HEC Montréal's History

reform of teaching programs with the creation of 

• the Bachelor (B.B.A.) and 
• the Master of Business Administration (MBA);

creation of 

• the Joint Doctoral Program (Ph.D.) in collaboration with Montreal's other universities, and 
• the Centre for International Business Studies, known by its French acronym CETAI, now International Projects;

• launch of the Centre for Total Quality Studies sponsored by Xerox Canada and Hydro-Québec,
• creation of the Chair in Arts Management;

creation of the International Advisory Board

launch of 

• the Certificate in Retail and Distribution Management,
• the Certificate in International Business and 
• the Graduate Program in Management;

revision of 

• the Bachelor (B.B.A.) and
• Master of Business Administration programs (M.B.A.);

1996

inauguration of the new HEC Montréal building, the third in its history, the creation of the Risk Management Chair, 

creation of 

• the Risk Management Chair
• the Graduate Program in Public Accountancy

admission of HEC to the Conférence des grandes écoles de France 

membership in the IBM World Campus composed of 35 universities and colleges around the world;

• launch of the Virtuose program at the M.B.A. level, integrating technology into teaching and making laptops an indispensable work and communications tool for students, 
• creation of the Graduate Program in Corporate Finance, 
• inauguration of a trading room supplied with real-time financial data, 
• designation of HEC as recipient of the 1997 Award of Excellence for Internationalization awarded by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
• launch of a trilingual journal by the CETAI entitled International Management;

• launch of the Virtuose program for the B.B.A. and the Master of Laws, Taxation option, offered jointly with the Faculty of Law of Université de Montréal, 
• creation of the Chair of Small and Medium-size Business Development and Succession, 
• launch of the International Journal of Arts Management by the Chair in Arts Management;

• awarding of EQUIS accreditation by the European Foundation for Management Development,  
• integration of SAP technology into HEC's study programs, 
• launch of the HEC B.B.A. in Tunisia
• obtaining by the B.B.A. of IPA approval from the Canadian Information Processing Society;

launch of 

• the CMA International Centre for Studies of Business Processes, 
• two graduate diplomas (electronic commerce and marketing communication), 
• the opportunity to complete the MBA program in English
• an inter-university partnership (the AEA Alliance), along with four universities in Europe, South America and Asia;

launch of 

• the Pierre-Péladeau Chair of Leadership,
• the Paul-Hogue Chair in Management, Values and Stress and 
• the Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management;

2002

obtaining by the MBA of prestigious accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA), from Britain, 

launch of 

• the RBC Financial Group Chair of E-Commerce, 
• the Chair in Strategic Management of Information Technology, 
• the Chair in Governance and Forensic Accounting and 
• the Chair in International Strategic Management 

creation of the Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management 

HEC Montréal becomes the School's new brand image;

launch of 

• the Chair of Learning and Teaching Technologies in Management Education, 
• the Chair in International Economics and Governance and 
• the Chair in Ethical Management; 

the school gets the AACSB international accreditation which, combined with EQUIS and AMBA, makes HEC Montréal the first business school in North America to boast this triple quality mark.