HEC Montréal in figures

1907

1st business school in Canada

2nd

best business school in Canada
(according to the Eduniversal Business Schools Ranking 2025)

3 accreditations

HEC Montréal has 3 prestigious international accreditations: AMBA, AACSB International and EQUIS.

Only 2 Canadian business schools out of 136 worldwide hold this three-fold mark of distinction.

1st Changemaker Campus 

1st French-language campus in the world to receive the Ashoka U Changemaker Campus designation.

Student community

14,484

students

9,808

Undergraduate

4,167

Master’s level

151

PhD level

 
3,815

international students

Nearly
120,000

alumni

Teaching

More than
160

study programs from undergraduate to PhD levels in all fields of management

More than
100

study programs available in credited continuing education

305

faculty members

3

avant-garde buildings that model sustainability, at the cutting edge of management education

1st

The largest bilingual business library in Canada

International student exchanges

 
1st

The most extensive exchange program for business students in Canada

More than
200

partner institutions in 51 countries

Research and knowledge transfer

36

research chairs (including 8 Canada Research Chairs)

26

research and knowledge transfer units (including 18 inter-university clusters and partners)

$62

million in research funding

307

publications

Executive Education HEC Montréal

More than
100

short training programs for professionals and executives

More than
9,000

professionals and managers trained every year

3 exclusive coaching or training programs

HEC Montréal Foundation (2025 campaign)

2,976

donors for pledges of over $13 million in 2025

$6.22

million for assisting students

$3.70

million for supporting research

$2.36

million for supporting First Nations Executive Education

$968,551

for improving the School’s facilities and priorities

2 publications

The data on this page is for 2025.

All the facts and figures 2025-2026 

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