This section is for:
- applicants to McGill who have not yet been admitted; and
- applicants who have received an acceptance letter from McGill, but have not yet taken any classes.
Visit the current student Transfer Credit & Advanced Standing page if you are or have been a McGill student and have completed McGill classes.
Do I qualify for transfer credit?
You may be granted credit and/or exemptions if, when you begin your McGill studies, you will have at least one of the following:
- graduated from CEGEP
- taken courses at a Quebec university other than McGill
- taken courses at a higher education institution outside of Quebec
- earned a French Baccalaureate
- earned an International Baccalaureate Diploma or written IB HL subject examinations
- graduated with the specific European Baccalaureate from a Schola Europaea member school
- graduated with a high school diploma from a Bologna-signatory (Europe) country
- written Advanced Placement (AP) examinations
- written Advanced Level, Advanced Subsidiary and/or CAPE examinations
When do I apply for transfer credit?
If you are a prospective or newly admitted student, you don't apply for transfer credit. Your file will be automatically reviewed for transfer credits if you:
- admitted to McGill; AND accept the offer of admission.
As well,
- on your application to McGill, you must indicate any courses you took at a CEGEP, university or other higher education/post-secondary institution.
- If you did not indicate your previous courses when you applied to McGill, you will not receive transfer credits for them.
What else do I need to know?
- If you qualify for transfer credit, use McGill's degree evaluation tool to see if it will earn you exemptions for required, complementary or elective courses. Note: not all faculties use the degree evaluation tool. Confirm with your home faculty prior to using this tool.
- If you think that you've completed the equivalent of one or more McGill math or science courses but do not have the certification to prove it, you may be eligible to write placement exams in linear algebra, biology, chemistry, math or physics.
- Transfer credits for newly-admitted students are only processed once the admissions office reviews the official copies of a student's final admission documents. This process generally occurs during the summer before the academic year begins.