McGill University Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 85% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• 3 summer session(s) that consist of 4 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August, September, and January.

• Thomas Chang, professor, developer of first artificial cell; Elizabeth Monk, one of first two women to be admitted to Quebec Bar; Charles Drew, surgeon, pioneer in blood plasma research; Val Fitch, Nobel Prize winner, physics; William Shatner, actor; Leonard Cohen, poet, novelist, and songwriter; John Humphrey, author of draft of UN Declaration of Human Rights; Ken Dryden, lawyer, former hockey player; Richard Pound, lawyer, vice-president, International Olympic Committee.