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Other names:
HEC International Business School
Contact: +33 1 39 67 70 00
Accreditations and rankings:
CEMS, EQUIS, PIM

HEC Paris (HEC)

Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, 1 rue de la Libération, 78351 Jouy en Josas Cedex, France, Paris
3.86 / 5 based on 426 reviews.
Description:
HEC Paris or École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris is a French Grande Ecole and one of the world's foremost business schools. It was established in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It has been consistently ranked the best business school in Europe by the Financial Times[1] since the ranking's inception. (Cf. Wikipedia)


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87% of students recommend
426 reviews
Housing
3.7/5
 All experiences (426)
Student life
4.4/5
 5 stars (66)
Academic
3.8/5
 4 stars (228)
Languages
4.2/5
 3 stars (126)
Expenses
3.1/5
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Overall
4.4/5
 1 star (6)
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HOUSING    
by SALAWOU, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Economics, University Agreement
Personal assessment
Cost
KEY:
Couldn't have asked for more.
Pretty good.
Could've been better, but didn't lessen the overall experience.
Disappointing.
Facilities
Location
Cleanliness
Space
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why? Because of the facilities and the campus environment
Personal comments:
Accomodation was good on campus with many facilities indoors and outdoors. rooms withs internet access, telephone, bathrooms and so on. Classrooms are two feet from the residential halls all on a very green campus area.
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STUDENT LIFE    
by SALAWOU, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Economics, University Agreement
Personal social experience
Activities
KEY:
Amazing! Hardly had time to study.
Plenty to do when I had the time.
So-so.
Did not get involved.
Nightlife
Travel
Overall
Describe host city: Students interact with the local community without much university involvement
Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Personal comments:
All night activities take place on campus. Not to missed is tursday evenning. It's crazy yet students try to make it in class on friday. Le Zinc, la K-fête are the main students meeting points for a coffee and a beer.
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ACADEMIC    
by Andrea, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Management Science, CEMS
My academic experiences
Quality of courses
KEY:
Fantastic.
Pretty good.
Could've been a bit better.
Disappointing.
Variety of courses
Availability/access to resources
Interaction with teachers
Interaction with other international students
Interaction with local students
Course recommendations:
- chose french classes => a lot of international students only spoke English and didn't improve their French at all. I didn't care too much about the subject but more about the language



My opinion of the university assessment
Exams at end of course
KEY:
Liked it.
It was alright.
A bit annoying.
Didn't like it.
Exams throughout the course
Essays and/or projects at the end of course.
Essays and/or projects throughout the course
Overall
Personal comments:
none

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by Anna, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Business Studies, University Agreement
Language difficulties
Social
KEY:
No problems.
I coped pretty well.
Sometimes it was difficult.
It was a constant struggle.
Educational
Administrative / Institutional
Overall
Language of instruction: English
Local language was: Different than language of instruction.
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
Was learning French a key decision factor?
Yes, I wanted to improve my French
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: At ease in most situations
How much did you improve your French?
My level before: Basic phrases
My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
Personal comments:
Well, i had no problems communication in English, plus i could practice my French a lot =)) But in the beginning it was difficult to understand the accents of the professors, although all the classes were in English. The most complicated for me was to understand the professor from Canada. I had experience of "french english" before, so it did not take long to adapt.
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EXPENSES    
by Carmen, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna, Austria
Business Studies, CEMS
The accessibility of student needs
Second-hand text books
KEY:
Very easy.
Minimal effort.
Accessible but required effort.
Almost impossible.
Second-hand household items
Computers / Internet
Administrative
Money from home
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I didn't explore any work options
Personal spending habits:
The rent was higher than at home. Food in the cafeteria was cheap, the same applies to nightlife on campus (does not apply to Paris, Paris is really expensive).
Travel, Overall, Telephone, Housing: was more expensive than at home.
Food: was the same price as at home.
Nightlife: was less expensive than at home.
Personal comments:
Open a bank account in France, then you can apply for the CAF, a financial housing support from the state.
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OVERALL    
by Polina, ESCEM School of Business, Poitiers, France
Marketing and Sales Management, CEMS
Important to choosing this university...
Academic reasons
KEY:
Very Important.
Important.
Not really important.
Unimportant.
Culture
Costs
Activities
Campus life
Party / people
Weather / Location
I wish I had known...
I wish I would have known that rent was so high. also absence of kitchen in the dorm was an unpleasent surprise. And of course the time it takes to commute to Paris (from 40 min to 2 hours depending on strikes or construction works that happen way too often in France)
In my opinion:
Most people loved it.



During my experience abroad, I ...
Became familiar with another culture
KEY:
Happened all the time.
Happened quite a lot.
Happened a bit.
Didn't happen.
Traveled
Improved language skills
Met people from other countries
Became more independent
Partied a lot
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies/career
Personal recommendation:
Very prestigious school to have on your CV, honored professors, nice people but on the whole did not meet my high expectations.



FINAL COMMENTS

Do not have very high expectations! Learn some basic French to be able to get around. Apply for CAF the moment you arrive on campus (CAF is a student support for rent from French government, up to 200 euros per month, to apply go to the website www.caf.fr - there you would need your basic French by the way)
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