Internationalisation: "Essential to maintain and develop bridges when tensions rise" (P. Oster, HEC)

"Our territorial network is already strong: we have links with all the major regions that count in this world. At this stage, we are no longer looking to establish new partnerships on a strictly geographical basis. From now on, I want to build bridges with global institutions that are not just business schools, but come from other fields, such as technology or social and political sciences," declares Philippe Oster, Director of International Affairs at HEC Paris, to News Tank on 09/04/2025.

The French business school, ranked second in the FT European Business Schools 2024, has already started this international strategy with close partnership with the École Polytechnique (France), and the Munich University of Technology (Germany). "We have also joined the Euroteq project, a European alliance bringing together the best tech institutions."

The Director of International Affairs follows closely the situation in the U.S. regarding the defunding and investigating of HEIs and research institutions since Donald Trump started his second term: "The United States is central to our international…