foreword

Alexei Ovtchinnikov,
Associate Professor of
Finance and Academic
Director.

Ferdinand Petra,
Affiliate Professor of
Finance and Executive
Director in charge of
placement and corporate
relations.

The financial crisis has taught us many lessons. Now more than
ever, finance is a field which requires passion and commitment, but
also strong ethics and advanced technical skills. If you are looking at our
program, there is a fair chance that you have a first training in either finance
(business track) or math, economics, physics or engineering (accelerated
track) and are now looking to acquire the extra set of skills that will provide
a pathway to a successful career in finance. You may also be a young
professional who is looking at our new MIF-MBA dual Degree. Many highquality programs exist in Europe, so you are debating which one to choose.
Finance and economics have always been essential components of HEC
Paris DNA. Over the years, the MIF (MSc in International Finance) and
the Finance Major of our Master in Management have supplied major
international investment banks with their largest contingent of European
graduates. They also irrigated the French and European economies
beyond the boundaries of Finance: our alumni have a strong toehold in
fields as diverse as strategic consulting, top management of industrial
firms or public policy making.
There are many ways in which education at HEC Paris is different. Our
approach is deeply rooted in the French tradition of strong analytics. We are
looking for candidates who are strong quantitatively and we do our best to
challenge them during the program. Another feature is our obsession with
tailor designing our programs to our students. The two different tracks,
business and accelerated, allow us to leverage on pre-existing skills and
knowledge to design the curriculum in a way that would be impossible
in a one size fits all regime. Finally, not only do we believe in giving
our students strong theoretical grounding with courses taught by world
class researchers, but also hands on knowledge with courses taught
by top practitioners working for, or at the head of, international banks,
corporations and consulting firms. This unique combination is at the heart
of the attractiveness of HEC Paris graduates for international recruiters.
As we write this message, we have just finished recruiting students for
the Class of 2016. We must say that we are quite excited by the profiles of
the men and women that we met throughout the year, coming from all five
continents. We have been deeply impressed by their academic, personal
and often even professional achievements. We are proud that they chose
HEC Paris as the next step in their successful career.
We hope that you will want to come and join them: we are looking forward
to meeting you soon!

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JOIN a leading business

school in Europe

#2

business
school
in Europe

#5

business
school
worldwide

4 400
,

students enrolled
in degree programs

(2014 Financial Times general ranking

of European Business schools)

50 000

(2013 Times Higher Education - Alma

Mater index of Fortune 500 CEOs)

#1

alumni of
107 nationalities

Pre-experience
Global Masters
in Finance

(2015 Financial TimesPre-experience

Global Masters in Finance ranking)

75

international
chapters

The HEC MIF is a partner program of:

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HEC Paris is a leading business school in Europe, world renowned for

the quality of its degrees, faculty and research. HEC Paris consistently
achieves leading positions in numerous rankings and has been ranked
#1 Business School in Europe seven out of nine years by the Financial
Times. In France, the school tops all rankings established by French
magazines and newspapers.
Commit to excellence
Join an institution dedicated to selecting the highest potentials and
guiding them all the way to professional success and personal thriving,
thanks to a unique academic approach and an effective career roadmap.
a unique culture
Benefit from our unique approach, based on small classes (max 50-60
students), our perfect balance between research-oriented professors and
experienced professionals and the strong cooperative spirit that prevails
among HEC students.
experience diversity every day
Interact with the 95 nationalities that live on campus and build your
personal network on a global scale. Living on the HEC campus is a unique
opportunity to create lifelong connections with the future global leaders
of tomorrow.
Make it to the top
Our career department is here to help you define and achieve your
professional goals, by providing you with the right tools, the right advice,
and connecting you with recruiters throughout the year.
BE PART OF A GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Founded in 1883, the HEC Alumni Association provides an efficient and
international platform to share experiences, ideas and information, and
facilitate entry into the professional world or career advancement. HEC
Alumni is organized around professional groups and 75 international
chapters.
enjoy the power of the HEC Foundation
Thanks to their 7,500 individual donors, their 42 partnerships with
leading companies and their 17 professional chairs and centers, the HEC
Foundation, a non-profit organization, contributes to the development policy
of HEC Paris in the fields of research, financial assistance to students, and
the development of innovative teaching material and technology.
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Ulrich Hege, Professor, HEC Paris,

teaches core finance courses

world-class Faculty, successful professionals

Full-time
faculty

136
64%
international

29

nationalities

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world-Class Faculty
HEC Paris has 136 full-time professors, including 105 research professors
all of them holding PhDs from the worlds leading research universities
such as Harvard, McGill, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA, Wharton, Yale,
INSEAD... 64% are non-French and are of 29 different nationalities.
successful professionals
In addition, there are 100 permanent affiliate professors, who are
generally prominent members of the business community.
HEC programs also benefit from the close ties that have been developed
with the business community over the years: skills seminars, consultancy
projects with leading firms, business games, case competitions, etc.
Research, the Essence of Management Science
HEC Paris faculty is dedicated to pushing the frontier of knowledge
by actively engaging in research, regular publications in top academic
journals with an international audience, and also through active
participation in international academic conferences. To promote the
abundance and variety of HEC publications, the school has recently
launched a dedicated website named Knowledge@HEC that gives everyone
access to the research published by HEC professors.
Moreover, HEC Paris has specialized research units focusing on
entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship Center and Center for Digital
Studies), International Matters (the Europe Institute) and other themes
such as The Finance Club, The Alternative Management Observatory and
The Society and Organizations Research Center.

who teaches in the program?

The quality of education is driven by the quality of professors. A distinguisting feature of education at HEC Paris is that half of course work is taught
by researchers who are world experts in their field and the other half by
practitioners.
A. Ovtchinnikov, Associate Professor and Academic Director
F. Petra, Affiliate Professor and Executive Director
B. Allaz, Professor
A. Apffel (HEC 1991), founder and Managing Director, Perennium
S. Bedrossian, Investment Director, Bpifrance
A. Benos, Director, Group Risk Control and Architecture, National
Bank of Greece
J-C. Bertrand, Head of Multi Asset, HSBC Global Asset Management
L. E. Calvet, Professor
V. Capkun, Associate Professor
F. Ceddaha, Affiliate Professor
N. Columelli, Consultante, Finance Training
T. Foucault, Professor
A. T. Goh, Associate Professor
U.Hege, Professor
L. Henry, Head of Foreign Exchange Structuring Paris
P. Legland, Global Head of Research and a member of the Global Executive Committee, Socit Gnrale
O. Levyne, Director, CA-CIB (M&A)
Nicoals Naillon, Vice President, Healthcare team, Deutsche Bank
J. Olivier, Professor
P. Quiry, Affiliate Professor
I. Rosu, Associate Professor
...

50%

of course work is
taught by researchers

50%
of course work
is taught by
practitioners

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connect with
future international leaders

85%

30

Origin of MIF students

50%

of international
students

nationalities

europe

32%

11%

asia

america

7%

Average age:

23

Rest of
the world

median GMAT score:

710
(class of 2015)

Anna Brossa Xicoy

(Class of 2014),
IBD Analyst at
JPMorgan Chase

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I think that choosing to go into this Master program has been one of the best decisions I have
ever made.
I look back on this year and I realize just how much I
have grown, not only in a professional and academic
level, but also personally. The program is very well organized so to ensure that you receive valuable insights
into the world of finance, by the hand of excellent
professors and practitioners while being surrounded
by top-level students.
Another of the highlights of the program is the exposure you get to companies and the exit opportunities
MIF has to offer are beyond compare.

~30%
of women

some institutions of origin (MIF 2014-2015)

Europe/Middle East:
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Bocconi University, Italy
cole Polytechnique, France
coles Centrales de Lille et Nantes, France
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Imperial College London, UK
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
London School of Economics, UK
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Suplec, France
Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Tel Aviv University, Israel
University of Cambridge, UK
University of Mannheim, Germany
U
 niversity of St.Gallen, Switzerland
Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
...
America:
McGill University, Canada
Northwestern University, USA
University of British Columbia, Canada
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Yale University, USA
...
Asia:
Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Madras), India
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
Peking University, China
The University of Hong Kong, China
Tsinghua University, China
...
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a wealth of assets

Roscoe Sun,
MIF class of 2015 (Bachelor
degree from London School
of Economics)

The MIF program

has a strong focus
on acquiring pragmatic
knowledge. For this reason,
there is a wide variety of
group-based case studies
which stand as excellent
preparation for interviews
and real-life work. Further to
this, there is plenty of careers
support available too; this
is true both from careers
advisors provided through the
school as well as personnel
from within the program
itself.
These sources of career
advice proved invaluable
in my job search and the
exceptional placement record
achieved this year is truly
testament to the added value
of the program.

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general overview
Our program aims to fulfill two objectives within a short period of time: lay
the necessary foundations for any career in finance and provide in-depth
knowledge in each students field of specialization.
We achieve this goal by leveraging on the specific knowledge and
experience students have acquired before joining HEC Paris:
Business track students: have already taken at least introductory level
courses in financial accounting, corporate finance, financial markets,
derivatives and statistics in a Tier-1 international business school or
university. They frequently have had first internships in banking or
consulting and are looking for an advanced set of tools to jump-start
their career.
Accelerated track students: have received first class education in a
highly quantitative field (maths, physics, engineering, econometrics...)
and wish to switch their field to finance. They may or may not have
taken some courses in finance and they may or may not have had a first
internship in banking or consulting.
Business and accelerated tracks mainly differ in courses taught during the
Fall term.
Business track students follow the same courses as the Majeure
Finance students of the HEC Master in Management program, starting all
courses at an advanced level and getting a first opportunity to specialize
through block electives.
Accelerated track students start all finance courses at an introductory
level. However, they go through an intensive Fall term where courses are
taught making full use of their strong quantitative skills.
Business track and accelerated track students have access to the
same pool of electives in the Spring term and have the same career
opportunities at the end of the program.

10
months

90

ECTS credits

100%

in english

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September

January

April

June

Business Track core courses

Business Track block electives

core courses

Accelerated Track core courses

elective courses

certificate

Professional experience

Accelerated Track block electives

Job market training classes
bank presentations, meetings with alumni, networking events, financial career fairs, conferences...
professional thesis
optional FRENCH SCHOOL

Core courses and block

electives
In business track (210 hours):
Asset Management
Asset Pricing Theory
Corporate Finance Theory
Derivatives
Empirical Methods for Finance
Ethics Seminar
Financial Dimensions of Strategic
Decisions
Financial Modeling
Financial Regulation
Financial Statement Analysis
Refresher
Fixed Income
FX Derivatives Trading
International Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Security Markets: Mechanisms,
Liquidity and Investment Decisions
Soft Skills Seminar
Valuation Refresher.
In accelerated track (250 hours):
Accounts and Financial Statement
Analysis
Asset Pricing Theory
Corporate Finance
Empirical Methods for Finance
Ethics Seminar
Financial Regulation
Fixed income and derivatives

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 X Derivatives trading
F
International Macroeconomics
Introduction to Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Security Markets:
Mechanisms, Liquidity and
Investment Decisions
Soft Skills Seminar
Structured Finance
Taxation.

Electives
(130-160 hours)
Advanced Asset Pricing
Advanced Financial Statement
Analysis
Alternative Investments
Bond Portfolio Management
Credit Crisis: Historical and
Technical Analysis
Debt Restructuring
Distressed Firms and
Credit Risk
Due Diligence
Energy and Finance
Energy Trading
Equity Capital Markets
Ethics: Financial Analysts and
Portfolio Managers
Financial Dimensions of Strategic
Decisions (accelerated track)
Financial Engineering and
Derivatives

 inancial Institutions and

F
Corporate Strategy
Financial Modeling (accelerated
track)
Financing Decisions of Firms
Fixed Income - Emerging Markets
LBO Structuring and Modeling
Legal and Contractual Issues in
Corporate Finance
Macroeconomics of Crisis
Economics
Modeling Techniques for Financial
Engineering
Models of Volatility
Numerical Analysis
Origination of Structured Products
Probability and Stochastic
Processes
Quantitative Asset Management
Quantitative Strategic Management
Strategies for International
Expansion
Structured Finance (business track)
Sustainable and Responsible
Investing
Topics in Valuation.

All electives listed beside are taught

in English. A few additional electives
taught in French are also available.
10-15% of electives are renewed every
year.

Please, consult our website for updates

London study trip

At the beginning of the year, students
have the opportunity to go on a study
trip to London. The trip will offer
to students plenty of networking
opportunities, conferences and group
building. Many networking events
are organised with the HEC Alumni
UK - one of the most important in
the world, with numerous active
members working in the City.
The previous London study trip
included company events with:
BNP Paribas
Socit Gnrale
Deutsche Bank
Crdit Suisse
Barclays
Goldman Sachs.
MIF specific career events
First week of classes solely devoted
to job market training classes
(CV workshop, assessment center
workshop, case study workshop, ...)
Bank presentations on campus
throughout September and October
(twice a week).

professional Thesis
MIF students must write a
professional thesis and fulfill a
professional experience requirement
in order to graduate.
The professional thesis may either
be written while on campus or
during the internship under the joint
supervision of a professional and an
HEC faculty member. It constitutes an
important component of the HEC MIF
learning experience. The objective of
the thesis is to explore how cuttingedge research is being implemented
in the daily practice of finance in a
highly competitive environment.
professional experience
The professional experience
requirement is satisfied when the
student completes a professional
experience of at least 4 months in
fields related to their coursework at
HEC Paris. It is, however, important
to stress that this professional
experience may not be an internship
per se. Our policy at HEC Paris is
that the best type of internship is a
full-time job! We strongly encourage
our students to look for permanent
hiring as soon as the academic year
starts.

learn french at HEC PARIS

Students do not need to speak French
to enroll in the program as all core
courses and most electives are
offered in English. However, some
knowledge of French can be useful
to enjoy the full HEC experience,
become professionally bicultural and
optimize networking with French
students and alumni.
MIF students are required to speak
at least one language other than
English at intermediate level upon
graduation. Thus students who speak
only English and no other language
are strongly encouraged to attend
either the HEC Paris French School
or French language classes offered
during the year.
HEC Paris French School:
During their studies, students may
also register for a two week French
language course (TEF certificate
all levels) in August. This is an
exceptional opportunity to learn
French before joining the Campus.
Extra fees are applicables.

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9 certificates to enhance your expertise

15

ects credits

Energy & Finance

Chaired by Deloitte and Socit Gnrale
Investment decisions have become more and more complex with the
discovery that most current forms of energy have a negative climatic
impact. This reality requires corporations to deeply rethink their business
models and governments to adopt visionary policies. The Energy &
Finance Certificate is an exceptional opportunity for participants to
confront the issues in this sector, and acquire the knowledge and
analytical skills that will help them make informed decisions as important
contributors to the current industrial revolution.
Digital Innovation for Business
Chaired by Free, PriceMinister and Vente-privee.com
The Certificate provides HEC students with the opportunity to embrace
e-business through an entrepreneurial approach. They will explore
the various ways digital technologies enhance innovation through new
business models, e-commerce, digital communication, collaborative
marketing, funding of new ventures, etc.
Digital Transformation
Chaired by Axa
All large organizations deal with a major strategic issue: adapting and
embracing the digital economy. The digital Transformation certificate
aims at giving HEC students the tools to take advantage of this huge
career opportunity, training them to become tomorrows consultants
and managers of the Digital Economy. This certificate will immerse
students in the various aspects of digital transformation through lectures,
testimonials from top managers from diverse companies, and several
projects developed thanks to a close relationship with large leading
companies, as well as the collaboration of key consulting companies.
Luxury
Chaired by Kering (Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen,
Balenciaga, Stella McCartney, Sergio Rossi, Boucheron...)
The Luxury Certificate is a business oriented program, seeking to provide
future managers with an in-depth understanding of the unique rules
for the effective management of luxury brands and companies. In the
context of modern conceptual and managerial confusion regarding the
luxury market, participants will revisit the essence of luxury, and, through
rigorous analysis, will assess its managerial challenges. The Luxury
certificate will challenge the participants marketing knowledge by setting
out the often paradoxical rules for success, such as break the rules of
marketing to build luxury brands (Kapferer and Bastien 2009).

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Social Business
Chaired by Danone, Schneider Electric and Renault
The aim of the Social Business Certificate is to train students in the
innovative business approaches that reduce poverty by offering new
economic models for both developed and developing countries,
and investigating new methods of co-creation and distribution of wealth.
Innovation Management in Aviation & Aerospace
Chaired by Safran
The general objective of the course is to provide participants with a set of
skills and instruments to manage firms in high technology sectors and to
understand the industry dynamics in these sectors. To this end, the course
introduces conceptual frameworks based on cutting-edge research in
economics, strategy and technology management.

~100

contact hours

Leadership
Chaired by Pernod Ricard
The objectives of the Leadership Certificate is to help students find
their leadership identity and test their skills across cultures under the
savoir-relier protocol. Students will challenge and experience strategic
leadership from a Personal, Interpersonal, Organizational and Social
perspective.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Positions in Mergers and Acquisitions are among the leading job
opportunities for HEC graduates. The M&A certificate will bring students a
multidisciplinary understanding of the sector (finance, strategy, legal, tax,
HR), which will help them make a difference in their career, as they will
have both a clearer view of the global picture behind financial operations
and a deeper understanding of these financial operations.
Advanced Management
This certificate makes it possible for students to choose several advanced
courses among the following electives:
Communication, Culture and Leadership
Country Risk Analysis: Emerging Asia
Geopolitical Analysis
Global Financial Services
Intellectual Capital, Intangible Assets and Link With Sustainable Development
International Financial Management
Performing in Organizations
Strategy and Sustainable Development
Sustainable Procurement
Value Proposition, Business Models & Business Plan.

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double and dual

degree programs
Tsinghua SEM Master in Finance
This 2-year double degree program was created in Fall 2012 in collaboration
with the School of Economics and Management of the premier Chinese
university, Tsinghua University.
HEC students who want to join the double degree program need to apply
during the Spring term of the HEC MIF.
Pre-selection will be made on the basis of academic results in the Fall term
and final decisions will be made on the basis of an interview with Tsinghua
SEM Faculty members. Selected students will join the Tsinghua SEM Master
in Finance for a second year of study and receive the two degrees of HEC
MIF and Tsinghua SEM Master in Finance.
The double degree program with Tsinghua SEM is the opportunity to
combine strong academic training in Finance offered by leading programs
with an unique cross-cultural experience.
Global Real Estate Master (GREM)
The Global Real Estate Master (GREM) is designed for students seeking a
career in the high-risk and high-reward field of international real estate.
HEC students who want to join the double degree program need to apply
during the Spring term of the HEC MIF.
GREM students spend a third semester at the University of Wisconsin
(GREM semester) after having attended the "regular" MIF curriculum and
done a summer internship.
GREM Partner programs are:
HEC Paris in Europe
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Asia
INCAE in South America
University of Wisconsin in North America.
Students still need to complete the same thesis requirements as "regular"
MIF students to graduate.
The two-phase GREM program thus combines the best-in-class instruction
in finance at HEC Paris with training in the principles of international real
estate during a capstone semester at Wisconsin.
The GREM semester includes:

16 weeks of intensive instruction in real estate valuation, development and
investment
One or more field trips to a major U.S. real estate market

Interactive professional development opportunities both in and out of the
classroom.

HEC MBA-MIF DUAl DEGREE

The Dual Degree program has been
designed to maximize synergies
between MBA and MIF.
Over the course of the 20-month Dual
Degree program, students will attend
both MBA and MIF courses; the exact
courses will differ from student to
student as they tailor their program
to fit their professional aspirations
and experience.
The key features of the MBA/MIF dual
degree are:
The core courses phase runs
from September to April of the
first year, with the first semester
of courses focusing on Finance
so as to optimize students
preparation for job interviews and
the second semester covering
MBA core courses in other fields of
management.
The first semester of the second
year allows students to specialize
in Strategy, Entrepreneurship or
General Management with the
HEC Paris MBA or one of our
international partners.
The last semester of the program
gives dual degree students full
access to the HEC MIF electives.

Ioanid Rosu,
Associate Professor, HEC Paris

The University of Wisconsins Department of Real Estate and Urban Land

Economics is consistently ranked as one of the top three real estate
programs in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. At the end of
the program, students receive two master degrees, HEC MIF and GREM,
and join the alumni networks of HEC Paris and the University of Wisconsin.

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close ties with

the Business world

22 000
,

job/internship
opportunities

(posted by companies on the

intranet every year)

250

companies recruit
on campus every year

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chairs and
centers

the Career department at your service

Located at the heart of the school, the career department strives to
providing the best possible placement and business opportunities to all of
our students.
To do so, we have designed a 6-step career roadmap, which aims at helping
our students explore their options, understand the job market and their
personal priorities, and give them all the tools to achieve their goals.
On top of that, we also provide our students with up-to-date job &
internship opportunities, and organize many events throughout the year:
company presentations, seminars, conferences, round tables, mock
interviews with recruiters, career fairs
A few example of career events:
Finance Career Fair (in October)
Legal & Fiscal Career Fair (in October)
Consulting Career Fair (in November)
Alumni Career Fair (in January)
General Career Fair: Carrefours HEC (in January)
Luxembourg Career Fair (in February)
Social & Sustainable Business Career Fair (in February)
Finally, HEC also connects the students with inspiring alumni, not only
through a dedicated Alumni Fair in January, but also within the frame of a
mentoring program.
entrepreneurship at HEC Paris
HEC offers a vibrant environment for would-be and young entrepreneurs,
including weekly events and talks, world-class challenges, a dedicated
entrepreneurial lab on campus and co-working spaces in Paris. Many
students develop exciting ideas for new businesses before, during and
after their time at HEC Paris.
The HEC Incubator helps participants manage the start-up risks
that setting up a new firm might entail, so that they can pursue their
ambitions with greater ambition.
The Incubator program involves workshops and active mentoring from
the Faculty and Alumni, and includes a Social Entrepreneurship Track.
It is supported by a three-step pre-incubation phase: throughout the
Introducing Entrepreneurship, Sandbox and Springboard steps,
participants can gather constructive feedbacks on their ideas before
deciding whether to submit them for full Incubator selection.
seventeen chairs and centers
Strongly backed by leading firms, they ensure that the content of
our courses are both in line with the latest research and the needs of
todays recruiters.

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examples of companies
attending international
finance and consulting career
fairs:
Accuracy
Accenture
Arthur D. Little
AT Kearney
Axa
Bain & Company
Barclays Capital
Bearingpoint
Beijaflore
Blackstone
BNP Paribas
Citi
Crdit Suisse
CSC
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank
Ernst & Young
Exane
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Jefferies
JP Morgan
KPMG
Lazard
Lek Consulting
McKinsey & Company
Merril Lynch Bank of America
Morgan Stanley
Nomura International
Oliver Wyman
PwC
Roland Berger Strategy
Consultants
Rothschild
Schlumberger Business Consulting
Socit Gnrale
The Boston Consulting Group
UBS
...

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career opportunities

100%
found employment
within 3 months1
after course completion

63%

received between
2 and 5 job offers1

after their graduation

The most popular job opportunities for young MIF graduates

Asset Management
Equity Research
M&A and Private Equity
Sales
Strategic Consulting
Structured Finance
Structuring
Trading.
placement key data1
Post-MSc International Finance job functions:

23%

consulting

6%

71%

functions

financial
services

other

Post-MSc International Finance job location:

salary after
3 years2:

90K$

52%

4%
united
states

13%
france

united
kingdom

19%

5%
china

other EUropean
Countries
(Germany, Switzerland,
Russia, etc.)

7%
other
(1) Annual employment surveys carried out 2014 graduates.
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(2) Results of the 2014 Financial Times independent survey of pre-experience HEC MIF alumni
3 years after graduation

Veralene Tan
(Class of 2012),
Investment
Banking Analyst,
RBC Capital Markets

HEC Paris is wellreputed for being one

of the leading business
schools focused in Finance.
One of the greatest strengths
of the degree was the
opportunity to meet many
like-minded and ambitious
individuals all at once.
There are many alumni from
the 2012 MIF class who still
meet up on a monthly basis.
Most of us are working in a
spread of banks in London.
Last year we organized a
class reunion in London with
classmates flying in from
all over Europe to meet in
London. Some even flew from
as far away as Toronto!

TOP recruiting Companies

Arthur D. Little
Bain & Company
Bank of America Merril Lynch
Barclays Capital
BlackRock
BNP Paribas
Boston Consulting Group
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
HSBC

J.P. Morgan
McKinsey & Company
Morgan Stanley
PwC
Roland Berger Strategy
Consultants
Rothschild
Royal Bank of Scotland
Socit Gnrale
UBS
...

some recent alumni: where are they now?

Makram Abou Fakhreddin (2013 graduate), Financial Engineering
Analyst, Merrill Lynch, UK (London)
Philipp Eska (2013 graduate), Consultant, McKinsey & Company,
Germany
Andre Hillenbrand (2013 graduate), Investment Banking Analyst,
Deutsche Bank, UK (London)
Ankit Kankaria (2013 graduate), Trading Analyst (Structured Credit),
Deutsche Bank, UK
Franois Crucifix (2011 graduate), Equity Derivatives Trading Associate Director, UBS Investment Bank, UK (London)
Vladut Nechifor (2013 graduate), Analyst, JP Morgan, UK (London)
Jessyn Katchera (2009 graduate), Consultant, The Boston Consulting
Group
Anna Brossa Xicoy (2014 graduate), Investment Banking Analyst,
JP Morgan Chase & Co, UK (London)
Marcelo Alencar Preto (2014 graduate), Equity research Analyst,
Credit Suisse, UK (London)
Igors Pauks (2014 graduate), Investment Banking Analyst, RBC Capital
Markets, UK (London)
Ingrid Rolland (2014 graduate), Analyst, BlackRock, UK (London)
Stanislav Safonov (2013 graduate), Analyst, Deutsche Bank, UK
(London)
Maximilian Thiele (2012 graduate), Analyst, Greenhill & Co., Germany
(Frankfurt)
Alexander Schober (2014 graduate), Private Equity Analyst,
Goldman Sachs, UK (London)
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THE CAMPUS: A PLAce to live

and learn

340
acre wooded
campus

130
clubs and
associations

95

nationalities
on campus

Located close to Paris (20 km) and Versailles, the HEC campus is
one of the largest in Europe. It is also 20 km from La Dfense, the
largest European business districts housing the headquarters of many
multinational companies. These companies interact with HEC Paris both
as partners and as potential recruiters.
Community Life
HEC Paris considers community life as one of the cornerstones of
its education. It develops a sense of responsibility, boldness and an
enterprising mind.
The Campus Life Office allows all students to create their own association
within one week. Since its creation in January 2014, it has already enabled
the launch of the International Entrepreneurship Club and the Model
UN Club, which complement the 130 clubs and associations on campus
(sports, culture, professional activities, humanitarian aid, public affairs).
Students plan social events, sports tournaments, concerts and plays;
they invite politicians and business VIPs to speak and debate on current
affairs; they help people in need throughout the world; they welcome
foreign students
International Society
HEC IS is a student-run association aimed at bringing all students
together through events such as the welcome week, Discover France
weekends and various on-campus activities.
HEC Students Union
The union is run by a team of students who are elected annually. Its many
responsibilities include welcoming incoming students, organizing concerts,
theater productions and other social events such as the famous HEC Paris
parties and the annual HEC Gala. It also publishes the campus magazine
and coordinates the activities of the other clubs.
HEC Paris Sports Clubs and Competitions
HEC Paris has excellent indoor and outdoor facilities on campus, including:
a multipurpose gymnasium, an indoor mountain climbing wall, a weight
training room and facilities for aerobics, fencing and martial arts
2
10,000 m of outdoor fields including tennis courts, an athletics track and
two rugby/football pitches.
The Sports Office is managed by a permanent staff of 25 qualified
professionals and coaches who teach the various sports offered. Each sport
has its own club, run by students in collaboration with the Sports Office.
The HEC Paris teams compete with other universities in all sports, such
as the Business School Coupe de France competition, the World Business
School Rugby Tournament, and Les Mercuriales.

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HEC Paris Program Portfolio:

Grande cole Masters Programs:

Master in Management (MiM), Master
in Management & Public Affairs (MPA),
Master in Management & Business Law
(MBL)
One year MSc/MS programs
MBA Program
(including a MIF-MBA dual Degree)
PhD Program
Executive Education Programs: TRIUM
Global Executive MBA, Executive MBA,
Executive Masters Programs, Open-Enrollment Programs, Custom Programs
and Coaching
Summer School Programs.