HEC could mean any one of the following:
- Hautes Études Commerciales (disambiguation), French language business schools in Francophone countries
- Hotel Ezra Cornell, Cornell Hotel School student-run Hospitality Leadership Conference
- Header Error Control, a method used in some telecommunication protocols
- The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, formerly the University Grant Commission, is the primary regulator of higher education in Pakistan
- The United States Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center or the associated HEC Model, a hydrological transport model
- Hyperelliptic curve, an algebraic curve given by an equation of the form
- Heavy Engineering Corporation of Ranchi, India
- Hydro Electric Commission of Tasmania
- Hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp
- Health Education Council, defunct Health Authority in the United Kingdom
- Heckington railway station, England; National Rail station code HEC
- HDMI Ethernet Channel, technology that consolidates video, audio and data streams into a single HDMI cable
- Hydroxyethyl cellulose, a gelling and thickening agent derived from cellulose
- The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog
Hec may refer to:
- Hec Edmundson (1886–1964), person