Offer internships or student projects

BAA students can carry out two types of internships: a multidisciplinary internship or a specialized internship. HEC Montréal is responsible for validating the type of internship during the approval process.

Multidisciplinary internship

Two formats offered:

• 1^st format: the intern’s services are used on a rotating basis in several functions in different management fields.
• 2^nd format: the intern performs a single function, but has time to meet with the company’s managers and learn about other management fields in the company’s different operations.

Specialized internship

• The intern has specific duties, related to one of the specializations in the study program.
• The intern is exposed to one or more aspects of the specialization concerned.
• The internship gives the student a chance to see the day-to-day work of specialists in this field.

Important!
For the accounting specialization, see the internship options in accounting in a business or accounting firm.

• Minimum of 140 hours of work
• Full-time or part-time
• Over a maximum of four months during university terms

Students must receive compensation for their work during the internship.

This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Be a company with 10 or more employees.
• Identify an available supervisor within the company.
• Submit an internship offer.
• Evaluate the student’s work and submit this evaluation to the BAA program administration.
• Only one internship per student per four-month period.
• Internships may be located outside Quebec, under certain conditions.

Multidisciplinary internship

• The mentor is someone with a good knowledge of the company and of management.

Specialized internship

• The mentor must be an expert in the specialization and work daily in this field.

The mentor provides a qualitative assessment of the intern’s work by means of an assessment form. The academic program supervisors take this assessment into account during their final evaluation of the internship.

Winter term

• Offers posted starting in September
• Interview: at your convenience
• Registration deadline for students: January 15

Summer term

• Need help?
• Interview: at your convenience
• Registration deadline for students: July 1

Fall term

• Need help?
• Interview: at your convenience
• Registration deadline for students: September 15

Create an employer account or log on to post your internship offer.

Internships are usually considered and approved within 48 hours.

Contact Nathalie Kubat, Internship Co-ordinator
nathalie.kubat@hec.ca
 514 340-6172

A supervised project lets students integrate and apply the concepts they have learned during their Master’s-level courses.

The mandate or intervention:

• must be directly related to the student’s specialization;
• calls for evaluation, analysis and, if possible, a recommendation;
• may require that the student observe, interview or conduct a literature review;
• may include conducting a diagnosis, taking part in planning and implementing management practices, and formulating recommendations on a specific issue.

See examples of supervised projects by field of studies

Generally 405 hours (10 to 12 weeks), including writing a report.

Generally, students must receive compensation for their work during the project.
This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Be a company with 10 or more employees, in most cases.
• Identify an available supervisor within the company, with expertise in the student’s specialization.
• Submit a project proposal.
• Evaluate the student’s work.

The project may be conducted outside of Quebec, under certain conditions.

It is recommended that you post the offer four months before the start of the term during which the project will be carried out.

Examples

• In January for the summer term
• In April for the fall term
• In September for the winter term

Create an employer account or log on to post your project offer.

Projects are usually considered and approved within 48 hours.

Contact:

Manon St-Michel, Supervised Project Co-ordinator
manon.st-michel@hec.ca
 514 340-6162

Elaine Pelletier, Supervised Project Co-ordinator
elaine.pelletier@hec.ca
 514 340-6000 ext. 1142

A multidisciplinary team of four MBA students, supervised by a professor:

• conducts an in-depth analysis of a situation;
• evaluates the different options;
• suggests concrete, cost-effective solutions.

There are a variety of consulting mandates, covering all management fields.

November 2018 to February 2019

• Submission and assignment of project offers

March 8, 2019 at the latest

• Final approval of the project offer and signing of the contract

Monday, March 25 to Friday, April 26, 2019, inclusive

• Project conducted
• Project presented
• Final report

Download our information guide to learn more.

Contact Claudie Laberge, Advisor – consulting projects and MBA community relations
claudie.laberge@hec.ca
 514 340-6378

For this intervention project, a team of 2 to 4 DESS students examines a problem related to logistics (process analysis and improvement, transportation, procurement, inventory management, demand forecasting, warehousing, optimizing routing, planning).

The students are supervised by a professor from the Department of Logistics and Operations Management.

They suggest one or more solutions to the company.

These projects are not usually compensated.

• Clearly define the scope of the project.
• Identify a contact in the company.
• Submit a project proposal.
• Ensure that company staff and the data necessary for the project are available.

Project proposal deadline:

• December 1 for the winter term
• April 15 for the summer term
• August 15 for the fall term

Send a proposal to michel.cloutier@hec.ca.

Contact Guest Professor Michel Cloutier
michel.cloutier@hec.ca
 514 340-6684

Students in this Master’s-level program get an overall vision of issues in e-commerce, in particular the legal, management and technological aspects.

This enables them to:

• conduct impact studies in a business context;
• provide specific expertise in one of the program’s three main fields of specialization.

Generally, students must receive compensation for their work during the internship.

This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Identify an available supervisor within the company.
• Submit an internship proposal.
• Evaluate the student’s work.

It is recommended that you post the offer four months before the start of the term during which the internship will be carried out.

Examples

• In January for the summer term
• In April for the fall term
• In September for the winter term

Create an employer account or log on to post an internship offer.

Internships are usually considered and approved within 48 hours.

Contact Manon St-Michel, Supervised Internship Co-ordinator (Master’s level)
manon.st-michel@hec.ca
 514 340-6162

Are you looking to recruit a student for an internship or a temporary position in accounting? You’re sure to find plenty of interested candidates. Many HEC Montréal students are working toward their CPA titles, and the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec requires that they have professional accounting experience.

Which programs?

Undergraduate level:

• Certificat d’accès à la profession comptable (students who already hold an undergraduate degree)
• Bachelor’s in Business – Accounting / BAA – Comptabilité

Companies are not eligible for income tax credits for interns from these programs.

• Baccalauréat en administration – accounting specialization

Companies are eligible for income tax credits for some interns from this program.

Master’s level:

• Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées en comptabilité professionnelle – CPA

Companies are eligible for income tax credits for some interns from this program.

Contact Claire Saint-Jacques, CPA Recruitment Co-ordinator
claire.saint-jacques@hec.ca
 514 340-6171

The purpose of this internship is to allow students to become familiar with the actual context of management comptrollership. During the internship they will gain practical experience in:

• preparing analyses of business plans;
• preparing financial plans;
• the documentation used;
• business relationships between management comptrollers and their internal clients.

Generally, students must receive compensation for their work during the internship.

This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Identify a supervisor in the organization specializing in management control.
• Submit an internship proposal.

It is recommended that you post the offer four months before the start of the term during which the internship will be carried out.

Examples

• In January for the summer term
• In April for the fall term
• In September for the winter term

Send an internship proposal to manon.st-michel@hec.ca with the following information:

• company name
• contact person
• company address
• phone number
• employer’s email
• start and end dates for the internship
• work schedule
• mission of the organization
• description of the internship
• employer’s requirements
• application deadline
• email address for applications

Contact Manon St-Michel, Supervised Project Co-ordinator (MSc)
manon.st-michel@hec.ca
 514 340-6162

The student assumes a mandate with actual and specific responsibilities.

Project:

• must include an analysis, an intervention and, if possible, recommendations for the company’s management team;
• must take place in a Canadian or foreign company in the cultural field;
• may require the use of support tools (observations, interviews, questionnaires, literature review, etc.).

Generally, students must receive compensation for their work during the project.

This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Identify an available supervisor within the company.
• Submit a project proposal.
• Evaluate the student’s work.

Forthcoming

Send a proposal to beatrice.mille@hec.ca with the following information:

• company name
• contact person
• company address
• phone number
• employer’s email
• start and end dates for the internship
• work schedule
• mission of the organization
• description of the project
• employer’s requirements
• application deadline
• email address for applications

Contact Associate Professor Danilo C. Dantas
danilo.dantas@hec.ca
 514 340-7303

The main objective of the internship is to allow students to become familiar with the actual context of sustainable development in organizations. It will expose them to the challenges related to sustainable development, but also the organization’s responses to these challenges in terms of processes, structures, actions and programs.

Generally, students must receive compensation for their work during the internship.

This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Identify an available supervisor within the company.
• Submit a project proposal.
• Evaluate the student’s work.

Send an internship proposal to karine.navilys@hec.ca with the following information:

• company name
• contact person
• company address
• phone number
• employer’s email
• start and end dates for the internship
• work schedule
• mission of the organization
• description of the internship
• company’s requirements
• application deadline
• email address for applications

Contact Full Professor Emmanuel Raufflet
emmanuel.raufflet@hec.ca
 514 340-6196

The internship gives students a better understanding of the operation of organizations in the arts and culture field and the specific features of management in this environment.

Generally, students must receive compensation for their work during the internship.

This compensation is to be defined in an agreement between the student and the host company.

• Identify an available supervisor within the company.
• Submit an internship proposal.
• Sign a contract with the students and the supervising professor.

Project proposal deadline:

• September 15 for the fall term
• January 15 for the winter term
• May 15 for the summer term

Send an internship proposal to beatrice.mille@hec.ca with the following information:

• company name
• contact person
• company address
• phone number
• employer’s email
• start and end dates for the internship
• work schedule
• mission of the organization
• description of the internship
• company’s requirements
• application deadline
• email address for applications

Contact Associate Professor Danilo C. Dantas
danilo.dantas@hec.ca
 514 340-7303