(Tentative Date) Info session for undergraduate transfer students. Transfer students will have an opportunity to meet other transfer students as well as learn and get answers to questions specific to the transfer experience. For more information, visit the Get Ready! website: https://www.mcgill.ca/getready/welcome-week-orientation/undergraduate-or...
Congratulations on becoming a McGill student! University is a new and exciting chapter in your life, and to help you start it on the right foot, take advantage of McGill's Orientation Week, which is packed with events that will make you feel right at home.
McGill offers a host of events and resources to help you settle in, including:
(Tentative Date) Summer Term registration period for undergraduate students in their U3/U4 year.
Access to Management courses is restricted to McGill U3 students in B.Com.; Minor in Finance, Minor in Management, Minor in Marketing, Minor in Operations Management, Minor in Construction Engineering and Management; B.A. Joint Honours Economics and Accounting; B.A. Joint Honours Economics and Finance, B.A. Faculty Program in Industrial Relations; Honours or Inter-Fac. Prog. in Sustainability and Major in Agricultural Economics.
(Tentative Date) Summer Term registration period for all undergraduate students.
NOTE: Access to Management courses is restricted to McGill students in B.Com.; Minor in Finance, Minor in Management, Minor in Marketing, Minor in Operations Management, Minor in Construction Engineering and Management; B.A. Joint Honours Economics and Accounting; B.A. Joint Honours Economics and Finance, B.A. Faculty Program in Industrial Relations; Honours or Inter-Fac. Prog. in Sustainability and Major in Agricultural Economics.
(Tentative Date) Registration period for Summer undergraduate Management courses open to McGill students in all faculties as well as Special and Visiting Students. Note: Certain courses remain restricted to only B.Com. and priority programs.
NOTE: The summer registration deadlines vary by course, please see the Summer Calendar for further information at www.mcgill.ca/summer.
August fee payment deadline. For more information, visit the website http://www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/your-account/deadlines-and-penalties/.
(Tentative Date) Extended hours for new students to obtain their student cards as of August 8 at the Service Point. The locations and operating hours of ID card centres on both campuses can be found on the Student Information website (www.mcgill.ca/students). Students must be registered for at least one Fall term course, and need to bring their McGill ID number, valid photo ID, and the documents used to prove citizenship status.
(Tentative Date) McGill Placement Examinations for newly-admitted students in basic science courses in biology, chenistry, physics and math, including MATH 122 and MATH 123 for newly-admitted Management students. See below for more details: https://www.mcgill.ca/exams/
Deadline to request deferral of Fall term admission to McGill for all undergraduate faculties (excluding Dentistry, Law and Medicine).
Consult the following website for further information: http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2023-2024/university_regulations_and_resources/undergraduate/ug_gi_deferred_admission.
Deadline for cancellation of registration for all new and returning students for the Fall term except Continuing Studies. (Deposit is non-refundable for new students.)
Consult the following website for further information: http://www.mcgill.ca/study/2023-2024/university_regulations_and_resources/undergraduate/ug_gi_registration.
LABOUR DAY Holiday. Classes cancelled. Administrative offices closed.
(Tentative Date) Registration period for incoming Exchange students in all faculties except Faculty of Law and Continuing Studies with a Fall term (September 2025) start (Fall only or full year exchanges).
(Tentative Date) Registration period for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 using Minerva for all newly-admitted undergraduate students in the faculties listed below, whose highest level of education prior to registering at McGill is a French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate or at least one year of university, or who have other academic qualifications such as Advanced Levels, Advanced Placements or CAPE which provides for advanced standing credit. Students in this category must have a classification of year 1 (U1) or higher.
Course Change (add/drop) deadline for Fall term and first part of multi-term courses starting in September 2025 for 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.). (No withdrawals from Music Ensembles after this date.)
(Tentative Date) The registration date below is for returning students only, excluding Law students who register separately in June.
All students must register for at least one course by Thursday, August 14, 2025 to avoid paying a late registration fee.
Returning students’ registration for 2025-2026 Fall/Winter courses opens over three mornings on May 28, May 29 and May 30, 2025.