M2: Specialization phase

Students have access to a wide range of specializations in Management. Most of our specializations are fully taught in English (more specific languages requirements are clearly indicated when necessary) and award our graduates with the HEC Master in Management Degree.

Specializations in Management offered on the HEC campus

• International Finance (Double Degree option with Tsinghua University)
• Strategic Management
• Marketing
• Quantitative Economics and Finance (joint program with Ecole Polytechnique, ENSAE, ENS Paris-Saclay and Paris Sud University)
• Economics and Finance (possibility to join the HEC-CEMS joint degree)
• Accounting, Finance and Management (possibility to join the HEC-CEMS joint degree)
• X-HEC Entrepreneurs
• Data Science for Business
• Data & Finance
• Digital Innovation and Acceleration
• Sustainability and Social Innovation
• Projet, Innovation, Conception (taught in French)
• International Human Resources Management
• Prépa INSP (Paris 1)

Students in the Prépa INSP major join the CIPCEA training center for competitive administrative examinations. Delivered by Paris1 and ENS, this program prepares students for the Ecole Nationale d'Administration competitive entrance examination and other A+ category examinations (Assemblées, INET, DH, Banque de France, Quai d'Orsay, etc.). These are the competitive examinations that give access to the highest positions in the administrations of the State, local authorities, and other public services.

The M2 Prépa INSP is an intensive year of preparatory classes, which focus on a wide range of subjects: public law, economics, general culture, public finance, social issues, European issues, international issues, and English.

This major enables students to prepare for competitive administrative examinations within a rigorous framework that has proved its worth for over a decade, and to obtain a Master 2 in public administration. 

The academic year runs from September to May. Between 30 and 50 hours of lessons are given each week, as well as training for the competitive exams. Students then choose which competitive examinations they wish to take, which are organized throughout the year. The ENA entrance exam is held in August.

Two exam sessions are organized in December and May. Students must pass their Master 2 in order to complete their final year at HEC Paris.
 

Specializations in Management offered within the CEMS Alliance

Co-founded in 1988 by HEC and three other leading European Universities, CEMS is a global alliance including 33 world-class academic institutions, 70 world-renowned multinational companies and 7 NGOs. CEMS promotes a uniquely high standard of education in management and unites the best schools in their pursuit of training the leaders of tomorrow.

In addition to their HEC degree, students obtain a diploma from the CEMS alliance, which is highly coveted by employers worldwide.

The CEMS community is rich in cultural diversity, with 15,000 graduates heralding from 108 different countries. They hold managerial positions of high responsibility in a broad range of industry sectors, across Europe and beyond.

MIM-CEMS Joint Degree is mainly available to students specializing in International Business. There are also certain places available to students specializing in Accounting & Financial Management  and Managerial and Financial Economics.

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Specializations in Management offered with our partners

• Master Exchange Program (within the Major International Business) 

• International Double Degrees in Management:
  • USA: MIT - Sloan School of Management, Cambridge (Master of Business Analytics and Master of Finance)
  • Brazil: Fundação Getulio Vargas, São Paulo (Professional Master in International Management)
  • China: Tsinghua University, Beijing (SEM Master)
  • Germany: Technische Universität München, München (Master in Management and Technology)
  • India: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (Post Graduate Program in Management)
  • Italy: Università Bocconi, Milan (access to 4 MSc programs)
  • Japan: Keio Business School (MBA taught in Japanese) and Keio University, Tokyo (Master in Economics)
  • Spain: ESADE, Barcelona (access to 4 MSc programs)
  • Switzerland: Universität St. Gallen (access to 4 MSc programs)
  • Singapore: National University of Singapore NUS Business School (Master of Science in Management)

There are two options available to our students:

• The Double Degree in Business Law with Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne (taught in French)
• Stratégie juridique et fiscale internationale (taught in French)

These two options award our graduates with the HEC Master in Management & Business Law degree.

There are 5 options available to our students. Each of these options awards our graduates with the HEC Master in Management & Public Affairs degree.

• The double degree in Public Policy HEC Paris / Freie Universität Berlin (taught in German)
• The double degree in Public Policy HEC Paris / Georgetown University
• The double degree in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) HEC Paris / Fletcher
• The double degree Corporate and Public Management HEC Paris / Sciences Po Paris (taught in French) 

• Médias, Art et Création (taught in French)

This specialization awards our graduates with the HEC Master in Management, Media, Arts & Creation degree.

• Double Degree in «Sciences cognitives» with Ecole Normale Supérieure Ulm, EHESS and Paris V - René-Descartes (taught in French)

This specialization awards our graduates with the HEC Master in Management & Cognitive Science degree.

• Double Degree with the "Centre Français du Journalisme" (taught in French)

This specialization awards our graduates with the HEC Master in Management & Journalism degree.

Our Master in Management has been awarded both the Visa and Grade of Master, and has been accredited by the French Ministry of Education through the CEFDG (Commission d’Evaluation des Formations et Diplômes de Gestion) to be entitled to grant a Master’s degree (Bac + 5), equivalent to a total of 120 ECTS. 

This program is accredited to grant a Master’s degree under European Standards and, by extension, are registered on RNCP (Répertoire national des certifications professionnelles)

See the RNCP document for MIM/PGE