hec montréal ph.d. in adminstration: a strategic choice
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Information session
Ph.D. Program in Administration
Welcome to
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)
Career profiles of our graduates
Total number of graduatesProfessors
Professors in QuébecProfessors in CanadaProfessors abroad
Consultants/analysts, high-level
managersUnknown status
295*213 (72%) 123 (58%) 37 (17%) 53 (25%)
62 (21%) 20 (7%)
*Statistics; July 2013
Business Administration Ph.D’s Employment
Status
# graduate
s
Working (%)
Post-doctor
al(%)
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) »
HEC Montréal: a dynamic research
environment
• 10 departments• 248 professors• 25 research chairs• 23 research groups or centers
Ph.D. students’ involvement in research
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Articles in refereed journals 3 2 13 11 12 17 22 25Articles in refereed conference proceedings 3 5 9 5 3 3 20 7Presentations in refereed conferences 9 11 40 29 48 55 51 103Working papers 10 17 16 13 11 23 19 20Total 25 35 78 58 74 98 112 155
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012020406080
100120140160180
Total of our Students Pu-blications
Nb
of p
ublic
atio
ns
2005200
6200
7200
8200
9201
0201
1201
20
20406080
100120
Publications of our Students since 2005
Articles in refereed journalsArticles in refereed conference proceed-ingsPresentations in refereed conferencesWorking papers
Nb
of p
ublic
atio
ns
Program structure*The preparation courses can be done during phase I and/or phase II
Phase I*Preparatio
n
Phase II*Specialisation (30 credits)
Phase IIIThesis (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
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
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
Ideal Timeline4 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)
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
Admission testssee 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
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
The HEC Montréalfinancing 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
Additional sourcesof 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)
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
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)
Useful information• Program website
http://www.hec.ca/en/programs_training/phd/index.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
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,
[email protected] Representatives of the specializationsAdministrative Office (Decelles, 5th
floor) Marianne de Moura, Administrative
Director
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)