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The items and clarifications below are additional requirements set by this department:

Professional Master of Architecture:

• Summary of work experience. A minimum of 16 weeks of work experience is required. Further information and guidelines are provided at www.mcgill.ca/architecture/bboard/bscmai/workexperience. Please use the following: Work Experience Form [.pdf]*
  Note: Your employer's signature is required along with the company business card. We do NOT require the Director's signature.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Applicants are required to upload unofficial transcripts of all universities previously attended (including summer term, exchange term, or study-away term). If you are recommended for admission, you will later be required to supply official transcripts. Transcripts in languages other than English or French must be accompanied by an English or French translation provided by the institution issuing the transcript or by a certified translator. Please refer to www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/ready/submit/upload and www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/prepare/checklist/documents
• A total of two (2) confidential letters of reference are required for your application: two (2) from academics OR one (1) from an academic and one (1) from a recent employer. Once you have identified your referees (you must provide a valid institutional email address for each referee), ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ will send them an email asking for a reference in support of your application (Gmail, Yahoo, etc. domains cannot be accepted). Additionally, uploaded letters must be on university or company/business stationery and the referee must indicate his/her position and full contact information at the institution. Please refer to www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/prepare/checklist/documents
• Once accepted to the M.Arch. (Professional) program (Design Studio [DST]), students interested in the Design Studio-Directed Research option will need to provide a two-page (maximum) research statement in early Fall of the first term indicating their general area of interest, their understanding of this area of study, faculty expertise, and research intention in terms of topic and project-based investigation. Specific references to expertise within the School are encouraged (e.g., History and Theory of Architecture; Cultural Landscape Studies; Affordable and Sustainable Housing; Computation and Fabrication; High-performance Visualization; Minimum Cost Housing; Gender, Sexuality and Space; Design and Health; Urban Design; Landscape Urbanism; Architectural Representation; Urban Agriculture; Vernacular Architecture; Reurbanisation)
  Note: Applicants to the M.Arch.(Professional) Design Studio option do not need to provide a research statement.
• Completed Program Comparison Chart*
  Note: Not required by B.Sc.(Arch.) graduates from ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ.
• Course calendar descriptions of previous college and/or university studies must be submitted in addition to the Program Comparison Chart
  Note: Not required by B.Sc.(Arch.) graduates from ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ.
• A comprehensive e-portfolio (pdf format, max. 15 MB, due no later than January 15) that may include the following: selected work from all previous design studios; examples of project work from other courses; examples of freehand drawing and sketching; examples of professional work: sketches, drawings, images of models, photographs of built work (professional work includes work carried out while employed in architects' offices, as well as personal projects; please identify the architect(s) and your own roles in each project illustrated)
  Note: Please indicate, where applicable, if a project is an individual or group project.

Post-professional programs:

M.Arch. (Post-professional) and Ph.D.

• Curriculum Vitae;
• Applicants are required to upload unofficial transcripts of all universities previously attended. If you are recommended for admission you will later be required to supply official transcripts. Transcripts in languages other than English or French must be accompanied by an English or French translation provided by the institution issuing the transcript or by a certified translator. Please refer to www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/ready/submit/upload and www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/prepare/checklist/documents;
• Two confidential letters of reference are required for your application. Once you have identified your referees (you must provide a valid institutional email address for each referee), ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ will send them an email asking for a reference in support of your application (Gmail, Yahoo, etc. domains cannot be accepted). Additionally, uploaded letters must be on university or company/business stationery and the referee must indicate his/her position and full contact information at the institution. Please refer to www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/prepare/checklist/documents;
• Statement of research interest / Post-professional M.Arch. applicants: a one-page statement of research objectives indicating the option chosen and the reasons for that choice. Applicants should include a clear description of their research interest, as well as a brief explanation of why they wish to study at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s School of Architecture. Applicants to the Post-professional M.Arch. program are strongly encouraged to become familiar with the research interests of the faculty before submitting an application and may indicate a preference for an adviser. If no preference is indicated, an adviser will be assigned prior to Fall registration. OR, Research proposal / Ph.D. applicants: a four-page research proposal, as well as a detailed explanation of why and with whom they wish to study at ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ’s School of Architecture;
• A digital portfolio (PDF format) of not more than 15 MB must be submitted containing at least five examples of the applicant's work. Doctoral applicants should submit evidence of research accomplishments, which could, in some cases, replace the portfolio requirement;
• Writing sample (Post-professional M.Arch. applicants): a recent sample of the applicant’s written work, on any topic (not necessarily within the desired field of graduate study) and not necessarily previously submitted for evaluation or publication. OR, Written work (Ph.D. applicants): a sample of the applicant’s written work, drawn from essays, papers, or other work previously submitted for academic evaluation or publication, and falling within the desired field of graduate study;
• Proof of English language proficiency: Applicants to graduate studies whose mother tongue is not English and who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a recognized foreign institution where English is the language of instruction or from a recognized Canadian institution (anglophone or francophone), must submit documented proof of competency in oral and written English. Before acceptance, appropriate exam results must be submitted directly from the (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or (International English Language Testing Systems) Office. An institutional version of the TOEFL is not acceptable. Applications will not be considered if a TOEFL or IELTS test result is not available. For the TOEFL, a minimum overall score of 86 is required on the Internet-based test (iBT; 567 on the paper-based test (PBT)), with each component score (i.e., reading, writing, speaking, listening) not less than 20. (The TOEFL Institution Code for ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ is 0935.) For the IELTS, a minimum overall band score of 6.5 is required. For further information, please refer to www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/international/apply/proficiency.

* These documents are available in PDF or DOC format on the School of Architecture website.