
Which MBA is for you?
Inform us of your experience and background as well as your personal and professional objectives by completing the candidate profile online! This no-obligation form is also quick and easy to complete. A Development Manager will provide a preliminary evaluation of your profile giving you an assessment of your potential as an HEC MBA candidate.