INFORMS Open Forum

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

Why do a PhD in Management Science at HEC Montréal?

• Top faculty: The department of decision sciences is composed of world-renowned professors who regularly publish in the leading scientific journals in this field. They have accumulated extensive experience in supervising dissertations, and many of them have supervised over 20 doctoral students who have had flourishing industrial and academic careers.
• World-class research groups. HEC Montréal offers an exceptional scientific milieu thanks to six research chairs and three professorships:

  Canada Research Chair in Decision Making under Uncertainty (Erick Delage), Canada Research Chair in Distribution Management (Gilbert Laporte), Chair in Energy Sector Management (Pierre-Olivier Pineau), Chair in Game Theory and Management (Georges Zaccour), Chair in Logistics and Transportation (Jean-François Cordeau), Data Mining Chair (Pierre Hansen).

• Researchers in this specialization work closely with several research groups, including: Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD), Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT), Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA), Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO)

• Varied research interests. Professors in MS are involved in research programs in: Business Analytics; Distribution management; Environment and Energy; Game Theory; Graph Theory; Healthcare; Marketing; Operations Management; Optimization (combinatorial, dynamic and robust optimization)

• Financial support. MS students are guaranteed annual funding of $ 25 000 and exemption for tuition fees over four years, once they have started their courses in their major. This includes the funding from the School's PhD program and is subject to the funding conditions of program.

How to apply. The application deadline for the fall 2019 admission is January 15, 2019. For detailed instruction on the application procedure and the required supporting documents, please visit the PhD Program admission website.

Candidates must hold a Master's level 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, industrial engineering, operations research, applied mathematics, statistics, computer science, etc.).

For more information, visit our website, contact the academic supervisor Georges Zaccour , or join us at our next webinar: register here.