New Student Checklist
These checklists are mandatory reading for all new students – they'll help you get off on the right foot and make sure you meet all your important deadlines.
New Students Guide
Pathway for Registration
- We invite you to review our Newly Admitted Undergraduate Students website, where you will find information about How to accept your offer, how to access the CAQ Application Guide as well as How to prepare for course registration
- Review your Program Calendar
- Review your Departmental/School Sample Curriculum
- Refer to the important dates website for key dates for the academic year including registration, start of lectures, advising periods, exams, and study breaks
- As part of planning your program and creating your class schedule you will need to familiarize yourself with MINERVA (McGill’s online registration system).
- We also recommend that you refer and use the Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) – a tool that allows you to visualize your schedule before you finalize it on MINERVA.
If you are unable to register for the recommended courses, please newstudentadvising.engineering [at] mcgill.ca (contact us). Class schedule conflicts are not permitted (i.e. courses held at the same time).
ID Cards
ID Cards – For information on how to obtain your student identification (ID) card, please visit McGill Student ID Card | Student Records - McGill University.
McGill Email Address
Moving forward, the McGill Engineering Student Centre will only send official communication to your McGill email address. If you are having issues, please contact 514-398-3398.