HEC Paris has ranked among the top two European MiM programs in the Financial Times for over a decade. The Grande École program is a two-year immersive experience that combines a rigorous academic core with strong professional exposure through mandatory internships, the apprenticeship route, and one of the most active alumni networks in European business education.
The Program
The HEC MiM is a 24-month program organised into three phases: the Fondamentals year (core business disciplines), the Grande École Major (specialisation tracks including Finance, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, and Luxury Brand Management), and electives drawn from a catalogue of 450+ courses.
Who Gets In
Admitted students typically come from top-tier undergraduate institutions across Europe, North America, and Asia. Academic excellence is necessary but not sufficient. HEC explicitly values international exposure, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to articulate a coherent career project.
Living in the Cité Scolaire
HEC’s campus in Jouy-en-Josas is its most distinctive feature and most common source of student ambivalence. The campus is self-contained — residential, forested, and deliberately separated from Paris. Students who thrive here cite the intensity of community; those who struggle cite the isolation.