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HEC Montréal – PhD in Management, Strategy and Organizations

Call for Applications

HEC Montréal invites promising students with an outstanding academic record to apply for admission to the PhD Program in Management, Strategy and Organizations. The application deadline is January 15, 2019 for the September 2019 cohort.

RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. The quality of the research conducted by members of our department is reflected in the number of chairs and influential scholars publishing in top tier journals in their fields and contributing to different sectors of society. The department offers a vibrant research environment, where PhD students can develop their skills, collaborating with multiple researchers, faculty and students, not only from HEC Montreal, but also from other Montreal universities.

Members of the department also cover a wide range of research interests: extreme contexts and developing countries; family business; organizational ethics; cultural management; social innovation and diversity; knowledge and innovation management; leadership and change; public sector innovation; social responsibility and sustainable development; sociology of organizations; strategy, institutions and governance.  The department host several chairs and its professors lead or collaborate in another 10 research centres and institutes:

à Centre d'études en transformation des organisations (CETO)

à Institut international des coopératives Alphonse-et-Dorimène-Desjardins

à Centre de recherche et d'intervention pour le travail, l'efficacité organisationnelle et la santé (CRITEOS)

à Centre de recherche et de transfert en gestion de la santé (Pôle Santé) 

à Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES)

à Centre de recherche sur les organisations, la stratégie et la gouvernance

à Chaire d'entreprenariat Rogers-J.-A.-Bombardier

à Chaire de management stratégique, stratégie et société

à Chaire de leadership Pierre-Péladeau

à Chaire de recherche du Canada en gestion de l'engagement et du rendement des employés

à Chaire de recherche en gestion stratégique en contexte pluraliste

à Chaire sur la relève et sur l'entreprise familiale

à Groupe d'étude sur la pratique de la stratégie (GéPS)

à IDEOS

à Mosaic

à Observatoire des Innovations Pédagogiques en Gestion

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM. HEC Montréal's PhD program is offered in partnership with three other Montréal universities (Concordia University, McGill University, and Université du Québec à Montréal). This means that students benefit from a rich offering of courses and a large body of expertise. PhD students in our department are required to take nine courses in the first two years of study (see the structure). Available courses include but are not limited to:

·       Pedagogy in management

·       Theories in Management

·       Theories in Strategy

·       Organizational Theory

·       Reading, Doing & Publishing Research in Strategy

·       Epistemology: Science, organizations and society

·       Qualitative Research Methods

·       Experiential Designs and Statistical Methods for Quantitative Research

·       Research in Social Responsibility and Sustainability

·       Seminar on Family Business Research

·       Organizational Ethics

·       Anthropology, culture and organizations

FINANCIAL SUPPORT. In terms of financial support, students in Management, Strategy and Organization are guaranteed annual funding of $ 20 000 and exemption for tuition fees for four years, once they have started courses in their major. This includes funding from the School's PhD program and is subject to the funding conditions of the program. Students who obtain a scholarship from a research agency during the term of our program will be allowed to keep 50% of HEC's funding package.

Candidates who have secured their own scholarship are also encouraged to apply to our program and can still benefit from a portion of HEC funding.

HOW TO APPLY. The application deadline for Fall 2019 enrolment is January 15, 2019. Please visit the PhD Program admission website.

Candidates must hold a Master's degree, with a strong academic record from a recognized university. Typical applicants hold an undergraduate and/or a master degree in related disciplines (business administration, sociology, political science, anthropology, communications, etc.).

The Admission Committee will carefully review every application, which must include the following documents:

- Grade transcripts from all universities attended

- GMAT, TAGE-MAGE, or GRE official test score

- Advanced proficiency in French and English (e.g. TOEFL, TFI)

- Three letters of recommendation, preferably from professors

- Statement of purpose for application to the PhD program in Management, Strategy and Organizations

- Curriculum Vitae

For detailed instruction on the application procedure and the required supporting documents, please visit the PhD Program admission website.

Admissions are decided on a competitive basis. The number of yearly admissions is limited to keep the program small and encourage personal interactions between students and faculty.

For more information, we invite you to register in our net webinar or to contact us.