Admission to Professional and Graduate Studies

If you intend to proceed into Dentistry, Law, or Medicine, consult the faculties concerned about their prerequisites for admission.

Language Requirements for Professions

Quebec law requires that candidates seeking admission to provincially recognized professional corporations¹ must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in French. To demonstrate a working knowledge of French, the professional corporation requires one of the following:

• Evidence that you have completed three years of full-time instruction in a French post-primary school
• Evidence that you have passed the French mother tongue exams in Secondary 4 or 5 in Québec.
• A certificate that shows you completed your secondary education in Quebec in 1986 or later
• Successful completion of a written examination set by Quebec's Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF). See below for more information.

If you are a registered student and are within two years of graduating with a degree that will give you access to a professional corporation, you can write the OQLF examination. You should contact Enrolment Services for an application form. Examinations take place every three months and may be attempted an unlimited number of times. Priority is given to students closest to graduation.

More information may be obtained from the 
Office québécois de la langue française
125 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 1X4
Telephone: 514-873-6565
Website: www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca

If you need to acquire a functional level of proficiency in French, you can take courses from either the French Language Centre (Faculty of Arts mcgill.ca/flc) or the School of Continuing Studies, 688 Sherbrooke Street West, telephone: 514-398-6200 (mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/oqlf-french-exam-preparation-course).

If you are already strong in French and want to maintain or improve your proficiency, you may consider taking courses in the Department of French Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, or the School of Continuing Studies.

Note: You cannot apply non-credit language courses, and certain credit language courses, completed at the School of Continuing Studies to program/degree requirements. Consult your faculty for clarification.

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McGill degrees and diplomas currently give access to corporations regulating the activities of the following professional groups:

• Agrologists 
• Architects
• Chartered Accountants 
• Chartered Appraisers 
• Chemists
• Dentists 
• Dietitians 
• Engineers 
• Geologists 
• Industrial Administration Accountants 
• Industrial Relations Counsellors 
• Lawyers
• Licensed General Accountants
• Nurse Clinicians
• Occupational Therapists
• Physicians
• Physiotherapists
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Speech Therapists and Audiologists
• Urbanists
• Vocational Guidance Counsellors

Graduate Programs

McGill University offers over 250 Doctoral and Master's degree programs in more than 85 fields of study. We award degrees in a full range of academic disciplines, and are committed to providing you with an excellent graduate education and a rewarding student experience.

Please see mcgill.ca/gradapplicants to learn about graduate programs, research, admission requirements, and funding opportunities. You can also explore the Graduate and Postdoctoral section of the Course Catalogue for more information.