Academic calendar
Fall 2026 runs Aug 31, 2026 – Dec 22, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
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Campus language
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A
- AUS
- Arts Undergraduate Society, representing students in the Faculty of Arts.
B
- BMH
- Bishop Mountain Hall, the main dining hall serving the Upper Rez dormitories.
C
- C4
- Carrefour Sherbrooke, a residence building located on Sherbrooke Street West.
- Cloudberry
- The unofficial name for the white-tailed squirrels often seen on campus.
E
- EUS
- Engineering Undergraduate Society, representing students in the Faculty of Engineering.
F
- Flex Dollars
- Funds on a student's OneCard that can be used at various retail food locations on campus.
- Frosh
- The official orientation week for incoming students, featuring social events and parties.
G
- Gerts
- Gerts Bar, the student-run pub located in the University Centre (SSMU building).
M
- MCSS
- Macdonald Campus Students' Society, representing students at the suburban Macdonald campus.
- MORE
- McGill Off-Campus Residence Experience, referring to various shared houses and apartments managed by the university.
N
- New Rez
- New Residence Hall, a converted hotel on Park Avenue used as student housing.
- NRH
- The dining hall located within the New Residence Hall.
O
- OAP
- Open Air Pub, a popular outdoor social event and beer garden held on the lower campus.
- OneCard
- The student identification card that functions as a debit card for meal plans and campus services.
P
- PGSS
- Post-Graduate Students' Society, representing graduate students and post-docs.
R
- RVC
- Royal Victoria College, a residence located near the Schulich School of Music.
- RVC Dining
- The cafeteria located in Royal Victoria College, known for its stir-fry and central location.
S
- Samosa Sale
- A common campus fundraising activity where student groups sell samosas in building lobbies.
- Solin
- Solin Hall, an apartment-style residence located off-campus in the Saint-Henri neighborhood.
- SSMU
- Students' Society of McGill University, the central undergraduate student government.
- SUS
- Science Undergraduate Society, representing students in the Faculty of Science.
T
- The Ghetto
- The Milton-Parc neighborhood immediately east of campus where a high density of students reside.
U
- Upper Rez
- The collective name for Molson, McConnell, and Gardner halls located on the slope of Mount Royal.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Add/Drop
- The period at the beginning of each semester when students can change their course schedule without academic or financial penalty.
- bishop_mountain_hall
- Bishop Mountain Hall
- Burnside
- Burnside Hall, a prominent concrete building housing the math department and a large basement computer lab.
- carrefour_sherbrooke
- Carrefour Sherbrooke
- Leacock
- The Stephen Leacock Building, a primary hub for Arts faculty lectures and departments.
- McGill Time
- The convention where all classes and lectures begin exactly 10 minutes after the scheduled start time.
- McLennan
- The McLennan Library Building, the main branch of the McGill Library system.
- McLennan-Redpath
- The main library complex, often referred to as a single unit despite being two connected buildings.
- Minerva
- The primary web interface for students to register for classes, view grades, and manage finances.
- myCourses
- The online learning management system where professors post syllabi, readings, and assignments.
- new_residence_hall
- New Residence Hall
- royal_victoria_college
- Royal Victoria College
- Schulich
- The Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering.
- Service Point
- The McLennan Library Building location for administrative needs like ID cards and official transcripts.
- Service Point
- The central office for administrative tasks like ID cards, official transcripts, and tuition payment.
- Shatner
- The common name for the University Centre building, which houses SSMU offices and Gerts.
- The Shuttle
- The free bus service that transports students between the Downtown and Macdonald campuses.
- Trottier
- The Lorne M. Trottier Building, primarily used by Computer Science and Engineering students.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall 2026 runs Aug 31, 2026 – Dec 22, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 23 approved campus terms and 18 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.