Deadline date to submit final Doctoral or Master's thesis for students expecting to graduate in February 2026.
Note: Should the deadline date (December 15) fall on a weekend or a holiday, the effective deadline date will be the next working day.
Deadline date to submit final Doctoral or Master's thesis for students expecting to graduate in February 2026.
Note: Should the deadline date (December 15) fall on a weekend or a holiday, the effective deadline date will be the next working day.
Deadline date to submit initial Doctoral or Master's thesis to GPS (Thesis Office) to be registered as Thesis Evaluation status for the Winter 2026 term.
Note: Should the deadline date (December 15) fall on a weekend or a holiday, the effective deadline date will be the next working day.
Examination period for Fall term and multi-term courses given by Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts (including Social Work & Religious Studies), Continuing Studies, Education, Engineering (including Architecture), Graduate Studies, Law, Management, Music, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Science (including B.A.&Sc.).
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Deadline for cancellation of registration for all new and returning students for the Winter term except Continuing Studies. (Deposit is non-refundable for new students.)
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Deadline to request deferral of Winter term admission to McGill for all undergraduate faculties (excluding Dentistry, Law, Medicine, and Music).
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CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S holiday break. Administrative offices will be closed between December 25 and January 2 inclusive. Library hours are available . Administrative offices reopen on Monday, January 5.
Registration period for new students to register for Winter term without a late registration fee for all faculties. For more information, please visit .
(Tentative Date) Winter term lectures begin for 1st year students in Medicine.
(Tentative Date) Deadline for Continuing Studies students to register for Continuing Studies courses without a late registration fee.
Winter term fee payment deadline for all students. For more information, visit the website .
Registration period using Minerva for Winter courses and programs for returning students in Continuing Studies (excludes Special students).
NOTE: Returning students in Continuing Studies have until Monday, January 5, 2026 to register for at least one course in order to avoid late registration penalties.
Registration period using Minerva for Winter courses and programs for newly-admitted Continuing Studies students and returning Special students in Continuing Studies.
NOTE: New students in Continuing Studies have until Monday, January 5, 2026 to register for at least one course in order to avoid late registration penalties.
Registration period for Winter 2026 for incoming Exchange students in all faculties except Faculty of Law and Continuing Studies.
Winter term registration period for new students in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (including Farm Management and Technology), Arts (including Social Work & Religious Studies), B.A.&Sc., Education, Engineering (including Architecture), Graduate Studies, Law, Management, Music, Nursing and Science. Individual departments in Graduate Studies set their own dates within this period. This includes winter admit Quebec Inter University Transfer and incoming exchange students.
Registration period for Winter courses offered by Continuing Studies to students in other faculties (excludes students in Dentistry, Law, Management day programs, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy).