A Guide to
X‑HEC Entrepreneurs
An unofficial guide to the X‑HEC Entrepreneurs master, written by an alumnus: what the year really looks like, how admissions work and how to prepare.
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What X‑HEC Entrepreneurs is
X‑HEC Entrepreneurs is a joint Master of Science from HEC Paris and École Polytechnique for people who want to start, take over or grow a company. It takes 120 students a year. HEC has trained entrepreneurs this way since 1978, and the joint X‑HEC degree dates from 2018.
It runs from September to December of the following year, in four phases: Learn (field missions with real companies), Test (your project in one of four paths: the Startup Launchpad, UC Berkeley, NUS in Singapore or entrepreneurship by acquisition), Consolidate (electives and Demo Day) and Become (your own venture, or four to six months as a CEO's right‑hand).
Tuition for the 2027/28 intake is 34,985 EUR, plus 2,500 EUR for students from outside the EU. You can join straight from a four‑year bachelor's (240 ECTS) or with a master's, with B2 English and French. It suits people who want to build something, not people looking for a safe corporate track.
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