QS ranks McGill MMA best in Canada, 10th in the world
Only two years since the program launched in 2018, the Master of Management (MMA) program at McGill University has carved a spot in the top 10 business analytics programs in the world and taken the top spot in Canada.
Released today, the QS World University Rankings places the McGill MMA 10th in the QS Masters in Business Analytics Rankings 2021.
MMA students support Montreal Children’s Hospital during pandemic
Students from the McGill Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program recently teamed up with the Montreal Children’s Hospital to analyze telehealth services and plan personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies. As part of the program’s MMA Gives initiative, Omar Chehab, Katia Sory, Victoria McKeown and Kyle Gomes (MMA’20) gained meaningful experience helping the hospital plan and adapt to their new reality brought on by COVID-19.
Welcoming our new cohort of MMA students
On Friday July 31, the Desautels Faculty of Management welcomed a new cohort of 52 Masters of Management in Analytics (MMA) students, selected from among 608 applicants. The incoming cohort hails from 17 nations across the world. Their academic background is equally diverse, with students holding degrees in engineering, business, computer science, economics, science and mathematics.
McGill wins big at Retail Innovation Challenge
Hosted by the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the first-ever Retail Innovation Challenge concluded on June 21 with a McGill MMA student bringing home the top prize.
McGill MMA teams head to semi-finals of Microsoft Discover AI Challenge
Two teams from the McGill Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) are heading to the semi-finals of the Microsoft Discover AI Challenge on May 27. Hosted by Microsoft, Agorize and McGill University, the case competition aims to leverage AI and analytics to create smarter and more sustainable economies using Microsoft’s Cloud and AI tools.
Business schools to lend a hand in economic recovery
Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, looks at how business schools are providing community outreach to reduce the economic burden of COVID-19.
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McGill MMA students offer help to businesses impacted by COVID-19
McGill students in the Master of Management in Analytics program are offering their expertise to help small businesses in Montreal bounce back in a post-COVID economy. Professor Shoeb Hosain joins City News to share more about the initiative.
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McGill team creates COVID-19 dashboard to monitor Montreal and Quebec cases
Under the supervision of Professors Juan Serpa and Mehmet Gumus, a team of McGill Desautels students have partnered with students from the Faculty of Engineering to develop a dashboard that tracks COVID-19 cases in Montreal and Quebec.
Desautels students create dashboard to track COVID-19 cases in Canada
McGill Desautels students Venkatesh Chandra and Ramy Hammam recently developed an analytics-based COVID-19 dashboard to monitor cases across Canada in an effort to combat the spread of panic and misinformation.Â
Masters students tackle sustainability in Desautels Cup
On January 31, the Masters Office hosted the annual Desautels Cup. The event brought together nine teams from the MBA, Master of Management in Analytics and Master of Management in Finance programs and welcomed back MBA and Executive MBA alumni as distinguished judges.
Strong career prospects for McGill’s specialty masters students
Graduates of the Desautels Faculty of Management’s specialized masters programs are in high demand these days. As tech and AI companies flock to cities like Montreal and Toronto, they look for candidates with the type of practical experience that students receive at McGill.
MMA Students Gain Hands-on Experience at Pratt & Whitney Canada
As core to the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program, the EXP Analytics Consulting module has MMA students working alongside industry professionals over a 10-month period solving a significant Data & Analytics problem, aimed to boost the client’s top or bottom lines.
Take a look at what our MMA students have to say after working with partner Pratt & Whitney Canada.
McGill meets rising demand for specialty business degrees
Masters degrees in fields like finance and big data are quickly becoming a popular alternative to the traditional MBA for students looking to specialize. Professor Mehmet Gumus, Academic Director for the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA), and  Rida Mehdi (MMA'19) weigh in on the unique advantages of a specialty degree.
MMA students find inspiration on inaugural Study Trip in San Francisco
The McGill Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) degree is a pre-experience, twelve-month specialized program in the evolving field of management analytics with a strong emphasis on experiential learning.
As part of this hands-on learning, the first cohort of MMA students went on the program's inaugural Study Trip to San Francisco in June.
Meet the analytics dream team
Congratulations to Master of Management in Analytics students Anvita Shukla, Harsimrat Soin, Akash Sondhi, and Abinav Ramesh Sundararaman who won first place in the Ericsson Data Science Hackathon!
Hosted by Ericsson Montreal, participants are allocated one day to devise innovative approaches and tools to solve some of the real-world problems facing the telecommunications industry.
