For detailed instructions on how to apply and how to upload required supporting documents, please see: Applying and admissions | Future Graduate Students - McGill University
All supplemental application materials and supporting documents must be uploaded directly to the McGill admissions processing system. Complete instructions are on www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/submitting-your-documents. On the web application form, applicants must provide the names and e-mail addresses of referees (if required, not for Special Students). McGill will contact these referees and invite them to upload references on their behalf, including the Department of Psychiatry Applicant Evaluation Form (see item 7 below).
A complete application for the MSc program will include:
- A web application form
- The
Confirmation of supervision form - Thesis proposal ( 2-3 pages organized as "background or introduction; hypothesis; objectives; materials, methods; means of analysis of results; and a brief bibliography)
- Personal statement of interest (1 – 2 pages)
- All university level transcripts as originals or officially certified copies. If the transcripts are not in English or French, provide official translations. Include a list of the dates, titles and grade obtained for each course if it is not shown on the transcript. McGill transcripts are not required.
- Curriculum vitae listing previous research experience and publications, if applicable.
- Two letters of reference uploaded by the referee. Letters must be current (not more than six months old).
- Proof of English Proficiency for non-Canadian applicants whose mother tongue is not English and whose undergraduate education was not in English (see Supplementary Documents).
Qualifying students
What is a qualifying student? In some cases, the Graduate Program Training Committee may consider that some applicants to the MSc program (Fall) may not have the appropriate academic training for the proposed research project and may thus recommend a Qualifying Year of advanced undergraduate courses. This entails taking a minimum of 12 credits per semester for two semesters. The courses have to be selected together with the proposed supervisor, and should be relevant to the proposed graduate research project. Please note that course credits obtained during the Qualifying Year cannot be transferred to the MSc. Students must submit a new application to be considered for admission to the MSc program the following year.