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HEC Montréal in figures

1907

First 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.

AMBAAACSBEQUIS


Ashoka U Changemaker Campus

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

millions 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

Next AI
CDL-Montréal
First Nations Executive Education (FNEE)


HEC Montréal Foundation (2025 campaign)

2,976

donors for pledges of over $13 millions in 2025

$6.22

millions for assisting students

$3.70

 millions for supporting research

$2.36

millions 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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