The Office of the Dean of Students will be closed Friday, July 11, 18, and 25.
On Friday, August 1, 8, 15, and 22, a case manager will be available online for booked appointments.
The Office of the Dean of Students will be closed Friday, July 11, 18, and 25.
On Friday, August 1, 8, 15, and 22, a case manager will be available online for booked appointments.
Please continue to check your email for more information on McGill's internal selection process
The deadline to submit an application to our office to request an endorsement for ALL constituencies is August 1, 2025.
Please note that there are different internal deadlines for different/non-Canadian constituencies. Please make sure you email our office to confirm your application deadline.
Rhodes Scholars are elected for two years of study at the University of Oxford, with the possibility of renewal for a third year. A Rhodes Scholarship covers all University and College fees, a personal stipend and one economy class airfare to Oxford at the start of the Scholarship, as well as an economy flight back to the student's home country at the conclusion of the Scholarship.
Applications for Canadian Scholars open on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
Applications for Canadian Scholars close on Friday, September 27, 2025.
The deadline for submitting references is Friday, October 4, 2025.
The deadline to request an endorsement letter from our office is Thursday, August 1, 2025 at 5pm - no late applications will be considered for endorsement under any circumstances.
Applications for Global Scholars open on Sunday, June 1, 2025.
Applications for Global Scholars close on Thursday, July 31, 2025.
The deadline for submitting references is Thursday, July 31, 2025.
The deadline to request an endorsement letter from our office is Monday, June 30, 2025 at 5pm - no late applications will be considered for endorsement under any circumstances.
IMPORTANT: If you are planning to apply for a constituency other than Canada or the United States, to be considered for an endorsement you must submit your application a minimum of one month prior to your nation's application deadline. It is your responsibility to contact our office to ensure you are meeting all relevant deadlines. If you are applying for a constituency other than Canada, please email the Dean of Students Office to confirm your internal application deadline.
Full-time students at McGill University who are available to study at Oxford University the year after applying are eligible for a Rhodes Scholarship.
A candidate must:
*students who are not applying through the Canadian Constituency are responsible for looking up the eligibility requirements for the country/region they wish to apply through.
Please consult the Information for Canadian Applicants PDF available on the Rhodes website. All relevant information is listed on their website, and we encourage you to carefully read the requirements.
In order to apply to the Rhodes Scholarship, all applicants must submit an Endorsement letter from their undergraduate institution, regardless if they are applying for the Canadian Rhodes Scholarship or another nation's scholarship. For more information on requesting an Endorsement Letter, please see the tab to the left.
Canadian Scholarship
Due to the high volume of applications received, McGill will only endorse a maximum of two applicants for each Canadian Region excluding Quebec, in which we will endorse 2-4 applicants.
Other Nations/Global Scholarship
McGill will endorse a maximum of two applicants per Nation/Global Scholarship. This means that even though countries like the US have multiple scholarships available for different states, McGill will still only nominate a total of two applicants per nation. In certain extremely exceptional circumstances, we may endorse a 3rd candidate for a nation/global scholarship, but this happens rarely.
All Rhodes Applicants require an Endorsement Letter from the university in which they received their undergraduate degree.
If you would like to be considered as an Internal McGill Rhodes Finalist, we ask that you please deanofstudents [at] mcgill.ca (email us your request) by 5pm on Thursday, August 1, 2025. We will not accept any late applications.
In the email, please provide your:
You are also required to submit the following documents to our office in a single PDF file, saved in your full name and region which you are applying to:
Example of PDF saved name: "Jane Doe - Quebec"
We will not consider any applicant for an endorsement request without first reviewing the requested documents. Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, any application not in a single PDF file will not be considered.
McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous Peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. McGill honours, recognizes and respects these nations as the traditional stewards of the lands and waters on which we are located. For information about some of the Indigenous initiatives at McGill please visit the website for the Office of Indigenous Initiatives.