Montreal, Quebec is the second biggest city in Canada. It is a multi-cultured city and ranks second in the highest proportion of students per capita in the whole North America. Having four universities, Montreal is considered as the leader in university research and development in Canada.
HEC Montreal is located within the vicinity of the business center of Montreal. HEC Montreal was established in 1907 and is considered as the oldest management school in Canada. It is the first school in North America to receive three accreditations including the AACSB International, EQUIS and AMBA. It is the first non-European school to be given an EQUIS accreditation. These are recognition are proofs that HEC Montreal had passed strict quality standards to be able to be awarded such accreditation.
The school accommodates thousands of Canadian students as well as students from all over the globe. The school has about 12,000 students, 2,800 of which hold non-Canadian student visas and permanent residents. There are about 55% of international students in the school. It is among the top 100 business schools in the world according to the Wall Street Journal in 2004 edition of the...