Resources

First-year Ph.D. students are provided with a desks for their first year in the program at the beginning of the Fall semester. If desks are not used they will be re-assigned to other students or researchers.

There are two kitchens available to students in 2001 McGill College one on the 11th floor in room 1101 and one on the 12th floor in room 1205. They are equipped with microwave ovens and refrigerators.

Students can print from any computer on campus to a central print queue and release their print job at the Xerox device of their choice. Printers are located in rooms 1109, 1143, 1229 and 1274 in 2001 McGill College. Printing and photocopying fees are directly billed to your student fee account. The Xerox devices allow students to print, photocopy, and scan to email (no charge). More information about uPrint for students can be found here.

In case of emergency please call 911, then Security Services at 514-398-3000.

Access to 2001 McGill College is by card reader and is limited to working hours Monday to Friday , 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. You are not to use your card in order to let others in the building, individuals who require access to the building should already have it. If your card does not give you access to the building by mid September email gradcoord2.eboh [at] mcgill.ca for assistance.

Students are advised to take special care with all personal effects as thefts are known to occur. To report thefts please call 514-398-4556. After hours, please call 514-398-3731.

This is the central access point from which you can get your email and online course materials, link to your student records, view important news and announcements from McGill, and more. See IT Knowledge Base 1409 for details.

McGill students receive a McGill Email Address usually in the form of firstname.lastname @ mail.mcgill.ca, with 50 GB of online storage space. Any official McGill email sent to students will be addressed to that McGill Email Address. See IT Knowledge Base # 1016 for details.

McGill students have access to 1 TB FREE personal file space on OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud file storage component of the Office 365 package.

• Access your files from anywhere – on laptops, desktops, and mobile devices.
• Share files with friends and colleagues.
• Use the web-based interface on any platform, or use integration points with Office 365 Pro Plus applications on Windows and mobile devices.
• Store files with confidence - McGill’s contract with Microsoft respects the privacy laws of Quebec and Canada, and protects your intellectual property.

For more information, visit OneDrive (cloud file storage).

The use of personal file storage is subject to McGill's Policy on the Responsible Use of McGill IT Resources.

Note for graduating students and alumni :
The Microsoft licensing agreement does not cover alumni. Students who graduate will lose their access to OneDrive and the data will be deleted; therefore, you must ensure any of your files are backed up to another storage medium when you leave McGill.