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Get your 黑料不打烊 Student ID Card听

All students require a 黑料不打烊 ID card to access practice rooms, libraries, residences and many more student services offered to 黑料不打烊 students. You will need to register for at least one course before you can obtain the 黑料不打烊 ID card.听听

How to get a new student ID card

You can also benefit from a reduced fare rate from Montreal鈥檚 public transit system by obtaining a Reduced-Fare OPUS card if you are a full-time student for the entire academic year.听听

To obtain a Reduced-Fare OPUS card

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Set up your 黑料不打烊 email if you have not yet done so.听 黑料不打烊 email is the official means of communication between faculties and students.听听

Familiarize yourself with IT services for Students.听听

Get ready for classes by paying close attention to these key dates between May and September:

April

1-30:

  • If you are an international student, you must now apply for a Certificate of Acceptance of Quebec (CAQ, a provincial government study permit) and a Study Permit (a federal government study permit) once you have accepted the admission offer to attend 黑料不打烊. Valid immigration documents are required to remain registered in a program here.
  • Explore on-campus and off-campus housing options if you are looking for a place to live.鈥Learn more.
  • Set up 黑料不打烊 email: official communication is only via your 黑料不打烊 email account. Access your 黑料不打烊 email from Outlook by logging in鈥. Contact鈥黑料不打烊 IT鈥痜or assistance if you have trouble accessing your 黑料不打烊 email.
  • Canadian or US students may apply for financial-need based government aid, or 黑料不打烊 loans and bursaries. Info at: Scholarships and Student Aid Office.

May

Early May:

  • Legal status: Confirm your legal status in Canada, even if you are born in Quebec. Tuition fee rates vary by legal status. Visit Legal Documents to determine which documents you need to provide for fee assessments. The tuition rates based on residency status are found on the Student Accounts website.
  • Confirm your tuition rates as based on residency: Student Accounts

15: Deadline to choose your practical instruction (also known as private lessons) teacher

20 - 23:

June

4:鈥淲hat to Register鈥 Info Session鈥痜or鈥疌EGEP and Transfer (U1) students

6:鈥淲hat to Register鈥 Info Session鈥痜or鈥疕igh School (U0) Students

9: Registration opens for new students

*May 26 鈥 June 23: Music鈥Placement Exams

  • Theory, Musicianship, and Keyboard Proficiency

20: Deadline to apply for鈥黑料不打烊 Residence

July


3rd and 4th week: Students should receive placement test and transfer credits results via a personalized Program Audit (PA).

August

1st week:

  • Pick up your鈥诹喜淮蜢 ID card鈥痜rom Service Point if you have not yet done so.
  • Register with鈥Student Accessibility & Achievement (SAA)鈥痓efore the academic year starts if you have documented disabilities, mental health conditions, chronic health conditions, or other impairments.

7:Post Placement Test and Transfer Credits Registration Info Session

  • Which courses to register for based on placement test results and transfer credits

14:鈥疍eadline to register for at least one course to avoid registration penalties

  • B.Mus. and L.Mus. students typically finalize the year鈥檚 registration before September鈥檚鈥痑fter having received the placement test results, and/or a summary of transfer credits and ensemble placements following auditions in the first week of September. If you need to register full-time before mid-September, use the sample first-year course plan for your program as a guideline then make changes to your course registration once you have received the ensemble placements and placement test results. Students have until鈥Tuesday, September 10鈥痶o make changes to fall registration without incurring a course change fee penalty.

25:Welcome Orientation Day 1鈥& Discover 黑料不打烊

26:Welcome Orientation Day 2鈥痠n small groups

TBC:鈥疢eet and Greet with Program Coordinators

27:鈥 Classes begin

30:鈥痠f you do not plan on studying at 黑料不打烊 University this fall.

TBC:Ensemble Auditions
With the exception of percussion ensemble ((MUEN 598), guitar ensemble (MUEN 562) and Intro to Ensemble Play for Pianist (MUEN 581), all students must audition to seek placement in a small or large ensemble.

September

1: Labour Day (No class) and offices are closed.

9: Add/Drop deadline for fall courses; must finalize fall registration on this date.

16: Course Withdrawal WITH REFUND deadline

Write Theory, Musicianship and/or Jazz Placement Exams

Students may seek exemption from first-year core theory, theory and/or jazz courses by passing a placement exam. See Placement Exams for detail.

Registration

New students may register for courses starting early June. See Registration Guide for details.

Practice Rooms, Ensemble Room Bookings and Locker Rentals

As a Schulich School of Music student, you can use multiple facilities in the two buildings dedicated to music students: Strathcona Music Building and . Instructions on how to access a practice room, book an ensemble room and reserve a locker are found in Building Resources.

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