HEC Paris and the Management School of the Getulio Foundation in
Brazil unveils new double Master Degree
Jouy-en-Josas, June 17th 2009
The Management School of the Getulio Foundation – Escola de Administração de Empresas de
São Paulo de la Fondation Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) – and HEC Paris have recently
introduced a new Double Degree Program, which builds on the schools’ 30-year collaboration in
graduate student and faculty exchange and in managerial training in Paris and São Paulo.
French businesses located in Brazil and Brazilian businesses located in France are in desperate
need of Management graduates capable of working in both countries, and in three languages,
Portuguese, French and English.
The agreement was signed in Paris by Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, President of the Getulio Argas
Foundation and Bernard Ramanantsoa, Dean of HEC Paris, in the presence of Xavier Cornu,
Head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Paris under the patronage of Mauricio
Bustani, Brazilian Ambassador to France.
Students following the program will receive a double degree: Master of Sciences in Management
from HEC Paris, and the Brazilian Degree in International Management – Mestrado Profissional
Em Gestao Internacional.
About FGV-EAESP
Created by the Fundação Getulio Vargas, FGV-EAESP is a pioneer in the teaching of Business Administration in
Brazil and is one of the principal Brazilian centers of teaching, research, publication and consulting in the field of
Administration.
The School offers a complete range of courses for professional training at the undergraduate, graduate and
continuing education levels.
Through partnerships with the most important Brazilian companies and government institutions, FGV-EAESP
offers modern facilities in its classrooms, distance learning center and computer laboratories.
These partnerships also allow the active exchange of students and professors with schools and universities in
other countries, along with supporting the scholarship fund.
About HEC Paris
Founded in 1881, HEC specializes in management education and research.
HEC offers a complete and unique range of academic programs for the leaders of the future: the Masters Degrees
(MSc programs and Specialized Masters), the MBA program (full-time and part-time), the Executive MBA (Paris,
Beijing, Shanghai and St Petersburg), the TRIUM Global Executive MBA (New York, Paris and London) and the
PhD.
HEC has a permanent faculty of 105 professors, 3200 students on its campus and over 8500 managers and
executives trained in the executive education programs each year. All together, 84 different nationalities are
represented on a 320 acres wooded campus. HEC Paris is ranked #1 Business School in Europe by the Financial
Times.
Press contact at HEC Paris: Elisabeth de Réals, + 33 1 39 67 94 23 dereals@hec.fr