HEC Liege Management School

As a leading university-level management school, HEC Liege is dedicated to: Educating and training creative, polyvalent and highly responsible managers who will be able to address the challenges of the world of tomorrow in a global context. Developing scientific research that is recognized internationally and has measurable societal impact. Contributing significantly to the economic and social development of its region.

HEC Liege - Management School of the University of Liege aims to reinforce and expand its international reputation for the excellence of its research and its wide-ranging educational portfolio in the fields of management and economics. At the regional level, it aims to be recognized as a key player and a significant contributor to the successful redeployment and development of its region. Our ambition is "From good to great".

The School is committed to the following values and will make sure they are embodied in all its actions and achievements: Critical thinking and personal development. Multicultural awareness and respect for diversity. Ethical and social responsibility. Creativity and entrepreneurship. Highest standards in design and execution.

With a view to achieving its vision, HEC Liege will build on the following resources and capabilities: Its strong partnership with the corporate world. Its unique autonomous governance within a large renowned University. The HEC network, including alumni, sponsors, partners, etc.
Its full-range education program, from bachelor to executive education. Its international reach, inside its region and worldwide. Its influential academic research.

In 2005, the heads of HEC Liege and Liege University joined forces in order to create a business school of international stature in Liege. This union brought about an innovation in the French-speaking Belgian academic world, and has set an example for other fusions between Institutes for Higher Education (Hautes Ecoles) and Universities.

Since then, the impact of HEC Liege on its environment, at the heart of a fully-fledged University established in 1817, has been growing continually: It attracts numerous foreign students to Liège: 33% of Master students, (the courses are taught in English), represent more than 60 nations. Researchers work in international networks, and the School is registered in several procedures for international accreditations. This openness to an international dimension is the back-drop to the education which is shaping the managers of tomorrow. At the same time, the School is doing everything possible to create a solid connection with Liège, so that its graduates may participate in the growth of companies in our region. Thanks to the BSIS (Business School Impact Survey), organized by HEC Liège in cooperation with the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), the School has been able to measure its crucial impact on the region, and to define the central role it plays in the economic fabric in the broadest sense.

Thus, HEC’s initial vocation has expanded. HEC was created in 1898 by business enterprises, on the initiative of “Union des Charbonnages, Mines et Usines Metallurgiques de la Province de Liege” and with the patronage of the “Federation des Associations Commerciales et Industrielles Liegeoises” to fill the need for training in times when industry was booming. Over the years, it acquired several accreditations, which allowed it to issue different degrees.

1993 marked an important stage in its development: HEC Liege moved to the very heart of Liege city, on the historical Beauregard site, into a complex of buildings of almost 10 800 ft2, and designed by architects Bruno Albert and Camille Ghysen.

The integration of restored ancient buildings into a contemporary design, by the use of the shapes and materials chosen, was a great success. The restoration of the XVIIth century convent, a listed building, is the only pilot project in Wallonia that was selected for safeguarding as European architectural heritage by the European Commission.