Parisian business school HEC has signed deals to deliver two dual degree programmes in as many months with universities in Brazil and Russia. HEC already runs programmes in a third Bric country, China, in conjunction with Tsinghua University in Beijing, and has a masters level collaboration with MIT Sloan in the US.

The Russian programme, run in conjunction with the Graduate School of Management of St Petersburg State University, is a double degree masters programme in Management and International Business. The programme is open to those with an undergraduate degree in any subject - not just business or economics. The two-year programme includes one year of study in Paris and one year in St Petersburg.