The document provides information about HEC Montreal's Ph.D. program in administration, including that it is the largest doctoral program in administration in Canada, with over 400 professors and nearly 650 graduates, and outlines the program structure, requirements, financing options, and accomplishments of graduates.

1. Information session
Ph.D. Program in
Administration
Welcome to

2. Ph.D. in administration
at HEC Montréal
• Joint program with McGill, Concordia and
UQAM created in 1976
• more than 400 professors
• unique bilingual program
• The largest doctoral program in
administration in Canada
• nearly 650 graduates (314 at HEC)
• about 450 active students (140 at HEC)

3. Career profiles of
our graduates
Total number of graduates
Professors
Professors in Québec
Professors in Canada
Professors abroad
Consultants/analysts, high-level
managers
Unknown status
295*
213 (72%)
123 (58%)
37 (17%)
53 (25%)
62 (21%)
20 (7%)
*Statistics; July 2013

4. Business Administration
Ph.D’s Employment Status
#
graduates
Working
(%)
Post-
doctoral
(%)
Studying
(%)
Job
research
(%)
Full time
(%)
Related to the
study field
(%)
Situation in
2012
46 88 4 4 4 90,9 100
Situation in
2010
34 93,8 0 6,3 0 86,7 84,6
Situation in
2005
36 100 0 0 0 91,3 100
*Survey conducted by the « Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie (MESRST) »
and the « Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisirs et du Sport (MELS) »

5. HEC Montréal: a dynamic
research environment
• 10 departments
• 248 professors
• 25 research chairs
• 23 research groups or centers

6. Ph.D. students’
involvement in research
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Articles in refereed
journals 3 2 13 11 12 17 22 25
Articles in refereed
conference
proceedings 3 5 9 5 3 3 20 7
Presentations in
refereed conferences 9 11 40 29 48 55 51 103
Working papers 10 17 16 13 11 23 19 20
Total 25 35 78 58 74 98 112 155
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Nbofpublications
Total of our Students
Publications
0
20
40
60
80
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120
Nbofpublications
Publications of our Students
since 2005
Articles in refereed
journals
Articles in refereed
conference
proceedings
Presentations in
refereed
conferences
Working papers

7. Program structure
*The preparation courses can be done during phase I and/or phase II
Phase I*
Preparation
Phase II*
Specialisation (30 credits)
Phase III
Thesis (60 cr.)
If necessary
Upgrade
courses in
management
or in the
specialisation
At least 7 courses (21 cr.)
1 course in pedagogy (compulsory)
1 cours in methodology (compulsory)
Minimum of 4 courses in
the specialisation
Comprehensive Exam (9 crédits)
(written and oral)
Thesis
proposal
Thesis
Maximum 1 year
Maximum 3 years
Maximum 5 years

8. Program administration:
Local versus joint
• Local (at HEC)
– Admission
– Registration
– Direction
– Degree
It is possible to do more
than one application to
more than one university
• Joint
– Program structure
– Approved courses in the
four universities
– Supervising committees
– Approval of admissions
and student progression

9. Supervision of students
Phase II and phase III committees
• A director (associate or full professor at
HEC Montréal)
• Two or three additional members with at
least one member from McGill,
Concordia or UQAM

10. Ideal Timeline
4 years, full time
Phase II: 16 months (4 terms)
• Entrance to fall term:
– Fall : 3 courses
– Winter : 3 courses
– Summer : 1 course
– Fall : Comprehensive examination
• Entrance to winter term:
– Winter : 3 courses
– Summer : 1 course
– Fall : 3 courses
– Winter : Comprehensive examination
Phase III: Thesis: 24 – 32 months (5 to 8 terms)

11. Eligibility Criteria
• Master’s degree in administration or any equivalent degree in a
related field
• Excellent grades
• Admission tests : GMAT, the TageMage or GRE with a score that
meets HEC Montréal standards (>70e percentile rank)
• Good research skills
• Three letters of recommendation
• Ideally, you should have a professor who is ready to serve as the
chair of your supervisory committee.
• Master either English or French (reading, oral
understanding). Candidates who have never completed a
program of study in English or in French must take one of the
following tests : TOEFL or IELTS
• Residency requirement: A full-time presence on the campus during
the first two years, 5 days per week, according to the working hours
schedule

12. Admission tests
see the Ph.D. program website, under
Admissions
• GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test
– Used by more than 1 700 business schools in the
world
– Online registration: www.mba.com
• Tage-Mage (available in French only): Test
d’aptitude aux études en gestion
– Used mainly by the business schools in France
– Registration from the Ph.D. program website
• GRE : Graduate Record Examination
– Online Registration: http://www.ets.org/gre

13. Looking for a professor who
is ready to supervise you?
• Ask advices from the professor responsible
for your specialization.
• HEC Montréal website
– Faculty
• HEC Montréal Research Office website
– Professors Research Activities Report
– Chairs, centers or research groups

14. The HEC Montréal
financing plan
• Phase II – first 16 months (4 terms)
– Minimum of $17,500
• Phase III – thesis
– $10,000 when the thesis proposal is accepted
(before the end of the 9th semester)
– 2,500$ when the thesis is defended (before the
end of the 12th semester)
• Conditions
– Good progress in the studies
– Application for external funding
– Good academic results

15. Additional sources
of financing
• Scholarships from external funding agencies (Fall term)
– SSHRC, NSERC, FQRSC, FQRNT, IFM2, etc.
• HEC Montréal academic excellence scholarships
• Funding for participation to conferences
• Jobs on the campus
– Teaching
– Research assistantships
• Scholarship covering differential tuition fees (foreign
students)

16. Students’ accomplishments
(a selection)
• Association for Consumer Research/Sheth Foundation
2011 award for the best thesis proposal in consumer
behavior: Jean-Mathieu Fallu, PhD Candidate, Marketing
• Best Ph.D. dissertation in Information Systems in the
2011 ACM SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award
Competition: Ryad Titah, Graduate, PhD in Information
Systems
• 2010 Cecil Graham award for the best Ph.D. dissertation
in applied mathematics in Canada: Gerardo Berbeglia,
Graduate, PhD in Management Sciences
• Award from the Society for Business Ethics for the 2013
best research project of a young searcher : Joé T.
Martineau, PhD Candidate, Management

17. Students’ accomplishments
(a selection)
Scholarships:
• At the 2012 Fall contests, 11 Ph.D. students received a
doctoral scholarship from funding organizations for a total of
nearly one million of dollars (scholarships ranging between
20,000$ and 35,000$/per year for a maximum of three years).
• Chloé Fortin-Bergeron (Ph.D. student in human ressources),
received a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the SSHRC in
2013-2014 (35,000$/ per year for three years).
• Jean-François Bégin (Ph.D. student in management sciences),
received the a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the NSERC
in 2013-2014 (35,000$/ per year for three years).
• Julie Bérubé (Ph.D. student in management), received one of
the prestigious Vanier Scholarship from the SSHRC given to
Canada’s best doctoral students in 2009-2010 (50,000$/per
year for three years)

18. Useful information
• Program website
http://www.hec.ca/en/programs_training/phd/in
dex.html
• Eligibility criteria and admission forms (online or
paper)
– Tuition Fees
– Sources of financing
– Courses Schedule
• Admission Deadlines
– Winter 2015 : September 1st, 2014
– Fall 2015: January 15, 2015

19. HEC Montreal’s
Ph.D. Team
Academic Office
 Alain d’Astous, Program Director
 Nathalie Bilodeau
 Administrative Secretary: 5.447, Phone : 514 340-6264
 Marie-France Courtemance-Bell
 Analyst, grants and study programs: 5.447,
analyste.phd@hec.ca
 Representatives of the specializations
Administrative Office (Decelles, 5th floor)
 Marianne de Moura, Administrative Director

20. Representatives of the
specializations
• International Business (Patrick Cohendet)
• Applied Economics (Hafedh Bouakez)
• Finance (Alexandre Jeanneret)
• Logistics and Operations Management (Raf Jans)
• Human Resources Management (Christian Lévesque)
• Management (Isabelle Le Breton-Miller)
• Marketing (Jean-Sébastien Marcoux)
• Management Sciences (Debbie J. Dupuis)
• Accounting Studies (Yves Bozec)
• Information Technologies (Suzanne Rivard)