Fees and Funding
Every HEC PhD student is eligible to receive a cost of living scholarship and 100% tuition waiver
Admissions to the HEC PhD Program are very selective. Therefore, at HEC Paris, we commit to offering our students the conditions under which they can do their research at the highest academic level. This includes financing through a five‐year cost of living scholarship and full tuition waiver as well as financial support for conference presentations, research visiting positions, job market events and ad-hoc funding for research projects.
Every PhD student benefits from the below funding opportunities for up to 5 years.
Cost of living Scholarships
Each PhD Student benefits from the HEC Foundation cost of living Scholarships without any selection criteria of origin or academic background.The cost of living Scholarship is not tied to a research assistantship. Therefore, TA/RA and teaching...
Tuition fees
HEC provides a full tuition waiver to all its PhD students without condition of academic background or origin.
Research Visits and Conferences
An integral part of the HEC Paris PhD experience is the emphasis on a visiting research period and academic conference presentations. The PhD Office funds these activities in accordance with the program regulations.
Research and teaching assistantships RA/TA
At HEC Paris we do not require from our PhD students to work as TA/RA as part of the scholarship although this can be a very valuable experience and provides an additional source of income.
GREGHEC
HEC PhD students are members of the GREGHEC, which is a joint research center between HEC and CNRS. The GREGHEC attributes a significant part of its budget to PhD research projects to support needs for financial support.
The HEC Foundation
Created in 1972 by the Alumni Association, the HEC Foundation’s mission is to support the ambitions of HEC Paris, through the funding of scholarships for advanced research, innovative teaching tools and programs to support the internationalization of...
Special Fellowships
HEC Paris invites applications for Special PhD Fellowship in the Strategy and Business Policy specialization.
HEC Paris invites applications for a Special PhD Fellowship in the Strategy and Business Policy Department. The Special Fellowship is aimed at stimulating ground-breaking academic research investigating organizational purpose.
"Purposeful Leadership"
The Project
You will be working in the Society & Organizations (S&O) center with the team of researchers of the Joly Family Chair in Purposeful Leadership, held by Professor Rodolphe Durand.
The Research Group
The S&O center is an internationally acclaimed center for its research on inclusive economy, ecological transition, and purposeful leadership. The center’s research impact is well acknowledged with international awards and regular economic and business press coverage. The center also innovates in the classroom (flipped classroom, online courses, on-site experiences, etc.).
Your Contribution
We seek to find candidates with a strong appetite for research about the notions of purpose and performance, which a recent trend in field of management research associates together. Purposeful leadership is the discursive elaboration and practical implementation of sense-giving by leaders throughout multiple organizational layers. CEOs and executive teams worldwide find that purposeful leadership provides the organization with a series of advantages such as trust, resilience, and operational efficiency. However, research has approached the phenomenon as an example of moral leadership without paying enough attention to the conditions leading to its supposed advantages. Multiple questions emerge around this relationship between purpose and performance, and we’re looking for candidates willing to elucidate them with us.
Career
The PhD typically takes 5 years to complete. After a successful doctorate, you will have excellent chances for a scientific career at top Universities. Professor Durand has placed his PhD students at Aalto University, Bocconi, Cambridge Judge Business School, IESE Business School, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Lugano and University of Western Ontario Ivey Business School.
The Fellowship
This Special Fellowship awards 20.000€ spread over the 5 years of study, subject to a satisfactory academic contribution to the Hubert Joly Purposeful Leadership chair. The Fellowship is offered in addition to the HEC Foundation PhD Research Fellow scholarship of 26.000€/year for a period of up to five years.
How to apply
The starting date for the PhD position is September each year. To apply, you need to follow the regular PhD application process at HEC Paris and add an additional personal statement for this specific Fellowship. Learn more here. Please note that French language skills are not required.
A question?
For general information, contact the PhD office, doctorat@hec.fr
For project-related questions, please contact Professor Rodolphe Durand
Strategy and Business Policy and founder of the S&O center, durand@hec.fr
Hi! PARIS is France’s largest scientific research hub, which combines the expertise of IP Paris’ schools and HEC Paris’ Business School to create a new international AI champion in science, technology and business. Hi! Paris is committed to supporting researchers who work on cutting edge projects related to artificial intelligence and data analytics with an impact for businesses and society.
As part of this effort, Hi! Paris supports doctoral students who work on fundamental methods for AI and data analytics as well as research projects that addresses business applications across all sectors and implications for society.
Who can apply:
To be eligible for funding, students must be at minimum in their second year of studies.
Projects must respect the following research criteria:
- AI (methods or applications) is central to the research conducted within the thesis;
- The project is scientifically innovative and ambitious;
- The thesis is prepared in one of the research laboratories of HEC Paris or IP Paris;
- The supervisor(s) is/are faculty member(s) at HEC Paris or IP Paris.
* Note that this scholarship cancels and replaces the HEC Scholarship but can also come as funding for a 6th year which in general is not financed.