Skip to content

The 2027 admissions calendar

Four sessions, two results per session, and what you pay once you are in. Every date below was read off HEC's admissions pages.

The four sessions

For the 2027 intake there are three public rounds and one session reserved for École Polytechnique students. Each has an application deadline and two result dates, given by HEC as the latest day you will hear.

  • Round 2

    Application deadline
    26 November 2026, 12pm CET
    Shortlist (admissibility) results
    21 December 2026
    Admission results
    1 February 2027, 6pm

  • Polytechnique students session

    Application deadline
    17 February 2027, 12pm CET
    Shortlist (admissibility) results
    24 February 2027
    Admission results
    16 March 2027

  • Round 3

    Application deadline
    17 February 2027, 12pm CET
    Shortlist (admissibility) results
    16 March 2027
    Admission results
    12 April 2027, 6pm

  • Round 4

    Application deadline
    28 April 2027, 12pm CEST
    Shortlist (admissibility) results
    18 May 2027
    Admission results
    9 June 2027, 6pm

HEC states that all of these dates may be subject to change. Deadlines fall at noon Paris time: CET for the winter deadlines, CEST for Round 4.

HEC publishes no interview dates. The interview sits between the two results of your session, so expect it in the weeks after the shortlist date.

There is no Round 1

HEC's admissions page says Round 1 is not available for this program. It gives no reason, and this guide does not guess one. You will still see Round 1 dates on HEC's general pages, such as the scholarship deadlines, because other HEC master's programs run one. For the MSc X‑HEC Entrepreneurs the first deadline is Round 2, on 26 November 2026.

Admissibility and admission are two different results

Selection runs in two phases, and each phase ends with its own result date.

Phase 1: the written file

The admissions team screens your application. HEC's French admissions page says particular attention goes to the quality of the academic record (GPA or an equivalent average). If you pass, you are admissible: shortlisted for the interview.

Phase 2: the interview

Admissible candidates sit a video interview, held in English and in French, in front of a panel of practitioner‑professors, alumni and/or entrepreneurs. A jury decides at the end of the session. That decision is the admission result.

How the interview works

The Polytechnique students session

This session is for students of École Polytechnique's engineering cycle. According to the program's French FAQ, third‑year students of the cycle ingénieur polytechnicien can apply for their fourth year, only in this winter session, and must contact Polytechnique first. The deadline is the same as Round 3, 17 February 2027, but the results come earlier: shortlist by 24 February and final decision by 16 March 2027.

After admission: the deposit and the balance

Deposit
3,500 EUR, non‑refundable, requested when you confirm your place for the session you were admitted in.
Balance
The rest of the fees is paid in September of the intake year, in one payment or in seven monthly instalments. The instalment option carries a 140 EUR fee.
Confirmation deadline
HEC does not publish how long you have to confirm for this program. Ask info-masters@hec.fr when you receive your offer.

Full cost and financing breakdown

Which round to aim for

My advice, not an HEC rule

If you are not an EU national, aim for Round 2 or Round 3. A Round 4 offer arrives on 9 June 2027 and the program's first phase runs from September, which leaves roughly three months to pay the deposit, get a student visa and find housing. If you are an EU national or already live in France, Round 4 is workable, but an earlier round leaves more time to plan the move and the money.

Applying from abroad

Sources

Dates and rules last checked against HEC's pages on .

Pineurs is an independent guide, not affiliated with HEC Paris or École Polytechnique. If a date here differs from the official page, the official page wins.