Profit from the McGill-HEC Montréal partnership

Launched in 2008 as one of the world’s first truly bilingual executive programs, the McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA is a partnership between McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montreal.

I chose the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA because it is a combination of two highly regarded universities, one representing English Canada and the other French Canada. It’s a unique combination of languages and cultures.
KATE ARTHUR (EMBA 2021), CEO & Founder, Digital Moment

Get the best of two leading schools

With the choice of top faculty, the facilities, and the alumni networks from two top schools, each with their own vision and approach to the business world, the program provides the best of both worlds.

  • Classes take place at both universities.
  • McGill professors therefore teach at HEC Montréal and vice versa.
  • Classes are held in the language chosen by the teacher and interactions in class, in both languages, according to the preferences of the participants.
  • The duality of cultures and the bilingualism inherent in this partnership reflect the business reality of Quebec, but also of several large multicultural cities in the world.

Since 1821, McGill University, in Montreal, has been one of Canada’s leading and most international post-secondary institutions. It is consistently ranked among the world’s top 20 research-intensive universities, with two campuses, 11 Faculties, 11 professional schools, 300 programs of study, and some 38,000 students from over 150 countries around the world.

Desautels Faculty of Management

Founded in 1906, the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University is ranked as one of the world’s top international business schools by BusinessWeek, Canadian Business, Forbes and The Economist.

The Faculty’s innovative programs and historic reputation for excellence continue to attract the finest students and the most prominent professors from around the globe, as well as the most demanding recruiters from the world’s top employers.

Coming from over 75 countries around the world, the Desautels student body is composed of diverse and accomplished individuals including Olympic athletes, artists, health care professionals, and those with strong backgrounds in business. This creates a unique, multicultural environment which provides students a great opportunity to learn and develop in many ways beyond academics.

Née au XXe siècle sous l’impulsion de gens d’affaires afin de permettre aux francophones d’accéder aux plus hautes sphères de l’économie et du commerce, HEC Montréal n’a cessé depuis de marquer tant la collectivité dans laquelle elle plonge ses racines que la communauté internationale où elle joue un rôle des plus dynamiques.

Forte d’un remarquable bassin de professeurs et de chercheurs de calibre mondial spécialisés dans chacun des domaines de la gestion, l’École participe à l’essor de la société grâce au leadership dont elle fait preuve dans tous ses champs d’activité : un enseignement innovant – tant par son contenu que par ses méthodes de transmission – à tous les cycles universitaires; une recherche de pointe, qui repousse sans cesse les limites du savoir en gestion; et le transfert de connaissances vers les organisations grâce, notamment, à des partenariats nombreux et féconds.

L’engagement de HEC Montréal envers l’excellence lui a d’ailleurs valu d’être la première école de gestion en Amérique du Nord à obtenir les trois agréments internationaux les plus prestigieux dans son domaine. Au carrefour de deux continents et de plusieurs cultures, HEC Montréal jouit d’une situation privilégiée, tant dans la francophonie que dans le monde, ouvrant des portes, créant des ponts, tissant des liens.

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