Updated: Mon, 10/07/2024 - 21:42

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Tuesday, Oct. 8, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au mardi 8 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Policies & Forms

This page contains information for students pursuing non-thesis Masterʼs, thesis Masterʼs or Doctoral degrees or Postdoctoral research. Students entering their program as of Fall 2017 are able to check their progress via myProgress. The tables below show the correspondence between the meetings or events that occur at various stages of study and the corresponding myProgress milestones.

Prerequisite courses

If a student is required to take an undergraduate course to satisfy a missing prerequisite, they must do so in the first year of their graduate program. Since the course will be at the undergraduate level, it will not count toward the course requirements of their graduate program.

Letter of Understanding

A Letter of Understanding is required for thesis Master's and Doctoral students. A template for the Letter of Understanding is available and it may be modified as needed to suit individual labs and students. The letter is not a contract and is not binding. Its goal is to clarify expectations between student and supervisor(s).

Non-Thesis Master’s Program

Thesis Master’s Program

Note: The M.Eng. degree, offered to legacy students, transitioned to an M.Sc. degree starting in Fall 2023. M.Eng. policies and forms apply to M.Sc. students as well.

Requirements for completing a Master’s degree

Stage

myProgress Milestone

Link

Master's student advising meeting Master's Supervisor - -
Master's committee selection - - Form
Master's initial meeting Master Yr1 Progress Tracking 1 Policy Form
Master's progress meetings

Master Yr1 Progress Tracking 2

Master's Yr2 Progress Tracking

Policy Form
Masters thesis submission - Policy Form
Master's extraordinary meeting - Policy Form
Fast-track transfer to the Doctoral program meeting - Policy Form

Doctoral Program

Requirements for completing the Ph.D. degree

General conditions for all meetings

Duties of Chair’s Representative

Stage

myProgress Milestone

Link

Ph.D. 1 Entrant

Ph.D. 2 Entrant

Ph.D. Letter of Understanding PhD Letter of Understanding PhD Letter of Understanding - Form (info)
Ph.D. advisory committee selection PhD Supervisory Committee PhD Supervisory Committee - Form
Ph.D. preliminary meeting PhD Study Plan PhD Study Plan Policy Form
Ph.D. comprehensive-exam preparation meeting PhD2 Progress Tracking PhD2 Progress Tracking Policy
Ph.D. thesis-proposal and comprehensive-exam meeting PhD Comprehensive Exam PhD Comprehensive Exam Policy
Ph.D. thesis progress meetings

PhD3 Progress Tracking

PhD4 Progress Tracking

PhD5 Progress Tracking

PhD6 Progress Tracking

PhD4 Progress Tracking

PhD5 Progress Tracking

PhD6 Progress Tracking

Policy
Ph.D. thesis pre-submission meeting TBD TBD Policy
Ph.D. extraordinary meeting - - Policy
Ph.D. initial thesis submission - - Policy -
Ph.D. oral defence meeting - - - -
Ph.D. final thesis submission - - - -
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