Our history

Inauguration of the Hélène Desmarais Building, celebrating HEC Montréal’s return to the heart of downtown. With state-of-the-art facilities, the building reflects the School’s commitment to excellence and to developing the leaders of tomorrow.

Our alumni association is celebrating its first centenary. Founded in 1921 by a small group of graduates, the HEC Montréal Alumni Association now boasts more than 100,000 members.

The Decelles building is 50 years old. Since opening day, it has undergone a major metamorphosis. The School has also won an excellence of architecture award for the renovations it has done to the building.

HEC Montréal receives an Excellence in Architecture Award for its renovations to the Decelles building, as part of the annual competition held by the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP).

HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal and the Université de Montréal launch the most ambitious fundraising campaign ever in the Francophone university community, dubbed Campus Montréal.

The McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA program is created. This program is designed for experienced managers who occupy or are destined to senior management positions.

Another great North American first: HEC Montréal receives AACSB – Business Accreditation. Added to its EQUIS (awarded in 1999) and AMBA (awarded in 2002) accreditations, it becomes the first business school in North America to hold this three-fold mark of quality.