About Melan-In@HEC

Melan-In@HEC is an independent student-led initiative started by members of the Class of 2020 who are passionate about diversity and increasing representation of diverse MBA profiles. Melan-In@HEC is composed of several outreach initiatives designed to promote visibility of the HEC Paris MBA program to black women and to amplify black female voices in the recruitment process.

Our aim is to:

Promote visibility of the HEC Paris MBA Program to black women

Recruit black women to apply to the MBA program 

Elevate black women’s voices and stories in preparation for the admissions and recruitment process

The HEC Paris MBA Program is a top-rated global MBA program that boasts an international student body of 92%. Currently, African/Black women approximately make up less than 2% of the HEC MBA class and only 6% of the female population overall. The Africa and Middle East region contributes to only 12% of admits in comparison to the Americas and APAC regions (27% and 43%, respectively). We see an area for improvement and are committed to raising black female representation in a globally top-rated MBA program. 

As one of our classmates nicely put it: “Listen, there are some bad-ass queens out there that HEC is not managing to reach for some reason. Let's put HEC on the map for those queens!" And that’s exactly what we’re here to do.