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In the last five years, 55% of new faculty have been hired from abroad.
HEC academic excellence
HEC Faculty
HEC Paris has an internationally renowned faculty at the forefront of their respective fields. HEC Faculty is comprised of:
- 115 permanent professors,
- 87 affiliate professors,
- 47 visiting professors
- and 700 lecturers and teachers.
The international accreditations impose a number of strict criteria relating to academic excellence. It goes without saying that the recruitment of first-class professors is a key strategic factor. HEC Paris' full-time faculty hold doctorates from the world's leading research universities (including US. schools such as Michigan, Stanford, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Cornell, MIT…).
In addition to their teaching responsibilities , HEC Paris' faculty maintain a wide range of activities in areas such as publishing articles and books, carrying out research, organizing conferences and workshops, and engaging in consultancy (see Emerging Economies Newsletter), thus contributing to the advancement of business management knowledge.
In executive education, faculty expertise is complemented by guest speakers with an outstanding record of national and global business success.
HEC Research
Research is naturally a prime added value:
- for HEC Paris, since research is the basis for our legitimacy and reputation, particularly abroad,
- for partner businesses, as this research gives them an invaluable asset in terms of corporate intelligence and capitalizing on knowledge,
- for participants of executive education the first benefit from cutting-edge knowledge.
News
1st anniversary of the HEC Executive MBA in Qatar
In February 2011 HEC launched the first ever Executive MBA in Qatar.
Business Schools learn language of commerce
Recognition of English as the lingua franca of business is spreading to managemen...
HEC Paris ranked #1 in Europe by the Financial Times
The Financial Times has published the results of its overall annual ranking of th...

