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) Regular registration period for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 using Minerva for all returning graduate students (except for Continuing Studies).
Please visit When to register for complete details.
Deadline for web withdrawing (grade of "W") from the first half of multi-term (D1/D2) courses that started in the Summer 2025 term and end in the Fall 2025 term (no refund for D1 course; fee refund with web drop of Fall D2 course) for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts (including Social Work & Religious Studies), B.A.&Sc., Continuing Studies, Education, Engineering (including Architecture), Graduate Studies, Law, Management, Music, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Science.
(Tentative Date) Registration period for Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 undergraduate Management courses for all returning students (excludes students in Dentistry, Medicine, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Continuing Studies). Note: Some courses remain restricted to undergraduate Management and priority programs.
(Tentative Date) Registration period using Minerva for all newly-admitted students in Graduate Studies to the summer and fall/winter terms.
IMPORTANT: New students have until Thursday, August 14, 2025 to register for at least one course in order to avoid late registration penalties.
Late registration and course change period on Minerva for all returning and newly-admitted students in all faculties except Continuing Studies with late registration fees applicable. Visit the website below for more details: http://www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/your-account/deadlines-and-penalties/
For students who wish to university withdraw after the registration cancellation deadline (August 31, 2025), students may drop all courses via Minerva with full refund less $200 Registration Cancellation Fee for returning students; less registration deposit or $200 Registration Cancellation Fee, whichever is higher for new students.
Online application (Fall 2026) opens for all graduate programs and departments. Note: Each McGill graduate department sets its own application deadlines and requirements. These may vary from year to year. You are advised to consult the relevant department URL or visit the website below for more details: http://www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/
Deadline to web withdraw (grade of "W") or University withdraw (grade of "W--") with full fee refund (less $200 Registration Cancellation Fee for returning students; less registration deposit or $200 Registration Cancellation Fee, whichever is higher for new students, in the case of complete withdrawal from the University).
NOTE: Deadline to web withdraw (grade of "W") with fee refund from Continuing Studies credit courses (less $20 fee).
(Tentative Date) Verification period via Minerva for all students in all faculties. Verify your entire record on Minerva (address, personal data, courses, programs, etc.) and consult your faculty with any problems. It is especially critical that graduating students verify their records prior to the start of their final term of studies.
September fee payment deadline. For more information, visit the website http://www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/your-account/deadlines-and-penalties/.
Application deadline for Fall 2026 for the Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Program and the MDT Residency Program.
THANKSGIVING DAY holiday. Classes cancelled. Administrative offices closed. Continuing Studies evening classes will be re-scheduled.
(Tentative Date) Senate Steering Meeting to approve degrees granted at Fall 2025 Convocations.
READING BREAK. Classes cancelled for all faculties except Dentistry, Medicine and Continuing Studies non-credit courses.
NOTE: Student Teaching is not interrupted for Education students.