Registration & Orientation

Program Registration

Registration for undergraduate medical education takes place in three stages, outlined below:

Stage 1: Online Registration for Courses (via Minerva)

• All students entering the four-year MDCM program must register online (Minerva) for the full year of courses (Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Summer 2026).
• Only registered students can attend Orientation.
• Registration is between June 2, 2025 to July 11, 2025.
• For students admitted after July 11, 2025, please register for Fall and Winter courses no later than August 14, 2025 and the UGME office will take care of Summer 2026 registration.
• Please note that after August 14, 2025 a late fee will be charged for students who have not registered for at least 1 course.
• Follow the detailed pdf course registration instructions from the UGME office, note there are separate tables of CRNs for Montreal Campus and Campus Outaouais:  Registration instructions MDCM 2025_English
  
  Interprofessional Education courses
  • Students who took IPEA 500 and 501 at McGill in 2024 or later, are automatically granted an exemption from repeating these courses. This is explained in the form linked to instructions in English or French 
  • Students who completed similar courses, in 2024 or later, at a University other than McGill, please submit the form linked to instructions in  English or French and include course outline(s) to the Office of Interprofessional Education (OIPE) at the following address: ipecourses.med [at] mcgill.ca by June 30. For students admitted after June 30, the documents must be submitted by the first day of class. 
     

       Longitudinal Family Medicine Survey (LFMS), must be completed and submitted by August 4, 2025

• Montreal Campus LFME Survey: Questions-LFME Team: longitudinal.fammed [at] mcgill.ca
• Campus Outaouais Formulaire de pré-enregistrement pour ELMF: Questions-Équipe ELMF : ffmmd.co [at] mcgill.ca
   

Stage 2: Compulsory Orientation (beginning August 19)

• Compulsory orientation takes place on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.  Failure to attend any portion of the orientation may result in the cancellation of your registration.
• The Orientation schedules for Montreal and Campus Outaouais will be posted here once available.
• All admitted students are required to be in attendance for all orientation days, otherwise they are subject to de-registration from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. 
• You will also receive information about social activities for new students, interest groups, and class elections organized by the Medical Students' Society (MSS).

Stage 3: Registration with the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ)

• Details regarding registration with the CMQ will be provided at Orientation, including when you will receive an e-mail from the CMQ allowing you to register in their online system. This is generally shortly after orientation; McGill's deadline for you to register is September 30th.
• You will need to obtain a Police Check to submit to the CMQ. See CMQ Police Check for more information. 
• Registration details are also available on the CMQ web page.  In the meantime, take this opportunity to gather all of your documentation and get them certified.

Start of course lectures

• For an overview of the curriculum components and associated first year courses, please consult the schedule for both campuses below. You can view the "Curriculum Schema" at the bottom of the UGME Curriculum Structure page.
• The Montreal and Campus Outaouais schedules will be posted here once available.
• For other important dates at the university, see McGill Important Dates for Students. 
• See the list of Medical Equipment needed for the program: Medical Equipment | Undergraduate Medical Education - McGill University
• See Starting our Program-What you need to know for more information about starting the MDCM program!