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Today's business graduates must be critical thinkers on an international scale to make insightful decisions across multiple disciplines. McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management is among the most international of today's leading business schools, drawing students and...
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About Desautels Faculty of Management
Founded in 1906, the Desautels Faculty of Management at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is ranked as one of the world’s top international business schools by Businessweek, Canadian Business, Forbes, and The Economist. The Faculty’s innovative...
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History of the Desautels Faculty of Management
Management education began at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in 1906. The department of Commerce was first established within the Faculty of Arts, offering commercial courses to train people as accountants, clerks, and the like. In...
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Desautels Faculty of Management Facilities
Management courses are mostly taught in the Samuel Bronfman Building. The seven-floor building is located at 1001 Sherbrooke Street West, on the south-west corner of McGill’s downtown main campus. The building is adjacent to...
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Bienvenue à la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill!
McGill’s distinctive legal education is one of the best in the world. It crosses boundaries of language, jurisdiction, legal tradition, discipline, and culture. It equips jurists with the critical knowledge, skills...
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Overview of Undergraduate Degrees Offered
Our undergraduate Law program integrates the Civil Law and the Juris Doctor. Consequently, students in the undergraduate program obtain a double degree of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Juris Doctor (J.D.).
Students may...
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Undergraduate Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Policy and Application Procedures
In this section you will find information on our admissions policy, requirements, categories of applicants, deadlines, supporting documents for application, and the application procedures....
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Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Policy
The Faculty's admissions policy is to select applicants who are best suited to studying law in McGill's uniquely comparative, trans-systemic, and bilingual environment. Diversity and excellence are essential to our Faculty. Indeed, our Faculty's...
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Educational
Requirements
Candidates must have a minimum of 60
credits of university studies, or a diploma of collegial studies (DCS) from a Quebec College of
General and Professional Education (CEGEP), before starting their law studies.
Students with a...
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Language Requirements
McGill's integrated program is offered in a bilingual environment. Candidates must demonstrate that they are at least passively bilingual, which means that they have at a minimum an advanced intermediate level of reading and aural...
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Indigenous Applicants to the BCL/JD Program
McGill Law is committed to recruiting and supporting Indigenous students and we welcome dialogue with prospective BCL/JD applicants. First Nations, Inuit and Métis persons are strongly encouraged to apply to the Faculty...
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Honesty and Integrity of Applicants
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the Faculty of Law value honesty and integrity. Applicants to the Faculty of Law are expected to conduct themselves accordingly. The submission of false, incomplete, inconsistent, or misleading...
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Application Process for
BCL/JD Degree Program
Law at McGill is a limited enrolment program. Apply as early as possible and ensure that we have received all required supporting documents on or before the appropriate deadline. Files are reviewed only when...
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Application Fee for the Faculty of Law
A non-refundable application fee is required for application to the BCL/JDprogram. For current fee information, please visit the Student Accounts website. A
credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express only) is...
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Applicant Categories
Applicant categories leading to BCL/JD degree (September entrance only)
University Applicants
Mature Applicants
CEGEP and Quebec French Baccalaureate (Collège international Marie de France and Collège Stanislas) Applicants
Advanced...
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University Applicants
A University applicant to McGill's Faculty of Law must be on track to complete their degree or have a minimum of 60 credits of undergraduate studies before starting their law studies. This category includes applicants who, at time of...
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Mature Applicants
Mature applicants are those who have interrupted their formal education for a minimum of five years, which do not have to be consecutive. Candidates who qualify as Mature must
apply in this category. There is no predetermined number of Mature...
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CEGEP and Quebec French Baccalaureate (Collège international Marie de France and Collège Stanislas) Applicants
Candidates may apply on the basis of a Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS) from a CEGEP, or a Quebec French Baccalaureate (QFB). This category includes...
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Advanced Standing
Students
Applicants who hold a law degree from a Canadian or foreign university
recognized by McGill must apply for admission to the BCL/JD program under
the Advanced Standing category, unless applying under the Comité des équivalences...
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Transfer Students in the Faculty of Law
Students who have successfully completed at least one year of
full-time studies in an undergraduate program at another Canadian law faculty may apply
for admission as a Transfer student. There are a limited number of...