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Admission to the Ph.D.

Admission Deadlines
Eligibility Criteria
Admission Fees
Supporting Documentation
Sending Documents
Useful Forms

Admission Deadlines
Fall term	January 15
Winter term	September 1^st

Incomplete applications, or those received after the above deadlines, will not be considered.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, you must:

Have a master’s degree, a French DEA (diplôme d’études approfondies), a graduate diploma (D.E.S.S. – diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées) from the European system or any equivalent degree, in administration or a related field from a recognized university;
Have received grades deemed excellent by HEC Montréal;
Have passed one of the following admission tests: the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), the Test d’Aptitude aux Études de gestion (TAGE-MAGE) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) with a score that meets HEC Montréal standards;
Master either English or French and have a sufficient understanding of the other language to attend courses or read documents in both languages. Exams and reports may be written in either English or French.
Ideally, you should have a professor who is ready to serve as the chair of your supervisory committee.

The program director must ensure that the participating universities have the combined resources to provide you with a quality program of study.

Admission Fees

SUMMER and FALL 2012 semesters : $80

	Starting Winter 2013 semester
Admission form	Application fees	Application fees for international candidate with student permit ⁽¹⁾	Terms of payment
Online	$82	$257 ($82 + $175)	Credit card only
Paper	$113	$288 ($113 + $175)	Cheque or bank draft in Canadian currency payable to HEC Montréal.

⁽¹⁾ International candidate with a student permit will be charged an additional $175 because of the more complex analysis of the application.

Application fees are non-refundable and subject to change without notice.

Supporting Documentation

Ph.D.

School record	originals of all official, complete and detailed transcripts, or copies certified by the school(s) in question¹; photocopy of your degrees attesting to your previous university studies¹; list of courses currently being taken but which do not appear on the transcript (point out the name of the school and the term in question for each course).
Other documents	proof of your professional titles (order, association, etc.), if applicable; one copy of your curriculum vitae summarizing your primary tasks, responsibilities and accomplishments; three letters of recommendation.
Aptitude tests	Official results obtained. Only results from tests taken somewhere other than HEC Montréal must be sent to us directly from the organization that gave them.
Aptitude tests	GMAT or TAGE-MAGE or GRE
Additional questions	Please answer on a separate page
Additional questions	Publication: list your main publications. Research: - In which area do you plan to specialize? - Even if you haven’t made a final decision yet, briefly describe the research project you are planning to work on. Selecting professors: Specify the names of two or three HEC Montréal professors who might supervise your research (see www.hec.ca under the Teaching Staff option). Financing your studies: - How do plan to finance your doctoral studies in administration? - If applicable, describe the contractual agreements, commitments, etc. that you have made.
Others documents	Please consult the table below to see documents to prove your status in Canada.

¹ Not required for studies completed at HEC Montréal.

Status in Canada
Your status define your tuition fees and your admission to a tuition fee exemption, if applicable. If we do not receive the proof of your status, international fees will be charged. Photocopies accepted.
Canadian citizen born in Quebec	birth certificate with your place of birh, and your father’s and mother’s full names
Canadian citizen born outside Quebec	birth certificate with your place of birh, and your father’s and mother’s full names attestation of residency in Quebec : please send one of the listed documents
Canadian citizen born outside Canada	birth certificate with your place of birh, and your father’s and mother’s full names both sides of your Canadian citizenship card attestation of residency in Quebec : please send one of the listed documents
Permanent resident	birth certificate with your place of birh, and your father’s and mother’s full names both sides of your permanent resident card or your IMM-1000 or IMM-5292 immigration form attestation of residency in Quebec : please send one of the listed documents
International students	When applying	After the offer of admission
	birth certificate with your place of birh, and your father’s and mother’s full names French citizens must add: valid passeport of the French republic or valid national identity card of the French republic	Quebec Acceptance Certificate (CAQ), delivered by Immigration-Québec Student permit, delivered by Immigration Canada

Sending documents

Deadline: five (5) days after your application for admission
For any document not drafted in French or English, an official translation certified by:
the consulate or embassy of your country of origin or
a member of Ordre des traducteurs du Québec (OTTIAQ)
All documents submitted become the property of HEC Montréal and will not be returned to the candidate.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
No confirmation will be gave concerning the receipt of the documents.

Outcome of the analysis by post: four (4) to six (6) weeks after the admission deadline. For the Ph.D. program, the waiting time can be up to 10 weeks.

Online transmission

To accelerate the process of your admission file, an electronic copy of the official transcripts must be sent together with your application at DocumentsEnLigne@hec.ca. However, submission of the original or certified copies of the transcripts is required if your receive an offer of acceptance from HEC Montréal.

If you apply online, you should send all your documents by answering the acknowledge receipt of HEC Montréal (do not create a new email).

IMPORTANT: please use a resolution of between 100 and 300 dpi.

By mail

HEC Montréal
Office of the Registrar
3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road
Montréal, Quebec H3T 2A7
Canada

For online application, you must:

print and attach a copie of the aknowledge receipt
of HEC Montréal
and
point out on each document the number of your request (on the top left-hand corner of the screen)

In person

Office of the Registrar – Information Desk
5255 Decelles Avenue
Room 2.260
Business hours