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Regulations Concerning University Withdrawal

If you are considering University withdrawal, you are strongly urged to consult with your adviser and your student affairs office before making a final decision.

Student's Responsibility

It is solely your responsibility to initiate University withdrawal by submitting a form to your student affairs office. Neither notification of the course instructor nor discontinuing class attendance is sufficient. The date on which you dropped or withdrew from all courses is entered on Minerva and is the official date of withdrawal, even if you had stopped attending lectures earlier.

Regulations Concerning University Withdrawal: Deadlines for University Withdrawal

If you decide not to attend the term(s) in which you are registered, you must officially withdraw from the University within the deadlines indicated. See Withdrawal (W) deadline dates in Important Dates 2009-10. If you drop your last Fall or Winter course by the end of the add/drop period of that term you are withdrawn from the University. To return to your studies you must follow the procedures for readmission.

To withdraw from the University by the deadlines indicated below, you must drop or withdraw from all courses on Minerva.

Fall Term:


  • Deadline for University withdrawal with refund (minus $100 for returning and $200 for new students):
  • Sunday, September 20, 2009

  • Deadline for University withdrawal without refund:
  • Sunday, October 18, 2009

Winter Term:


  • Deadline for University withdrawal with refund (minus $100 for returning and $200 for new students):
  • Sunday, January 24, 2010

  • Deadline for University withdrawal without refund:
  • Sunday, February 14, 2010

If you are blocked from dropping or withdrawing from your last course on Minerva, you are required to contact your student affairs office, which will supply any forms necessary to complete the University withdrawal as long as you have not missed the deadline for University withdrawal.

Note for Faculties of Arts, Engineering, Management, Music, and Science: If you want to withdraw after the deadlines indicated above, under exceptional circumstances you may be granted permission for University withdrawal. You should contact your student affairs office for further information.
Note for Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: In addition to the above procedures, if you are a student in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences you must contact your student affairs office for further information on University withdrawal procedures.
Note for Faculty of Law: In addition to the above procedures, if you are a student in the Faculty of Law, you must contact your student affairs office for further information on University withdrawal procedures.
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2009-2010 (last updated Mar. 31, 2010) (disclaimer)

Regulations Concerning University Withdrawal: Consequences of University Withdrawal

Fee refunds, if any, for the term in which you withdraw will be according to Fees and Withdrawal from the University.

Upon withdrawal, you must return your ID card to the University as stated in Identification (ID) Cards.

If you withdraw from the University during the Fall term you are considered withdrawn from the entire academic year, regardless of whether you dropped Winter term courses. To return for the Winter term, follow the procedures for readmission.

Note: If you withdraw from the University and want to re-register in a subsequent term, you must follow the procedures for readmission, except if you are in the following faculties where you must contact your student affairs office: Education, Music and of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. See the Readmission at www.mcgill.ca/student-records/inter-faculty-transfers.
Note for the Faculty of Law: You must reapply for Admission via the on-line application process.
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2009-2010 (last updated Mar. 31, 2010) (disclaimer)

Summer Term/Summer Studies

The Summer term at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ covers the months of May to August. During that period a wide array of credit courses from ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ degree programs is offered. Most are month-long courses with lectures every day. These courses are usually accepted for transfer credit by other universities. For more details, consult the Summer Studies Calendar at www.mcgill.ca/summer or the Summer Studies Office at 514-398-5212.

If you take a Summer Studies course to complete your graduation requirements at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, you will receive your degree at the Fall Convocation (normally held in November).

It is your responsibility to follow the University and faculty regulations. When registering, you must not exceed the maximum credits permitted by your faculty.

You cannot register for more than 12 credits (Management or Music students, 18 credits) during the summer, at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ or at other universities, except by special permission of your Associate Dean or Director.

Quebec Inter-University Transfer (IUT) students may take in one summer term a maximum of 1 (one) course regardless of credit weight. Permission to register for more than one course per term must be obtained from the ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ faculty in which the student is registering by using the CREPUQ electronic IUT site at (see Quebec Inter-University Transfer Agreement: Visiting IUT Students).

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2009-2010 (last updated Mar. 31, 2010) (disclaimer)

Auditing of Courses

³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ does not permit auditing of courses.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2009-2010 (last updated Mar. 31, 2010) (disclaimer)
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2009-2010 (last updated Mar. 31, 2010) (disclaimer)
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