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Getting in
Can I get into McGill?
Tell us two things and we'll show where you'd sit among the students McGill admitted.
Overall
McGill doesn't publish an acceptance rate. For Fall 2025 it made 18,132 offers to 38,135 undergraduate and professional applicants.
Grades aren't everything
Grades only for most programs. Extra documents count only for Population and Global Health, Education, Global Engineering, Music, Nursing and Religious Studies.
How your marks are counted
BC: McGill averages your top five academic Grade 12 courses, including the program's prerequisites, and you report every Grade 11 and 12 course. Ontario: your top six 4U, DU or 4M courses, with at least four at 4U or DU and at most two at 4M.
Cost
What will my first year cost?
Canadians from outside Quebec admitted since Fall 2024 pay $432.85 a credit. Commerce ($16,427.40) and Engineering ($15,748.80) cost them more. International tuition is fixed for the length of the degree.
After your first degree
Planning a professional degree?
Medicine, law and the rest start after university, not after Grade 12. Pick one to see what it asks for.
Compare
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What is McGill's acceptance rate?
McGill doesn't publish one. For Fall 2025 it made 18,132 offers to 38,135 undergraduate and professional applicants.
When is McGill's application deadline?
February 1, 2027. Music applications are due January 15, 2027, and the Major Entrance Scholarship application is due February 7, 2027.
What average do you need to get into McGill?
McGill publishes typical ranges, not cutoffs. Management (BCom) is in the mid 90s, Arts in the high 80s to low 90s, and most Science options in the low to mid 90s. BC applicants are assessed on their top five academic Grade 12 courses, Ontario applicants on their top six 4U or 4M courses.
Do you need French to go to McGill?
Not for most programs. McGill says French courses are optional for students from outside Quebec and French isn't a graduation requirement. Nursing and French-immersion Education do require French.
How much is McGill tuition for students from outside Quebec?
For 2026-27, Canadians from outside Quebec pay $432.85 a credit, or $12,985.50 for 30 credits in Arts. Commerce costs them $16,427.40 and Engineering $15,748.80. Quebec residents pay $3,117.60.
Where these figures come from
Admissions: McGill Admissions Profile, Fall 2025; Requirements for Canadian high school applicants; Requirements for Ontario applicants; Admission decision dates; Learn French FAQ.
Cost: Undergraduate tuition rates 2026-27; BCom fees; BEng fees; International fees 2026-27; Residence fees; Statistics Canada table 37-10-0045-01 (Quebec average, 2026/27).
Scholarships: Entrance scholarships.
Ranking and size: QS World University Rankings 2027; McGill quick facts, Fall 2025.
Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Arts Building and Roddick Gates by D. Benjamin Miller, CC0; Dawson Hall by Daderot, CC0; Arts Building east view by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0; Redpath Museum by Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0; downtown campus by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Your marks
Raise the marks McGill looks at.
McGill uses: Top 5 Grade 12 courses (BC), top 6 4U/M courses (Ontario). One weak course pulls your average down, and a tutor can help you bring it up before applications close.
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