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Always at the forefront, since 1907

HEC Montréal, Canada’s first business school, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2007. With its avant-garde approach and leadership, it maintains exacting standards of academic and scientific excellence in everything it does.


HEC Montréal was the first school in North America to be awarded AMBA, AACSB International and EQUIS accreditation.

HEC Montréal is an associate member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles de France and a member of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

International Rankings – MBA Program

  • AméricaEconomia
  • BusinessWeek
  • Expansión
  • Forbes
  • The Economist (Which MBA? guide)

International Rankings – MSc Program

  • Financial Times

And ...

CMA Canada accreditation for the BBA Professional Accounting specialization, CMA Stream
Certification by the Canadian Association of Computer Science for the BBA Information Technology specialization
SAP certification program for certificate, BBA, MBA  and MSc students
Professional certifications by the CFA Institute, GARP - Global Association of Risk Professionals and the CAIA Association for the Graduate Diploma in Financial Professions
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Students and programs

Students by program (Fall 2011)

Undergraduate

8,858

BBA1 3,555
Certificates2 5,303

Graduate

2,954

McGill – HEC Montréal EMBA 78
MBA-FSI3 24
MBA 348
MSc in Administration4 914
Master of Laws, Taxation option 35
MSc in Electronic Commerce 36
Graduate diplomas5 1,519

Postgraduate

155

PhD (10 specializations)155
Total (excluding visiting students) 11,967
  1. Including the preparatory year.
  2. Certificates (20 different fields) are intended as continuing education for adults already working.
  3. Executive MBA in financial services and insurance offered jointly with the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium) and the University of St-Gallen (Switzerland).
  4. Including students enrolled in preparatory courses.
  5. Includes the graduate diplomas in E-business, Marketing Communication, Public Accountancy, Taxation, Management, Supply Chain Management, Management of Cultural Organizations, Management and Sustainable Development, Financial Professions and the Microprogram in Professional Practice – CGA.

BBA

Three language streams:

Standard (French)
Bilingual (English and French)
Trilingual (English, French and Spanish)


MBA

Intensive one-year format
Offered in French and in English


MSc and PhD

MSc in Administration: track with a thesis or supervised project
PhD: 36% of the students in this joint program (HEC Montréal, McGill, Concordia, UQAM) are enrolled at HEC Montréal

HEC Montréal students

Number of countries of origin134

International students and permanent residents1

Undergraduate3,027
Graduate818
Postgraduate85
Total 3,930
  1. Excluding visiting students (international exchange program)

Origins1

Europe42.1%
Africa36.2%
Central and South America13.5%
Asia6.5%
United States and Mexico1.6%
Oceania0.1%
  1. As percentages of the total number of international students
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International exchange program




109 partner institutions, in 36 countries

Europe63
Asia16
Latin America15
Oceania8
Canada and United States6
Near East1

Exchange students in 2010-2011

HEC Montréal students abroad360
Students from abroad at HEC Montréal347

 

Campus abroad (2010-2011)

Destinations: Brazil, China and Mexico for BBA students; the Unites States, Japan and South Korea for MBA students.

Summer school (2010-2011)

HEC Montréal hosted BBA groups from Brazil and Italy and MBA groups from the United States, Mexico and France.

Languages

Courses in business French, business English and business Spanish
Introductory courses in business Chinese, and Chinese business culture
Summer schools (business Spanish)
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Alumni



69,000 alumni since 1907
7 chapters around the world
Networking and professionnal development activities
Alumni association and office in Paris: HEC Montréal Europe Alumni
Le Réseau HEC Montréal

Placement rate1

BBA 97%
MBA 88%
MSc 99%
  1. 2009-2010
Career Management Service available to alumni throughout their careers.

Graduates in 2010-2011

Undergraduate

2,853

BBA 1,013
B in Administration and BSc144
Certificates 1,696

Graduate

1,169

MBA 296
MSc in Administration 216
Master of Laws, taxation option 19
MSc in Electronic Commerce 17
Graduate diplomas 621

Postgraduate

20

PhD 20
Total 4,042
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Executive Education



In Montréal and around the world

 Number of activities Number of participants

Canadian clientele

Executive programs17866
Public programs921,567
Customized programs1131,915
Others5134
Total 227 4,482

International clientele

Customized programs for senior managers and executives611,697
Graduate programs8296
Others332
Total 722,025

Percentage of activities by partner location or status

(international clientele)
Asia67%Languages of instruction
Multinational firms14% French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese*
Europe10%*Teaching materials in Chinese and simultaneous translation
Africa and the Middle East:8%Main fields of expertise for international programs
North and South America1% Energy, health, sustainable development, airport sector, banking industry, multilateral organizations
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Faculty



By teaching department1

Accounting Studies 41
Applied Economics 28
Finance 25
Human Resources Management 17
Information Technology 21
International Business 16
Management 56
Management Sciences 25
Marketing 27
Operations and Logistics Management 17
  1. Includes full, associate, assistant, guest and visiting professors (except professors on leave without pay), full-time lecturers, faculty lecturers and full-time faculty lecturers. As at October 18, 2011.

Faculty1

% of international professors2 39.9%
% with a PhD83.5%
% of women31.1%
Average age47.8 years old
Number of hires in last 5 years3 87
  1. Includes full, associate, assistant, guest and visiting professors (except professors on leave without pay) full-time lecturers, facuty lecturers and full-time faculty lecturers.
  2. Born abroad, with dual or other than Canadian citizenship.
  3. June 1, 2007 to fall 2011 (for some categories as those listed in point 1).

By rank1

Full90
Associate88
Assistant55
Guest and visiting6
Lecturer2 34
Other3 26
  1. In addition there are over 500 part-time faculty lecturers.
  2. Includes faculty lecturers (1), full-time lecturers (31) and full-time faculty lecturers (2).
  3. Includes adjunct (18) and affiliated (7) professors, and researchers (1).
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Research



HEC Montréal appears in the Top 100 business schools worldwide ranked according to their research publications in leading business journals between 2005 and 2009, according to a study by the University of Texas in Dallas.
25 research chairs, including 7 Canada Research Chairs
25 research centres and groups
Membership in 7 strategic research groups in Quebec1
$13 million in annual research funding
14 professors in the Royal Society of Canada
  1. Joint research centres

One year, in a nutshell1

239 articles in refereed journals
42 papers published in conference proceedings
59 professors and researchers published books or parts of books
514 papers at scientific conventions
$9 million in research projects and contracts
225 Master’s theses and 22 PhD theses
  1. 2010-2011 data

Post-doctoral interns

During the 2010-2011 academic year, HEC Montréal hosted 22 post-doctoral interns.

On-line tool

From Success to Succession: guide to succession planning for family and other small businesses
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Commercialization and knowledge transfer

Commercializing research findings

Support for commercializing intellectual capital: identification of promising projects, management of intellectual property and royalties.

For instance, for:

Granting commercialization licences to consulting firms

Various methodologies: change management, technology implementation, risk management, etc.

Creating spinoff businesses

Serious games, e-commerce and other sectors

Knowledge transfer

Multidisciplinary and joint research projects with the private sector.

Fields of expertise include:

Managing creativity and innovation, energy management and sustainable development, family businesses, healthcare administration, managing not-for-profit organizations....
Supporting researchers in defining and carrying out knowledge transfer activities, in close co-operation with businesses and the Univalor commercialization company: preparation, negotiation and management of research contracts, support for commercialization, development of multidisciplinary transfer centres.
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Advanced resources

Library



5,000 m²; 620 seats; open 7 days a week
42 computer terminals, 270 network connections and wireless network
On-line resources
200 databases
71,650 periodical titles
Traditional Documentary Resources
364,000 books, 3,525 periodical titles (printed), 2,900 audiovisual documents
100,000 electronic books
More than 50 reference works (dictionaries, specialized works, etc.)

Technology and Audiovisual

High-speed wireless network and 11,000 network connections
Videoconference room and rearrangeable classrooms with cutting-edge multimedia infrastructure
Trading room with 24 workstations, Reuters and Reuters X-Cobra platforms, Bloomberg terminal, interactive boards and specialized software
Live or offline Webcasting
Video, audio and multimedia production service to support teaching and research
 In-class technical support
Integrated management system for all administrative functions
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Administrative and support staff



Senior managers61
Professionals and research staff156
Clerical171
Technical119
Trades60
Total 5671
  1. Total number of full-time employees, with fringe benefits. There are also approximately 600 temporary employees. As at October 15, 2011.
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Facilities



2 cutting-edge buildings
80 classrooms and learning laboratories and 76 study and teamwork rooms
Fully equipped video recording studio
Main cafeteria (seats 450), smaller cafeteria and rooftop restaurant (seats 120)
Indoor parking (475 spots)
HEC Montréal daycare centre (2 sites)
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Foundation

Total funding: $76.9 million
2010-2011 campaign total: $6.3 million
Scholarships and bursaries awarded in 2010-2011 thanks to our generous donors: $711,550

Source of donations

Alumni and friends60%
Corporate31%
Students3%
Faculty and staff2%
Foundations2%
Events2%

Allocation of funds

Endowment funds47%
Scholarships and bursaries25%
Research and knowledge funds13%
General7%
Infrastructure and special projects5%
Student projects3%

HEC Montréal – Sustainable Campus
is a movement rallying the entire university community around three main spheres of activity: teaching, research and the School’s own environment.
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