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Competitions at McGill Desautels

Undergraduate Case Competitions

The Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) is a McGill business society committed to supporting the 2400+ undergraduate students within the Desautels Faculty of Management. Join the following case competitions that fall under the MUS umbrella.

Desautels Management Competition Committee (DMCC)

Case League
Jeux du Commerce
Financial Open

Happening Marketing
Desautels Management Leadership Seminar
Desautels Preparatory Case Competition

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McGill Case Competition Association

The McGill Case Competition Association (MCCA) strives to provide students from diverse backgrounds and schools with the opportunity to participate in esteemed case competitions. Our aim is to foster a spirit of competition and encourage our students to showcase their skills in notable external case competitions hosted by firms and other institutions.

mcca [at] dgss.ca (E-mail) MCCA on LinkedIn

McGill International Portfolio Challenge

The McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) is a trailblazing case competition targeting pensions, innovative portfolio design, and institutional asset management. Now anchored at the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), MIPC serves as a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange on pressing sustainability issues, bridging the gap between academia and industry. It offers students an unparalleled experiential learning opportunity to address real-world financial challenges.

The 8th edition of MIPC, guided by Professor Sebastien Betermier, centered on liquidity in retirement savings. This year's competition empowered teams to build inclusive and equitable retirement systems that promote long-term saving while meeting individuals' short-term liquidity needs.
Stay tuned for the 9th edition coming in 2025.

Learn more about the MIPC Visit the MIPC website

McGill-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon

McGill-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon, is a cutting-edge event that brings together the brightest minds in finance, technology, and innovation from all around the world. Dive into the realm of Big Data and AI as we tackle finance challenges with creativity and technical expertise.

The Innovation Challenge: AI in Bottom-Up Portfolio Construction. An exciting and innovative challenge centred around bottom-up portfolio construction using US publicly traded equities, Big Fundamental Data, alternative data, and cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques.

Evaluation Criteria: Teams will be assessed based on their innovative ideas, creativity of leveraging big data, technical proficiency and preliminary back-test results.

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McGill FAC Hackathon

Contribute to solving the ongoing food crisis with data analytics with the food-focused data Hackathon put on by the McGill Food Analytics Club, a student-driven data analytics club. Inspired and supported by Desautels Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, we want to contribute to solving this food crisis with data analytics. This includes research, coding, outreach, and more!

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McGill Desautels Business Ethics Case Competition

The Laidley Centre for Ethics and Equity is pleased to announce its 2025 Business Ethics Case Competition. The competition will be held at McGill University on March 21, 2025. On March 20, the participating teams will be welcomed with a roundtable panel and a networking reception in the evening.

The main objectives of the competition are:

To increase students’ awareness of the importance of ethical decisions in business.
To expose students to real-world scenarios that they may encounter in their future careers.
Provide students with the opportunity to enhance their critical thinking and presentation skills related to business ethics.

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Annual Grand Challenge on Sustainability - Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI)

The Annual Grand Challenge on Sustainability, organized by the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI), is open to undergraduate and graduate students from Canadian Universities. The team must be multidisciplinary and may include students from engineering, business, law, arts, science, etc. Students are asked to propose impactful solutions to real-world problems related to sustainability. The top finalists are invited to McGill University to present their ideas to industry experts and gain valuable feedback.

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Innovation for Impact Competition

Organized by the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative, these awards aim to encourage Undergraduate and Masters students to further develop their course projects and learning experiences at Desautels Faculty of Management, showcasing innovative solutions with tangible and positive impacts. The call for applications encompasses both profit and non-profit initiatives, and both types of projects are encouraged to focus on any aspect of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles, some examples include climate change, equal opportunities, financial inclusion, fairness, governance, fraud prevention, and democratization.

Competitions at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM)

Retail Creative Collab

Create and ideate! The Retail Creative Collab is an inspiring competition designed to promote collaboration and provide participating McGill University undergrad student teams the opportunity to ideate a creative strategic solution for a leading premium retail brand.

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Retail Innovation Challenge

Participate in this challenge to tackle real-world business cases and generate actionable solutions to help Quebec retail SMEs succeed in the new realities of retail. Compete for $10,000 grand prize with student teams from across Canada!

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Retail Gen AI Hackathon

This is a unique opportunity to innovate a real AI retail business challenge and validate solutions applied in a live scenario. Learn how AI (Generative, Predictive, and Prescriptive) can help retailers make better data-driven decisions within their operations. No need to have previous hacking and coding experience! Coaches and mentors will be on-site during the final hacking phase to guide you with your proposed solutions. Open to McGill University students only.

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