Accepting students
M.Sc. and Ph.D. applications are evaluated by professors for admission to their research group.
- Application files are sorted according to the applicant's first choice of research group.
- The professors in each research group meet and consider together all the files allocated to them. Each professor individually accepts students who will enter the program under their supervision, with or without an offer of financial support.
- The files of students who were not accepted by any professor are re-sorted according to the applicants second choice of research group.
- The professors in each research group deliberate again to consider the new files allocated to them. Once again, each professor individually accepts students.
M.Eng. applications are evaluated by an admission committee consisting of professors from each research group.
Note: Incomplete applications cannot be recommended for admission.
Departmental decisions
Admission decisions will be delivered within eight weeks (Winter admission) to approximately twelve weeks (Fall admission) following the application deadline.
- Applicants selected by a professor and approved by the Graduate Program Director will be recommended for graduate admission. Enrolment Services - Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) will examine the applicant's dossier and, if approved, an official offer of admission and departmental funding letter will be available for viewing and printing through the admission portal. Applicants will beceive an email notifying them that a decision has been made on their application and should promptly check the admission portal for details.
- If you need to defer your admission to the following semester, please contact the Graduate Program Office (grad.ece [at] mcgill.ca) before registration. Deferral requests must be made in the admission portal and must include the reason for requiring a deferral. Deferrals require supervisor approval in order to be granted.
- Applicants who have not been selected for admission will also receive and email notifying them that a decision has been made on their application; they can check the admission portal for more information.