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YOUR GO-POLY NEWSLETTER
Fall 2024 - Issue #3
Graduate Studies and Double Degree

GO-Poly is a welcome and integration program created specifically for you. Follow us for an optimal start in your new university environment!
  1. Get ready for back-to-school season
  2. The study plan
  3. Insurance plans
  4. Support for students with disabilities
  5. Improving your level of French or English
  6. International students

1. GET READY FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL SEASON!
SESH

At the start of the new school year, many activities are organized especially to welcome new students.

⇒ Attend our upcoming webinars and see the ones you missed in replay.

  • Coming soon : Registration and course selection - Thursday, August 1st 2024, 10:30 am to 11:30 am - Registration

⇒ Also, discover the timeline of important steps to follow before and during your first semester with the new student journey. It's an essential checklist!

2. THE STUDY PLAN

New Master's, DESS or PhD students are required to make a study plan. The study plan is the list of academic activities (workshops, courses, internships, projects and seminars) and research activities you will be required to complete as part of your program.

The study plan proposal must be completed using the designated form and must be approved by your Supervisor (DESS and professional master’s) or your Research Supervisor (Research-based Master’s and Doctorate/PhD), and by your graduate studies coordinator. Your study plan must then be approved by the Registrar’s Office no later than September 10, 2024.

**Students in the integration trimester (double degree) do not need to make a study plan at this stage.**

⇒ Watch the video on the study plan to learn how to complete it in 7 steps :

3. INSURANCE PLANS

➡️ HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS

Polytechnique's graduate student association (AÉCSP) offers its members a complementary health, vision and dental insurance plan. You are automatically enrolled.

⇒ View the webinar on this insurance plan:

➡️ HEALTH AND HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 🌍

International students are automatically enrolled in the Health and Hospitalization Insurance Plan for Foreign Students (ASHEE). The ASHEE, at a cost of $1068 for coverage from August 15, 2024 to August 31, 2025, is mandatory for all international students, unless an exemption applies.

More information on the ASHEE

⇒ View the webinar on health insurance for international students and access to healthcare in Quebec (and the presentation in PDF):

4. SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
SESH

Are you living with a disability? Have you benefited from accommodations during your previous studies? We invite you to contact the disability support team as soon as possible at
sep-esh@polymtl.ca to schedule a meeting with a counsellor.

More information

5. IMPROVING YOUR LEVEL OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH

Improving your language level is important to succeed at Polytechnique Montréal, both academically and socially. We have courses to help you.

  • The course SSH0345—Pratique du français Ă©crit is for you if you already speak French and you wish to significantly develop the quality of your written expression (grammar, syntax, etc.). Please note that it is not a course for beginners.
  • SSH3351 — Anglais pour ingĂ©nieurs 1 (Elementary level to Intermediate - 1 level) and SSH3352—Anglais pour ingĂ©nieurs 2 (Intermediate - 2 level) are tailor-made courses, depending on your language level, with reminders of grammar and technical vocabulary. They will allow you to improve your understanding of technical documents and improve your oral skills. A placement test will be held during the first class of the semester to make sure that you are in the appropriate level.

6. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

⇒ Next GO-Poly newsletter: week of August 5, 2024

⇒ See our previous newsletters. 

Any questions?