(Tentative Date) Compulsory Orientation for 1st year Physical and Occupational Therapy students. (NB: This session will be held on the day of Discover McGill.)
(Tentative Date) This information session, specifically planned for mature, re-entry and transfer students, is intended to help you have a strong start to your McGill career by informing you of the various resource services available on campus. There will also be opportunities to connect with your peers! To register for this session please visit www.mcgill.ca/firstyear/undergraduate/orientation-week/fall
(Tentative Date) This is a great opportunity to meet and connect with other incoming first-generation students, upper-year first-generation students, alumni and staff. Students will also learn about resources and support available to them. Learn more here: https://www.mcgill.ca/getready/welcome-week-orientation/undergraduate-or....
*A first-generation student is one who is the first in their family to attend university.
(Tentative Date) Grads Connect (GX) kicks off Discover McGill Day with social networking and team-building activities to connect graduate students with one another as well as with some of the great resources at their disposal. If you are interested in meeting other incoming graduate students, having fun, getting to know the downtown campus, and the chance at winning some great prizes, this is the event for you!
For more information please visit https://www.mcgill.ca/getready/orientation
(Tentative Date) This university orientation and welcome event will provide you with information and introductions to help ensure you have a strong start to your graduate and/or postdoctoral career at McGill.
For more information and to register, please visit:
https://www.mcgill.ca/getready/welcome-week-orientation/graduate-orientation
(Tentative Date) Info session for undergraduate transfer students. Transfer students will have an opportunity to meet other transfer students as well as learn and get answers to questions specific to the transfer experience. For more information, visit the Get Ready! website: https://www.mcgill.ca/getready/welcome-week-orientation/undergraduate-or...
Summer field practice period for M.S.W. students.
(Tentative Date) Fall 2025 Departmental Orientation for newly-admitted students to the MPP program. For more information, please visit: https://www.mcgill.ca/maxbellschool/mpp-program/current-students/orienta....
(Tentative Date) Advising (compulsory) for new students in Engineering, including Architecture students. See the Engineering Student Centre website for details: http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-students/
Last day of Summer field practice for M.S.W. students.
(Tentative Date) Start of external and internal graduate fellowship competitions for 2026-2027 funding. Graduate and final-year undergraduate students should enquire in their department and on the fellowships website (see below) regarding information session schedules and application procedures and deadlines.
Congratulations on becoming a McGill student! University is a new and exciting chapter in your life, and to help you start it on the right foot, take advantage of McGill's Orientation Week, which is packed with events that will make you feel right at home.
McGill offers a host of events and resources to help you settle in, including:
(Date to be determined) Transfer credit drop-in sessions for new Engineering students entering Year 0. Please see the Engineering Student Centre website for location and details: http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-students/
(Tentative Date) Orientation and stage begins for NUTR 508/509, Professional Practice - Stage 4 (Dietetics).
(Tentative Date) Faculty Orientation and in-faculty confirmation of registration for 1st year, Advanced-Standing Transfer, Special, Visiting and Exchange Students in Law, Chancellor Day Hall runs August 25, 2025.