Overview
WHY JOIN THE MASTER IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT?
Get the best education in strategic management
Thanks to its top quality lecturers and its innovative learning methods, our Master in Strategic Management is ranked number one worldwide (QS Ranking 2024).
Become a proactive strategic leader
Our Master in Strategic Management addresses all emerging trends and paradigms through real-life case studies and business projects.
Tailor the program to achieve your full potential
Choose from more than 15 elective courses and 8 Certificates to customize the program to your career goals.
Make the most of HEC’s extensive networking opportunities
Harness the power of HEC’s global alumni network that gathers more than 70,000 graduates in over 130 countries.
Benefit from intensive career coaching
HEC Paris organizes numerous fairs, workshops, conferences with leaders and one-to-one sessions to help you build your career.
REALIZE YOUR AMBITIONS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL CAREER
Ranked the #1 Master in Strategic Management worldwide (QS Rankings 2024), this program will teach you how to tackle any issue, whatever the nature, context or time, by building strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Based on the principle of ‘learning how to learn’, leading practitioners, world-class academics, real-life case studies and practical business projects will help you to refine your critical thinking skills to approach every situation with a fresh set of eyes.
Our curriculum is designed to prepare students for leadership roles in strategy consulting, strategy departments of firms, private equity, tech and more. With an extensive range of elective courses and certificates, the course is customizable to fulfil your personal objectives and career goals. The program is distinguished by its diverse cohort, bringing together students from varied cultures, nationalities, and academic backgrounds. This diversity enhances open-mindedness, broadens knowledge, and cultivates adaptability, creativity and teamwork—skills essential in today's global business environment.
Structure
The program offers you a perfect balance of theory and practice. Elective courses, Certificates and numerous academic opportunities throughout the program allow you to customize the curriculum to your needs and aspirations.
The HEC Paris Master in Strategic Management is an exciting intellectual challenge building upon the specific knowledge and experience that our academic team brings to the program, but also upon the students’ qualities. The program is very intense and demanding and is comprised of mandatory core courses, workshops with firms, a Business Project, but also elective courses and a master thesis which allow students to tailor their curriculum according to their interests and career goals.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this program you will have developed :
- Strong analytical skills
- Complex problem-solving skills
- Critical thinking
- A capacity to create and implement innovative strategic options
- Teamwork and cooperation skills
ASSESSMENT METHODS
- Quizzes, exercices
- Case studies
- Business games and role-playing games
- Action projects
- Professional immersions
- A master's thesis (research paper)
Costs
Funding
Admissions
Hold a Bachelor or Master's degree from an international institution
HEC welcomes applications from candidates of all nationalities who are fluent in English. They should also be recent graduates with a degree from a top institution in domains related to business administration, management, applied economics, or in other fields such as engineering, law, life science, and medical studies, etc.
Please note that, no minimum pass score is required to apply.