Newly Admitted Students

This information will help guide you in registering and paying for courses.

Students entering the Full-Time and Full-Time with Co-op programs will be automatically registered in all required classes in early August.  Information on “Confirming your registration” will be sent to you via email in early August.

Students entering the Full-Time or Part-Time Accelerated Program are required to register in courses.  Please see our Dates and Deadlines page for registration dates. Accelerated students are encouraged to meet with an Academic Advisor prior to course registration.

Please visit the Registration Guide to complete your online registration.

Tuition and supplemental fees are updated each May for the coming year. Tuition fees will show in your Mosaic student centre after course registration is complete. Fees are due the first day of the month each new term.
Fall term = September 1
Winter term = January 1
Summer term = May 1
Refer to the Tuition and Fees page for more details. 

McMaster University’s Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships (SFAS) is your resource for financial aid information. Click here for the different types of funding available to new students.

Want to apply for OSAP?  Make sure you read this first!

Online parking applications are opened to allow you to purchase a parking permit for the Ron Joyce Centre (RJC) in Burlington. Click here for more details.

Shuttle service is available for students, staff and faculty traveling between the main McMaster campus in Hamilton and the Ron Joyce Centre in Burlington as well as between the Appleby GO Transit Station and the Ron Joyce Centre.

The McMaster Off-Campus Resource Centre (OCRC) is available to assist students in their search for suitable housing in either Hamilton or Burlington.

Other effective search options that students have used include:

• PadMapper
• Craigslist – Hamilton-Burlington
• Kijiji Hamilton
• GottaRent.com
• Your Classifieds (For Rent – Ontario)
• Rentseeker
• View it.ca
• Homestead
• Effort Trust
• Next Home
• Toronto Rentals – Hamilton
• Rentals.ca/Hamilton

Onboarding Week is the official start of your MBA. All newly admitted students are expected to attend.  The 2019 Onboarding Week runs from September 3 – 6.

* There is no On-Boarding week for students starting in January.

** Students entering the new Part-time Blended Learning program are not expected to attend.