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Registering your thesis topic
 Guides and tools
Submitting your thesis
 Thesis: step by step (PDF format)
Getting readmitted in order to submit your thesis
 Minor or major corrections to the thesis
Writing a thesis by publication: article thesis | in English

Registering your thesis topic

M.Sc. students in the thesis stream must register their thesis topic via HEC en ligne for approval by the various authorities.

Through HEC en ligne, you can view the status of your registration request at any time. You will be notified via e-mail as soon as a decision has been made regarding your request.

Students whose thesis topic has already been approved or who have submitted a registration request on paper must not attempt to re-register online.

To find out how to register, refer to the following procedure.

Guides and tools


> Thesis guide : step by step

You will find in this guide all steps from registration to submission. 

> Thesis guide :  Guidelines and requirements

This guide is a work tool for students. Read it carefully, you will find all the information you need about registration, evaluation and guidelines. 

> Guide pour le dépôt et présentation d'un mémoire (in French only)

Before submitting your thesis, read this guide to know specific details on presentation standards and steps for submission. 

Submitting your thesis

Step 1 - Make sure you have registered for the term during which you plan to submit your thesis.

Step 2 - Take note of the submission deadline:

Submission term Summer 2012 Fall 2012 Winter 2013
Deadline September 6, 2012January 7, 2013May 2, 2013


Step 3 - Make an appointment with the M.Sc. Program Administrative Office by calling 514-340-6173.

Step 4 - Submit three copies of your thesis (four if the thesis was co-directed):

  • Two (2) copies bound in a black Accopress binder
  • One (1) copy (two in the case of a co-directed thesis) with unbound, unperforated loose pages

Step 5 - Submit the following documents:

a - Authorization to submit a Master's thesis (PDF format) signed by your thesis director

b - l'avis de conformité du Comité d'éthique en recherche (CER) (in French)

     OR

     A declaration—choose the form that is appropriate for your situation:
     Declaration by student - research without direct data collection (PDF format) 
     Declaration by student - research with direct data collection (PDF format) 

c - Authorization to index thesis form (PDF format)

d - Fin de projet form (PDF format - in French)

For specific details on presentation standards, refer to the guide sommaire pour le dépôt et la présentation d'un mémoire. (in French)


Getting readmitted in order to submit your thesis

If you were admitted prior to the fall 2008 term and have exceeded the regulation nine-semester limit, yet without exceeding the maximum five-year deadline, you must be readmitted and:

  • When submitting your thesis, complete and submit the short admission form (to be completed according to the instructions of the M.Sc. Program Administrative Office).
  • Follow steps 3 to 5 mentioned above.
  • Pay the tuition fees for the term during which you will submit your thesis; fees are the same as those charged during the first four (4) terms. Find out about the fees.

If, upon readmission, the student has not paid the tuition fees for the first four terms or for the five remaining terms, these fees will be added to the invoice for the current tuition fees. Find out about the fees.

 

Corrections to the thesis

minor

  • Submit to your thesis director two (2) copies of your revised thesis (unbound, unperforated loose pages).
  • Provide one (1) copy in PDF format (version 1.4 or above) to the library.
  • The thesis supervisor must send to the M.Sc. Program Administrative Office :
    • the copies of the thesis
    • the thesis commitee's report

Time allowed to students for the correction: 1 month

major

  • Refer to steps 3 and 4.above.
  • You must be registered in the thesis until the final version is submitted.
  • Pay your tuition fees. Find out about the fees.

Time allowed to students for the correction: 6 months (maximum)

Writing a thesis - article thesis

Before submitting your thesis, you must obtain the authorization of Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Complete and submit the following three forms to the M.Sc. Program Academic Office:

Request for authorization to submit in the form of articles (PDF format)
Authorization by co-authors an article (PDF format)
Permission from the director of publication (PDF format)

Writing a thesis - in English

If you would like to write your thesis in English, you must first obtain authorization from the M.Sc. Program  Academic Office. If your request is approved, you will need to insert a French abstract into every copy of your thesis.

However, if you are writing a thesis by publication and your introduction and conclusion are written in French, the above-mentioned approval is not necessary.

 
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