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September 11, 2006

Once again, HEC Paris leads the Financial Times 2006 Master in Management ranking

Filed under: Business strategy, Education, Europe, Finance, Friends, Globalization, MNC, Organization, media — Jeremy Fain @ 11:42 pm

Campus HECBravo HEC Paris! The FT ranking of all European Master in Management programs has been running for two years, and each time my business university HEC Paris was ranked 1st. Congrats to all alumni, students, staff, executives, and corporate sponsors.

Although I don’t believe so much in rankings in general, the Financial Times is extremely influential and no doubt there will be positive consequences for the soon-to-be-graduated students like me (June 2007). Furthermore, leading such a European-wide ranking helps build the reputation of HEC Paris worldwide.

As far as I’m concerned, the strengths of HEC Paris are:

- the drive of its students; the non-profit life of the beautiful HEC campus is just amazing, and we students have the opportunity to apply what we’ve learnt during the day straight after classes when preparing for extra-curricular events. For instance, I was deeply involved with AIESEC as the local comittee President; I was running AFIDORA, a French-speaking community on Middle Eastern geopolitics; an active member of the HEC rowing team; and taking part of all HEC Israel cultural events. It was frantic but great.

- the quality of its course content. Thanks to its reputation in France, HEC Paris attracts the very best executives and scholars. Most classes are challenging although some may sometimes be boring - but all classes, all of them, are useful. Definitely.

- its 30,000-strong alumni network; there’s a joke comparing it to the mafia: as long as you are dedicated and give it some time, the alumni will help you.

- its increasing international intakes and overall people diversity. Many sorts of profiles are taking management classes there: foreign or national lawyers, mathematicians, engineers, medical or pharmacy doctors, chemists, philosophers - the bulk of each intake coming from an intensive preparatory class to business school entrance competitive exams of which HEC Paris is the hardest to get in.

See the Financial Times 2006 European Masters in Management ranking right here. Feel free to leave me a comment or e-mail if you have any question regarding the HEC Paris Master in Management program.

6 Comments »

  1. I’m not really surprised for my own school, except for number of international students in international diversity, where HSE shares second worst place with Warsaw, only Stockholm ahead… =)
    I’m also surprised by the course fees…

    Comment by Kari — September 12, 2006 @ 10:06 am

  2. Hey,

    24th isn’t bad at all provided that:

    1) Finland is a pretty small country compared to Germany, the UK, Italy, France, Spain.

    2) As far as Scandinavia is concerned, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland, is at loggerheads with NHH Bergen, Norway - ranked 21st; furthermore HSE’s leading the Finnish business education landscape.

    3) What really matters is your skills, drive and entrepreneurial mindset (whether it’s for yourself or for your company). Degrees come next. And since you already have a job, and a good one, your achievements rather than your degree now count most, unless you want to switch from project management to consulting. In that case, HSE being an excellent school and you being a very very bright folk, no worry whatsoever.

    Comment by Jeremy Fain — September 12, 2006 @ 10:30 am

  3. […] I don’t believe in education rankings, apart from when HEC Paris comes first. HEC Paris had already ranked first amongst all European Master in Management programs (see my post here) of which I’ll graduate in June 2007. Now, HEC leads the overall business schools Financial Times ranking. What matters most isn’t the ranking in itself but the virtuous circle such a ranking might create. Since many people in HR departments and/or MBA admission offices can’t think on their own and have to rely on what comes out in the different league tables and rankings, having HEC Paris come on top will help HEC alumni get into top jobs/programs/whatever. […]

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  4. Hi Jeremy,

    Will be joining the prestigious band of HEC brothers in 2007.

    Just wanted to check with you, when are the term breaks and how long are they for ? I intend to do a bit of networking off the records during this period and would also love to travel, so it would be great to make some plans in advance.

    cheers.

    Comment by Sayan Chaudhuri — April 19, 2007 @ 10:48 am

  5. Hey Sayan,

    Congrats on your admission!

    Term breaks depend on the program you’re joining. In the Bachelor & M.Sc. program, you get 3 months during the summer (July - Aug - Sept), 2 weeks for Christmas, one week in early November, and one more week for Easter vacations.

    In the MBA program, you’ll get the Christmas & Easter holidays for sure, but I don’t know about the rest. One thing that can’t be doubted is that if you’re joining the MBA program at HEC Paris, you’ll get to learn a lot of stuff with great people and study hard as well. You should check that blog and ask the guy: http://hec-paris-mba.blogspot.com/index.html
    He is an HEC Paris MBA student.

    Enjoy!

    Comment by Jeremy Fain — April 19, 2007 @ 8:36 pm

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