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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40
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120
140
160
180
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Nbofpublications
Total of our Students
Publications
0
20
40
60
80
100
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)