Entrepreneurs at HEC !
Our ambition
Further elevate the pedagogical excellence of the Master X-HEC Entrepreneurs to make it the European benchmark.
Strengthen its openness through an ambitious excellence scholarship program — including need-based scholarships — to attract talented students from diverse backgrounds, particularly scientific and engineering profiles, and turn the program into a genuine driver of social mobility.
Finally, spread entrepreneurial thinking across all HEC students through short, action-based pedagogical formats integrated throughout their curriculum.
The MSc X-HEC Entrepreneurs, jointly run by HEC Paris and École Polytechnique, offers 120 students each year a unique immersion in entrepreneurship: learning through action, experimenting on real cases, and creating, acquiring, or transforming organizations in an increasingly complex environment.
Today’s challenge is to amplify the impact of this program around three main pillars:
Strengthening academic excellence Positioning the program as the global reference; accelerating pedagogical innovation — particularly through AI — structuring an ambitious track dedicated to repreneuriat (business takeover & transformation) and deepening the program’s international scope.
Opening the program to all talents through significant scholarship support.
- Spreading the entrepreneurial mindset to all HEC students Beyond the MSc “X-HEC Entrepreneurs,” the school aims to scale short pedagogical formats inspired by the MSc — such as the Launchpad sprint — enabling all first-year Master’s students to acquire fundamental entrepreneurial skills.
trained each year
in the Class
(real missions, mentoring, immersion, creation)
FROM IDEA TO IMPACT
Supporting X-HEC Entrepreneurs means giving students the means to learn by doing, to create or acquire companies, and to become leaders capable of addressing major economic, technological, and societal challenges.
Your donation enables:
- Opening entrepreneurship to all talents by removing financial barriers and diversifying student profiles, especially engineering students;
- Spreading the entrepreneurial mindset across all HEC students by funding hands-on pedagogy at the Master 1 level;
- Strengthening the academic excellence of the joint HEC × Polytechnique master’s degree through additional full-time faculty and cutting-edge tools;
- Accelerating pedagogical innovation, notably through AI, databases, and new learning methods;
- Structuring a unique Repreneuriat track in France, supporting business transmission and strengthening the economic fabric;
- Expanding the program’s international exposure and connecting students to major global innovation hubs.
By supporting this program, you directly contribute to training lucid, responsible, and creative entrepreneurial leaders capable of making a lasting impact on society.
