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Graduation Honours

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Graduation Honours

The following sections describe honours that may be conferred at graduation.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2018-2019 (last updated Aug. 16, 2018) (disclaimer)

Graduation Honours: Dean's Honour List for Continuing Studies Students

Graduation Honours: Dean's Honour List for Continuing Studies Students

If you are graduating with an undergraduate degree, you may be awarded the designation Dean's Honour List under the following conditions:

  1. you have completed a minimum of 60 ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ credits toward your degree; and
  2. you are in the top 10% of the faculty's graduating class of students; this calculation is based on the CGPA.
Note for Transfer Students: This designation may be withdrawn if your CGPA at another university or in another faculty at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ is not comparable to the CGPA earned in your graduating faculty.
Note for Continuing Studies Students: If you are graduating from a certificate or a diploma program, you may be awarded the designation of Dean's Honour List if you have completed a minimum of 21 ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ credits toward your certificate (residency requirement) and are in the top 10% of your graduating class (calculation based on the CGPA).
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2018-2019 (last updated Apr. 19, 2018) (disclaimer)

Graduation Honours: Distinction for Continuing Studies Students

Graduation Honours: Distinction for Continuing Studies Students

If you are graduating with an undergraduate degree, you may be awarded the designation Distinction under the following conditions:

  1. you have completed a minimum of 60 ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ credits toward your degree; and
  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.
Note for Transfer Students: This designation may be withdrawn if your CGPA at another university or in another faculty at ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ is not comparable to the CGPA earned in your graduating faculty.
Note: The Faculties of Education, Dentistry, Law, Medicine, the Ingram School of Nursing, and the School of Continuing Studies do not assign the designation of Distinction to graduating students.
Note: 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.
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2018-2019 (last updated Apr. 19, 2018) (disclaimer)
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2018-2019 (last updated Aug. 16, 2018) (disclaimer)
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