FULL-TIME MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/05/09

HEC Paris

School of Management

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PROGRAM BASICS

HEC MBA

HEC Paris

1 rue de la Libération
Jouy en Josas , France

Program Web site:

www.mba.hec.edu

Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

admissionmba@hec.fr

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Association of MBAs (AMBA)

European Foundation for Mgt. Development (EFMD)

EQUIS

Other

CGE, ISO 9001

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 2,831
Full-Time MBA: 395
Part-time MBA: 28
Executive MBA: 678
PhD Program: 80

Undergraduate business school enrollment:

374

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Finance

Master of international Management/Business

Master of Marketing

Master of Technology

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

PROGRAM COSTS

Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

Resident : $ 62,130
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $ 21,908

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

N/A

Does the program have rolling admissions?

Yes

Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?

Yes

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

600

Relative Importance of Application Elements:

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

2,031

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

17 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

60 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

Applicant interviews are:

Required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

100 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

83 %

Applications from women received:

29 %

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:

N/A

Students from following regions:

N/A

Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

N/A

Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

N/A

Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

From: N/A
To: N/A

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

90 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:

50 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$ 76,923

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$ 63,609

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$ 16,272

Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?

Only to domestic students

GMAT

Are applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 678
Median: 672

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From: 620
To: 760

Academics & Lifestyle

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:

Auction & market design
Creativity & psychology of new product devt
European & competition law & policy
Global world economy & strategy
Intellectual property Law

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2007

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Industrial Management

Leadership

Marketing

Strategy

Other: Corporate social responsibility, Luxury strategy, Communication in action

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MS (Science)

MBA/MSM (Management)

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Leadership

Marketing

Strategy

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 56
Non-Tenured: 20

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: na

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 17
Non-Tenured: 4

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: na

International Faculty:

Tenured: 40
Non-Tenured: 4

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 55
Non-Tenured: 20

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

10 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

0 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Women in MBA

Other

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 25 %
Distance Learning: 5 %
Experiential Learning: 15 %
Lectures: 20 %
Simulations: 10 %
Team Projects: 20 %
Other: 5 %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by graduation

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:

120 ECTS

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

N/A

Amount spent:

$ 2,000,000

Alumni Affairs & Careers

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

4,100

Active MBA alumni clubs:

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

1 %

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?

Business school endowment

$ 9,400,000

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Yes

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://www.associationhec.com/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.associationhec.com/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 80 %
Graduates not seeking employment: 14 %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 6 %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: DUBAI
Month: JUNE
Destination: LONDON
Month: JANUARY
Destination: SWITZERLAND
Month: MAY
Destination: HONG KONG / SINGAPORE
Month: JULY
Destination: AMSTERDAM
Month: SEPTEMBER

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 47 %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 48 %
No information provided by graduate: 5 %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:

110

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 75 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 10 %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

BNP PARIBAS 4
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 4
LOUIS VUITTON 3
MC KINSEY 2
ACCENTURE 2
ALSTHOM 2
HSBC 2
ELY LILLY 2
GLOBAL PRAXIS 2
UNESCO/UNICEF 3
GE 2
SCHNEIDER 2
SOCIETE GENERALE 2
DELOITTE 2

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

26 %

Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary: $ 173,491
Median base salary: $ 163,979
Mean signing bonus: $ 29,510
Median signing bonus: $ 22,637

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 26 %
Finance/Accounting: 18 %
General Management: 18 %
Marketing/Sales: 22 %
Operations/Logistics: 16 %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 8 %
Consulting: 21 %
Consumer Products: 14 %
Financial Services: 15 %
Manufacturing: 11 %
Media/Entertainment: 2 %
Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
Technology: 11 %

Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Africa: 1 %
Asia: 18 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
Middle East: 6 %
North America: 10 %
Western Europe: 60 %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

N/A

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

N/A

Weekly internship compensation:

Mean: N/A
Median: N/A

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A

Graduate Comments

Strong international presence, excellent value for money, strong European basis, and well networked within France. -- Venture Capital/Private Equity

My experience at the HEC MBA was excellent. I credit much of my satisfaction to the profile of HEC, which combines a global view, with a local touch. My colleagues also appreciated this, and as a result my intake had a cohesion in the way to face our challenges, even though each one had his own career path. For people with a similar open minded profile, I believe no business school could beat HEC. In fact it seems that they choose the candidates with the profile that could most profit from the HEC MBA experience. -- Finance

I come from an R&D background and thus feel that I need time to evaluate, analyze, and understand the best options and career growth paths when moving into a commercial field. The HEC MBA provides the guidance and time required for this transition to happen smoothly. So, this would also benefit my friends and colleagues with strong R&D backgrounds. -- Marketing

The HEC MBA is a humane experience, unlike the traditional MBAs. The emphasis during the program is on collaboration and not competition. I would highly recommend it to future participants. -- Marketing

HEC was an exceptional as both a source of business education and an international experience. I was challenged in many ways, and emerged greatly enriched and ready to accelerate my career. -- Marketing

The exposure and awareness, as well as international touch that the HSC MBA brought to my personality was outstanding. It totally molded me to be a global manager. -- Finance

The variety of students (origin, background) and the quality of the tuition were outstanding. I am convinced these are the main requirements for a good MBA. -- Marketing

There are a number of administrative issues with the particular program which would prevent me from definitely urging my friends to enroll. -- Operations

The HEC MBA program has been a really good experiential learning exercise for me. I found the faculty members extremely helpful, and they always had time when I was in doubt or wanted to learn more. The school's emphasis on group and extra-curricular activities also facilitates overall growth and development of the participants. On an improvement side, I would have liked the school to address the recurring IT/email server issues once and for all. -- Marketing

Different schools suit different people. HEC suited me very well, and I would encourage people who I thought would get a lot out of it to go there, but other schools will suit other people better. -- Consulting

I have an extremely positive impression of the HEC MBA program. If I had to make the decision again, I wouldn't change a thing. -- Consulting

I would give my HEC MBA experience a title: amazing and lifetime experience. The HEC community has a wonderful interaction, and the school does put efforts on creating environment. Even though there some difficulties exist with helping international students to get a job in France, I am persuaded that is NOT only depending on schools but French laws and economy crisis. -- Marketing

As I studied in France, it gave me an excellent opportunity to learn French, and now I can use this skill as my strength if ever I apply to other companies later. -- Consulting

The HEC MBA has truly met my expectations and I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to learn - academically and personally - and wants to challenge the status quo. -- Human Resources

In the end, I was very pleased with my experience at HEC in Paris. After having completed my undergraduate studies at Lehigh University (in the USA), I felt it was important for me to "balance out" my educational experiences by pursuing an MBA in Europe. As I speak five languages, have lived in four countries, and have three nationalities, I realized the European MBA programs were much more international than their American counterparts. That is why I decided to come to France, where I could polish up my French and attend a leading university with an incredibly diverse student body. -- Operations

I think HEC is absolutely the most underrated MBA program today. It offers students the opportunity to develop every one of their skills in a way that most other schools do not. -- Finance

I would recommend HEC MBA program to friends for its well designed curriculum, students' international diversity, high quality lectures, and strong alumni network. -- Marketing