HEC Montréal


HEC Montréal is a Canadian business school located in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 1907, HEC Montréal is the graduate business school of the Université de Montréal and known as the first established school of management in Canada.
The business school offers undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs including Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Science in Administration, Master of Management, Master of Business Administration and PhD in Administration, in addition to a joint Executive MBA program with McGill University.
HEC Montréal was ranked first by value among Canada's business schools for its MBA program by Canadian Business in 2016, 17th worldwide among non-US business schools by Forbes and among Top 30 international business schools by Bloomberg BusinessWeek in 2015.

History

HEC Montréal was founded in 1907 by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal. As of 2017, the school had over 87,900 alumni. Since 1921, the HEC Montréal Alumni Association represents the school's graduates throughout Canada and the rest of the world.

List of directors

Years of ServiceDirector
11907–1916Auguste-Joseph de Bray
21916–1938Henry Laureys
31938–1962Esdras Minville
41962–1972Roger Charbonneau
51972–1974Paul Dell'Aniello
61974–1975Roger Charbonneau
71975–1982Pierre Laurin
81982–1987Pierre Harvey
91987–1995Jean Guertin
101995–2006Jean-Marie Toulouse
112006 – 2019Michel Patry
122019 – CurrentFederico Pasin

Programs and trainings

HEC Montréal offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, along with executive training and a platform for online courses.
PROGRAMS
HEC Montréal's BBA is offered in 3 different formats:
– French: core courses in French, followed by options which may be in French, English or Spanish. A semester abroad is optional but encouraged.
– Bilingual: core courses in French and in English, followed by options in French, English or Spanish. A semester abroad is optional but encouraged.
– Trilingual: core courses in French, Spanish and English, followed by a mandatory semester abroad, and options in any of the three.
The degree lasts 3 years for students from the province of Quebec, or 4 years for foreign students, who need to take a preparatory year consisting of classes in calculus, algebra, languages and an introduction to the business world and economics. The preparatory year may just be taken in French.
After a series of core courses students can choose to take a specialization, a joint major or a personalized major.
Student exchanges are very popular: over 450 students attend some of the 127 partner universities in 40 countries and another 450+ students come from these universities to HEC Montreal.
International students make up a significant proportion of the student population, and the most common origins are Europe, Northern Africa and Latin America.
Certificates are professional development programs lasting at least one year. They are diplomas in a specialized field of management, worth 30 North American university credits. HEC Montréal offers more than 25 certificates.
The MSc degree usually lasts between 18 and 24 months, and it can be taken with a research thesis or with a supervised project and additional courses. Candidates should hold a bachelor's degree in a field such as management, mathematics, engineering, psychology, economics or another field. Most students need to complete a few additional "preparation courses" from the final year of the BBA in order to prepare for their option.
Compared to most European master's degrees in business schools, the degree at HEC Montréal tends to be more focused on research and detailed understanding of the theory, and can be both a preparation for jobs as an analyst/consultant, as well as a preparation to pursue a PhD.
MSc students at HEC Montréal have a choice of 2 specializations in English, and 18 in French. For the specializations offered in English, students enrol in the thesis stream, consisting of 7 courses and a major research paper.
-Specializations in French: Affaires internationales, Analytique d'affaires, Comptabilité professionnelle, Contrôle de gestion, Développement organisationnel, Économie appliquée, Économie financière appliquée, Finance, Gestion des opérations, Gestion des ressources humaines, Gestions en contexte d'innovations sociales, Ingénierie financière, Intelligence d'affaires, Logistique internationale, Management, Marketing, Stratégie, Technologies de l'information

-Specializations in English: Global Supply Chain Management, International Business
Students enrolled in the Global Supply Chain Management may enroll in a double-degree with the Melbourne Business School: after 1 year spent at each institution, they obtain both the M.Sc. Global Supply Chain Management and a M.Sc. in International Business from Melbourne.
HEC Montréal offered four professional Masters, all in French:
-Maîtrise en droit, option fiscalité
-Maîtrise en management des entreprises culturelles
-Maîtrise en management et développement durable
-Maîtrise ès sciences en commerce électronique
  • Masters in International Arts Management
The Masters in International Arts Management is jointly delivered by HEC Montréal, SDA Bocconi and Southern Methodist University. Students begin at SMU, studying international cultural policy, law and the economics of arts markets. They then continue at HEC Montréal, learning about project management, arts branding, marketing for cultural industries and other aspects of the arts business. Finally, they study strategy for the arts business and complete a masters thesis at SDA Bocconi. The program lasts one year.
  • D.E.S.S.
The school also offers specialized, one-year graduate diplomas called D.E.S.S in French, for people who already hold a bachelor's degree and a small amount of work experience. Compared to the Master of Science degrees, the D.E.S.S tend to be more applied and focused on professional skills, whereas the MSc combines these with an extensive study of theory.
The D.E.S.S are offered in E-Business, Financial Professions, Management, Management and Sustainable Development, Management of Cultural Organizations, Marketing Communication, Professional Accounting – CPA, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources and Taxation.
Two D.E.S.S. are offered overseas:

-D.E.S.S. in Management of the Energy Sector, offered together with the Sichuan Electric Power Corporation in China, entirely in English, exclusively for candidates who hold a bachelor's degree, have 2+ years of experience in the energy sector, and are sponsored by their employer. In 2014, the degree was also offered in Brazzaville with support from the Congolese government.

-D.E.S.S. in Management, offered in Lebanon, taught in the facilities of USEK. Students can take additional credits after finishing the D.E.S.S. and obtain an MBA from USEK as well.
  • Short Graduate Programs
The HEC Montréal Short Graduate Programs answer the needs of the business community by focusing on practical training and developing skills specific to a profession or field. These programs consist of 15 credits and are recognized with an attestation of studies.

-Microprogramme en amélioration de la performance des processus du système de santé et des services sociaux

-Microprogramme en analytique d'affaires – Énergie

-Microprogramme en expérience utilisateur dans un contexte d'affaires

-Microprogramme en exploitation de données en intelligence d'affaires

-Microprogramme en gestion – Entrepreneuriat/Introduction or Avancé

-Microprogramme en gestion de la chaîne logistique

-Microprogramme en gestion des arts et de la culture

-Microprogramme en gestion des ressources humaines

-Microprogramme en gestion et développement durable

-Microprogramme en internationalisation des affaires
  • Professional Education Program
The CPA Canada Professional Education Program is offered by the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec in partnership with HEC Montréal and the Faculté des sciences de l’administration at Université Laval. It is a graduate-level university course lasting 16 to 24 months, and equips students to write the Common Final Examination to become CPAs. They can study part-time while continuing to work.
  • Executive Education
The École des dirigeants HEC Montréal offers five types of programs:

-Degree programs

-Qualifying programs

-Short training programs on a range of themes

-Customized training programs

-Customized lectures and support programs
  • MBA
The school offers MBA programs in French as well as in English.
  • EMBA
The Executive MBA Program is delivered for executives with over 15 years of experience, in collaboration with McGill University.
  • MBA-ITC
Offered in collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal, the MBA-ITC is exclusively for engineers.
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS
  • PhD
HEC Montréal offers a bilingual PhD program jointly with three other Montreal universities.
The School PhD program offers 10 specializations: Accounting Studies, Applied Economics, Finance, Human Resources Management, Information Technologies, International Business, Logistics and Operations Management, Management, Management Sciences, Marketing
  • Platform of online courses
EDUlib'' is an online platform of free courses available to everyone around the world. Polytechnique Montréal and Université de Montréal are teaming up with HEC Montréal to produce and distribute open courses on health, educational studies, sciences, engineering, management and other subject matters.

Accreditations and distinctions

ACCREDITATIONS
DISTINCTIONS
-Since the Commerce Games, an inter-university competition, were founded in 1989, HEC Montréal's students have brought home first place thirteen times, second place four times and third place four times.

-HEC Montréal students also stand out at many international inter-university competitions, in all areas of management.

HEC Montréal Rankings

CANADIAN BUSINESS
FORBES
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK
THE ECONOMIST
QS GLOBAL 200 BUSINESS SCHOOLS REPORT
INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES

The Decelles Campus : 1970–today

In 1970, Robert Bourassa inaugurated the Decelles building of HEC Montreal, named "the School on the mountain". The students sometimes use the expression "Bunker" to refer to it. Indeed, its form, the use of concrete for the exterior facade, and the absence of windows, quickly imposed this expression in the vocabulary of the students.
In 1976, the PhD program was proposed, in collaboration with McGill University. The MSc program was created the same year. This was perceived as a major evolution for the students and professors of HEC Montreal.
Under the presidency of Pierre Harvey, the 75th anniversary of the School was celebrated in 1982 with René Lévesque, then Premier of Quebec, in attendance. The 7th floor of the Decelles building was inaugurated on this occasion.
In 2012, the entire building was renovated.

The Côte-Sainte-Catherine Campus: 1996–today

HEC Montréal's main building was constructed in 1996 and has since won an award for "institutional architecture". The building was designed by Dan Hanganu and Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte and Associates and is situated at 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine, next to the Université-de-Montréal Metro Station. The former main building at 5255 Decelles is now used as a secondary building. The first building used by HEC Montréal was located in downtown Montreal but is no longer used by the school.
The trading floor of the School was inaugurated in 1997: it was conceived to be usable in case the Montreal Stock Exchange ever had major engineering problems. Now known as the Salle des marchés Financière Banque Nationale, it was renovated in 2007 in order to remain technologically avant-garde.

Noted alumni and faculty

Alumni