MBA 留学 ニュース：HEC Paris unveils its first entrepreneurship barometer

HEC Paris released the results of its first entrepreneurship barometer, a survey of a representative panel of 8,500 alumni from all HEC programs (Master in Management, MSc, MBA and Executive MBA). The survey compares the entrepreneurial drive of its most recent graduates, in comparison with those who left the school 10 years ago. 

The results of this survey confirm the boom in entrepreneurship on campus, as 25% of all HEC graduates are now entrepreneurs, up from 9% ten years ago.

The barometer reveals three main trends:

The desire to start a business is rapidly growing. Among HEC Master’s students, entrepreneurship is booming: almost 20% of them have started their own business, three times the national average in France. ·        

HEC entrepreneurs are value creators in France. 84% of businesses are founded in France, creating jobs and generating growth for the country.

The businesses started by HEC graduates from very diverse sectors have sound, sustainable business models, often benefiting from the support of Business Angels or venture capitalists. 

Entrepreneurship has always been one of the strategic priorities of HEC Paris. Throughout the years it has taken various forms: innovative teaching methods (with flagship programs such as HEC entrepreneurs and Challenge+), research, support and coaching, awareness campaigns on campus, facilities such as the HEC Incubator or the e-Lab, etc.

Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris 

MBA 留学 ニュース: HEC経営大学院 HEC Paris’s January 2015 Intake Deadlines and Essay Topics

HEC Paris’s January 2015 Intake Deadlines   

Applicants to HEC Paris’s full-time and part-time MBA program still have time to apply for　admission to the MBA program’s January 2015 Intake.

HEC uses a rolling admissions process; the remaining deadlines are as follows:

Application Deadline: July 1, 2014
Decision Date: July 25, 2014

Application Deadline: August 15, 2014
Decision Date: September 19, 2014

Application Deadline: September 15, 2014
Decision Date: October 17, 2014

Application Deadline: October 15, 2014
Decision Date: November 14, 2014

Application Deadline: November 15, 2014
Decision Date: December 19, 2014

HEC Paris Essay Topics for January 2015 Intake   

HEC Paris invites applicants interested in January 2015 admission to its full-time and part-time MBA program to complete five required essays and one optional essay. The essay questions, which are posted in the online application, are as follows:

1. Why are you applying to the HEC MBA Program now? What is the professional objective that will guide your career choice after your MBA, and how will the HEC MBA contribute to the achievement of this objective? (500 words.)
2. What do you consider your most significant life achievement? (250 words.)
3. Leadership and ethics are inevitably intertwined in the business world. Describe a situation in which you have dealt with these issues and how they have influenced you. (250 words.)
4. Imagine a life entirely different from the one you now lead, what would it be? (250 words.)
5. Please choose from one of the following essays:
a) What monument or site would you advise a first-time visitor to your country or city to discover, and why? (250 words.)
b) Certain books, movies or plays have had an international success that you believe to be undeserved. Choose an example and analyse it. (250 words.)
c) What figure do you most admire and why? You may choose from any field (arts, literature, politics, business, etc). (250 words.)
Optional Essay: Is there any additional information you would like to share with us? (900 words.)

 Interested applicants can visit the HEC Paris Admissions page for more information.