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Library formatting templates for dissertations can be found here

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Preparing for your dissertation proposal

• [ ] Using the portal, complete the Phase III Form
• [ ] Confirm your committee. You may keep the same committee as you did for your comprehensive exams or change it
• [ ] Submit the Approval form for the public presentation of a dissertation proposal
• [ ] At least 3 weeks before you intent to submit the dissertation proposal, you must complete the Notice of submission of a dissertation proposal to program administration ([email protected])

Forming the Phase III comittee

Un comité est composé d’un minimum de trois professeurs, deux de HEC Montréal, soit le directeur et le membre ou dans le cas d’une codirection deux codirecteurs, et un membre externe du Conjoint. Ce dernier doit provenir d’une des trois facultés de gestion de nos partenaires ou si à défaut de trouver une personne compétente sur le sujet de la thèse, un professeur d’une autre université pourrait être accepté.  Dans le cas d’une codirection, il n’est pas nécessaire d’avoir un « membre » du comité de HEC Montréal.  Dans le cas d’une codirection, deux membres de HEC et un membre de l’externe suffisent à composer un comité de supervision.

The written dissertation proposal

Your written dissertation proposal should be read by all members of your committee.

Each member of the committee grades the written proposal on the following scale:

1. The written proposal is of sufficient quality to be presented as is (i.e., no modifications are required before the public presentation of the proposal)
2. The proposal requires modifications before its presentation. In this case, the student will be asked to rework the proposal and resubmit it to the committee members for a new round of approval.
3. The proposal does not meet the expected standards and the member recommends the interruption of the process. Important: If such a verdict is reached by the Phase III committee, this situation could lead to the student’s expulsion from the program.

If all committee members are in agreement that the proposal defense may move forward (i.e. choose option 1) then the following must occur

Oral defense of the dissertation proposal

The PhD program administration takes care of the logistical organization of the proposal. You must therefore allow a minimum period of 3 weeks between the submission of the proposal and the public presentation of the proposal.

Typically, the proposal session is divided as follows, and takes about 2 hours total:

• about 30-45 minutes for presentation