Graduation awards are available for students who will be graduating with an undergraduate degree. All awards to graduating students are granted by individual faculties and schools and are included in the In-Course Awards sections of this Calendar; see
"Awards to McGill Students In-Course", section 3.
If you are graduating with an undergraduate degree, you may be awarded the designation Dean's Honour List under the following conditions:
This designation may be withdrawn if your CGPA at another university or in another faculty at McGill is not comparable to the CGPA earned in your graduating faculty.
If you are graduating with an undergraduate degree, you may be awarded the designation Distinction under the following conditions:
2. you are in the top 25%, but below the top 10%, of your faculty's graduating class of students; this calculation is based on the CGPA.
this designation may be withdrawn if your CGPA at another university or in another faculty at McGill is not comparable to the CGPA earned in your graduating faculty.
the Faculties of Education, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, and the School of Nursing, as well as the School of Continuing Studies, do not assign the designation of Distinction to graduating students.
the designation of Great Distinction is no longer awarded at graduation. Prior to September 2009, Distinction and Great Distinction were awarded at graduation according to faculty-specific regulations. You can find these rules in the faculty chapters of the
2008-2009 Undergraduate Programs Calendar or any earlier version at
www.mcgill.ca/students/courses/calendars.
