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Executive MSc & MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Executive MSc & MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

HEC Paris

Applications for June 2025 are open!

Complete your application by March 3 to get a €2,000 tuition discount.

Apply now

#1 Business School in Europe

Ranked by the Financial Times for 5 consecutive years

Taught in English

Engage in group discussions with professors and peers

18-24 months

20 courses total, 20 hours per week

100% online

Lectures, webinars, and team projects

22,950-24,950 Euro total cost

Develop an entrepreneurial mindset, and learn to identify innovation opportunities with HEC Paris

Prepare to immerse yourself in a world of innovation, with modules and team projects with high caliber faculty and entrepreneurs. Develop the confidence to turn great ideas into thriving start-ups, as part of HEC’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Through a curriculum that blends business innovation theory with real-life business development, you’ll learn to identify high potential commercial opportunities. You’ll develop strategies to attract the talent and capital your ideas need, and the decision-making skills to manage rapid growth and risk ethically and sustainably.

These world-class HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship degrees have been shaped with the needs of busy working professionals and business leaders in mind, with two distinct program paths created for either early-stage or managerial mid-career development. 

HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs are the ideal choice if you’re looking to: 

  • Launch your own company

  • Bring innovation cultures and practices to an existing business

  • Become a sought-after and valued contributor to other projects and businesses.

With the skills, insights and opportunities necessary for accelerated career growth, successful graduates go on to become founders, innovation management consultants, and decision makers in many other strategic and executive roles.

Applications for June 2025 are open!

Early Bird deadline: March 3. Complete your application and submit all documents (including references) by March 3 to get a €2,000 tuition discount.

February 26: Join us for our How to Create a Successful Application Webinar. Register here.

View the Program Booklets for Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Applications for June 2025 are open!

Complete your application by March 3 to get a €2,000 tuition discount.

Apply now

#1 Business School in Europe

Ranked by the Financial Times for 5 consecutive years

Taught in English

Engage in group discussions with professors and peers

18-24 months

20 courses total, 20 hours per week

100% online

Lectures, webinars, and team projects

22,950-24,950 Euro total cost

#1 Business School in Europe

Ranked by the Financial Times for 5 consecutive years

Taught in English

Engage in group discussions with professors and peers

Develop an entrepreneurial mindset, and learn to identify innovation opportunities with HEC Paris

Prepare to immerse yourself in a world of innovation, with modules and team projects with high caliber faculty and entrepreneurs. Develop the confidence to turn great ideas into thriving start-ups, as part of HEC’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Through a curriculum that blends business innovation theory with real-life business development, you’ll learn to identify high potential commercial opportunities. You’ll develop strategies to attract the talent and capital your ideas need, and the decision-making skills to manage rapid growth and risk ethically and sustainably.

These world-class HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship degrees have been shaped with the needs of busy working professionals and business leaders in mind, with two distinct program paths created for either early-stage or managerial mid-career development. 

HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs are the ideal choice if you’re looking to: 

  • Launch your own company

  • Bring innovation cultures and practices to an existing business

  • Become a sought-after and valued contributor to other projects and businesses.

With the skills, insights and opportunities necessary for accelerated career growth, successful graduates go on to become founders, innovation management consultants, and decision makers in many other strategic and executive roles.

Applications for June 2025 are open!

Early Bird deadline: March 3. Complete your application and submit all documents (including references) by March 3 to get a €2,000 tuition discount.

February 26: Join us for our How to Create a Successful Application Webinar. Register here.

View the Program Booklets for Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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Choose your admission pathway

Track 1: MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the best path if you’re an early-stage professional or developing business leader. 

  • With at least two years’ work experience under your belt, you’re at the point where you’re now ready to learn the strategic leadership and entrepreneurial skills you need to take your career to exciting new levels of contribution and growth. 

  • As a student on this MSc, you’ll discover how the very best innovators combine creativity with business knowledge and strategy to go way beyond the industry standard. 

Track 2: Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is for you if you’re a management professional, intrapreneur or entrepreneur. 

  • You’ll have at least eight years’ post-bachelor work experience behind you (including managerial experience), and many of the skills and attitudes already in place to drive business development, and create change. 

  • Working in close collaboration with some of the most exciting entrepreneurs and business minds in the world, you’ll develop innovative approaches to leadership and project management that will transform your career - and potentially your industry.

Learn about admissions requirements

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About the program

Move your career forward

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs will prepare you for working at this influential level. Your skills, knowledge and mindset will allow you to unearth enormous value for others, and become an unrivaled asset for any management team.

This program is the ideal qualification for:

  • Entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
  • Professionals looking to increase their career and earning potential
  • Business leaders looking to foster an innovation culture and break down company silos
  • Aspiring company founders, innovation consultants and business development managers.

MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A comprehensive 24-month program where you’ll learn to identify and develop high-potential opportunities, lead business development, drive product innovation, and launch commercial ventures

Through hands-on opportunities, including pitch training and business games, you’ll master applied skills in business development, product innovation and entrepreneurship.

This program is geared towards those who want to start their own business or understand the best techniques for advancing innovation in any organization.

Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A streamlined 18-month program for business leaders and entrepreneurs to consolidate their skills and experience with intensive coaching and tuition in business innovation

Team Project - mentored by business leaders, you’ll work together to create a startup suitable for further development and investment (a third of the initial cohort’s capstone projects are now real-life innovative start-ups)

As a senior professional and experienced entrepreneur looking to launch new ventures or take your career in a new direction, you will gain a wider range of expertise and perspective through this program.

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About HEC Paris

Ranked #1 Business School In Europe by the Financial Times in 2023 for the fifth year in a row, HEC Paris offers an exceptional standard of high value educational programs for the leaders of tomorrow, including MBA, PhD and custom executive education programs.

With an influential and inclusive global alumni network that includes former French President François Hollande and Michelin CEO Jean-Dominique Sénard, HEC Paris also provides opportunities for ongoing graduate career support via ‘Station F’, the world’s largest start-up campus.

At an international level, HEC Paris is among schools to have triple international accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. These accreditations provide an international standard of excellence and ensure academic consistency with all top accredited institutions in the UK, US, and worldwide.

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Applications for June 2025 are open

Complete your application by March 3 to get a €2,000 tuition discount.

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Not ready for the MSc? Try a short course from HEC Paris instead

If you’re not yet in a position to commit to an 18 or 24-month degree, take a look at the University Certificate programs from HEC Paris:

Both provide a strong foundation towards a subsequent Executive MSc or MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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Build toward a degree

When you complete these programs, you may have learning recognized for credit toward this degree, if you are admitted and enroll.¹

¹Successful application and enrollment are required. Eligibility requirements apply. Each institution determines the number of credits recognized by completing this content that may count towards degree requirements, considering any existing credits you may have. Click on a specific course for more information.

Check out the latest program news

The far-reaching applications of an Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Nicolas is an airline pilot and a consultant for aviation and educational companies. Working internationally across multiple career fields in roles where innovation and entrepreneurship are key, Nicolas recently chose to advance his skills by earning the Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris on Coursera.

July 23, 2024

Blueprint for success: Lisa’s degree story began with two certificates from HEC Paris

Lisa is a proud mom and homeschool teacher in Barbados, the most easterly island of the Caribbean Archipelago. She dreams of starting a business that supports other businesses caring for their employees. She wants to provide them with health services that feel safe to access. With this dream in mind, Lisa is earning her MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from HEC Paris.

May 13, 2024

From University Certificate learner to Master of Science: Meet Emre Girici

See how Emre Girici leveraged his University Certificate experience as a building block toward earning a master’s degree.

November 20, 2022

Where Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet Purpose

Hear from alumnus of the program Ara Fernezian about how signing up for the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship just before the pandemic turned out to be a life-changing experience for him.

May 22, 2022

Big Ideas, Solid Foundations

Hear from alumna of the program Aisha Williams about her learning experience and how the program helped her in launching her own business - ImpactVest, specializing in impact investing.

January 18, 2022

Think You're Not Creative? Think Again...

Discover how Professor Anne-Laure Sellier brings creativity into the world of business in her Boosting Creativity course in the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship program.

October 18, 2021

First Cohort Sails Through Pioneering HEC Paris’ Online Master

The groundbreaking MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship saw its first cohort successfully complete HEC’s first 100% online degree program.

February 6, 2019

Frequently asked questions

The Executive MSc program is shorter, to allow applicants to fast-track their learning based on prior knowledge gained through experience. The MSc program provides greater opportunities for applicants to acquire key managerial and leadership skills.

We don’t recommend that you apply for the Executive MSc unless your work experience levels match the course requirements.

HEC Paris, as an academic institution and research center, is fully recognized by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

At an international level, HEC Paris is among schools to have triple international accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. These accreditations provide an international standard of excellence and ensure academic consistency with all top accredited institutions in the UK, US, and worldwide.

The Executive Master's in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a lifelong learning program, which has a BAC+5 level (European level I/EQF 7), and has been awarded a Visa by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research via the CEFDG (Commission d'Évaluation des Formations et Diplômes de Gestion), with accreditation now extended until August 2029.

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The official title of this degree program is: “Diplôme en Innovation et Entrepreneuriat”. Any employer or institution who contacts us on your behalf will receive an official confirmation by our institution, stating that you have completed an MSc degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at HEC Paris, with 120 ECTS credits.

Applicants for the MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship must have: a bachelor's degree, two years’ work experience and English proficiency. Applicants will also be asked to submit a potential project idea. GMAT / GRE are recommended, but not mandatory.

Applicants for the Executive MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship must have: a bachelor's degree, eight years’ work experience (including some experience in a senior/management role) and English proficiency. Applicants will also be asked to submit a potential project idea. GMAT / GRE are recommended, but not mandatory.

You should choose either the MSc or the Executive MSc according to your level of work experience and career stage. The Executive MSc is designed for management professionals with at least eight years’ work experience (rather than the two years’ experience required for the standard MSc).

Applications for June 2025 are open

Complete your application by March 3 to get a €2,000 tuition discount.