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The University Regulations and Resources section of this eCalendar contains important details that you will need during your studies at McGill and should be consulted periodically, along with other sections and related publications. You will find information related to...
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Regulations
Students must inform themselves of University rules and regulations and keep abreast of any changes that may occur. The Regulations section of this publication contains important details required by students during their studies at McGill and...
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Authorization, Acknowledgement, and Consent
When applying for admission to the University, you are bound by and
agree to observe all statutes, rules, regulations, and policies at McGill
University and the faculty or faculties to which you may be accepted and...
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Categories of Students
Students must inform themselves of University rules and regulations and keep abreast of any changes that may occur. The Categories of Students section of this publication contains important details required by students during their...
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Full-Time Students
Full-time students are students with a registration status of full-time and paying full-time fees. Full-time non-thesis master's, diploma, and certificate candidates must show a minimum of 12 credits per term on their record....
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Half-Time Students (Thesis Programs)
In some departments, students are permitted to proceed toward a degree on a half-time basis, i.e., students are permitted to register half-time instead of full-time during sessions of residence.
It is expected that half-...
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Part-Time Students
Certain degree programs can be followed on a part-time basis (e.g., M.Ed., M.Eng. Non-Thesis option, M.B.A., M.S.W. Non-Thesis option, and S.T.M.). Students in non-thesis programs (including the C.A. program) as well as Special, Visiting...
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Additional Session (Thesis Programs) and Non-Thesis Extension (Non-Thesis Programs) Students
Students in Additional Session or Non-Thesis Extension are students with a registration status of Additional Session (thesis programs) or Non-Thesis Extension (non-...
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Thesis Evaluation Students
Students who have completed the residency requirements for their graduate thesis program and who have submitted their initial e-thesis to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by the April 15, August 15, or December 15 initial e-...
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Qualifying Students
Students admitted to a Qualifying program are known as Qualifying Students for a Master’s. They must meet the application and admission requirements indicated by the chosen graduate department and the Graduate Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Unit of...
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Special Students
Students who meet the minimum entrance requirements of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and wish to take one, or at most two, graduate-level courses per term (6 credits) without intention of proceeding to a degree or diploma are termed...
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Visiting Students
Visiting Students are those students who are registered in a degree program at another university and who have obtained written permission from both universities to take a course(s) for credit toward that degree program. Students studying...
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Graduate Research Trainee
Eligibility
If you are enrolled in a graduate program at another university and would like to attend McGill for a limited period of time (up to 12 months*) to conduct research only, you must apply as a Graduate Research Trainee....
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Non-Resident Exchange Status
The status of "non-resident" is only applicable to students participating in a formal exchange program, in which McGill has signed an exchange agreement with a partner institution. The student must register and will be charged...
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Medical Residents
Residents and fellows on staff of teaching hospitals associated with the University are included in Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies statistics. In the event that residents and fellows wish to take courses at the graduate level, they must...
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McGill Staff as Graduate Students
Members of the teaching staff of the University up to and including the rank of lecturer may enrol as candidates for a degree, diploma or certificate. If their teaching duties are designated as full-time, they may only...
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Quebec Inter-University Transfer Agreement
Quebec Inter-University Transfer Agreement: McGill Students
Quebec Inter-University Transfer Agreement: McGill Students
The Quebec Inter-University Transfer (IUT) agreement permits concurrent...
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Quebec Inter-University Transfer Agreement: Visiting IUT Students
Note for Health Sciences: This section applies only to the Ingram School of Nursing.
The Quebec Inter-University Transfer (IUT) agreement permits concurrent
registration at McGill and another...
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Registration
Students must inform themselves of University rules and regulations and keep abreast of any changes that may occur. The Registration section of this publication contains important details required by students during their studies at McGill and...
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Registration for Fall and Winter Terms (Including Additional Session and Non-Thesis Extension Students)
All returning and new graduate students must register online at www.mcgill.ca/minerva. It is the student's responsibility to obtain departmental approval...