[1] In 2007, Marcel Desautels received an honorary McGill doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contributions to business education.

In July 2008, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the highest civilian honours bestowed by the Canadian government.

[8] In January 2012 the second floor of the Bronfman building reopened as the new "Business Intelligence Centre," featuring a trading room sponsored by the Desjardins Group.

[32] Founded in 1956, the Institute has a full-time staff of learning design and program managers working with professors at McGill's Faculties of Management, Law, Arts, Education and Medicine, external guest experts in specific fields, as well as visiting professors from universities worldwide.

[33] The EMBA is offered in a bilingual format in both English and French and lasts approximately 15 months with a 10-day study abroad trip in Latin America or Asia.

[34] Successful graduates of the program are awarded a joint MBA degree bearing the seals of both McGill University and HEC Montréal.

The eight Integrated and Area-Specific Research Centres include:[35] The historical cut-off for the BCom program (three-year average) is 94.7% overall across the “top 5” academic grade 12 classes (for students coming from high schools within Canada, outside of Quebec and Ontario), and 85.7% in the prerequisite English or French course, 88% in the prerequisite math course.

Members of the board of directors, whose positions include representatives for each year of study, preside over the appointed Executive Council.

The Bull & Bear is Desautel's student-run campus news magazine operates on an unpaid basis by an editorial team of 12 members and a staff of approximately 75.

[48] Students from McGill and universities across the globe compete to solve a multi-disciplinary business case judged by a panel composed of 12 company representatives from a variety of fields.

[49] The competition is held over a duration of 5 days and traditionally comprises social, networking, tourism and educational activities.

[51] The program, in partnership with McKinsey & Company, matches McGill students with nonprofit organizations in the Montreal community to work on proposals to improve some aspect of their operations.

[55] Desautels Capital Management (DCM), founded in 2009, is Canada's first university-owned, incorporated, student-run registered investment firm.

[58] DCM is one of the few student run investment firms in the world authorized to attract outside money from external investors.

[61] McGill's Faculty of Management is consistently ranked within the top and elite business schools in the world.