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YOUR GO-POLY NEWSLETTER
Winter 2024 - Issue 4
Graduate Studies

GO-Poly is a welcome and integration program created specifically for you. Follow us for an optimal start in your new university environment!
  1. Registration to welcome activities
  2. Back-to-school information activities
  3. Student ID
  4. OPUS card for public transportation
  5. Lockers
  6. International students

1. REGISTRATION TO WELCOME ACTIVITIES

Don't miss the welcome sessions that apply to you, and reserve your place at those that require registration.

➡️ Departmental welcome session for graduate studies
Thursday, January 11, 2024, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
(no registration needed)

Civil, mineral and geological engineering B-431.3
Electrical engineering M-2401
Computer and software engineering M-1420
Mathematics and industrial engineering B-311
Energy and nuclear engineering A-552
Engineering Physics B-573
Materials engineering B-574
Chemical engineering B-506
Mechanical and aerospace engineering M-2203
Biomedical engineering M-2107

 

➡️ Welcome cocktail
Thursday, January 11, 2024, 5 pm to 8 pm, Atrium Lorne-M.-Trottier (3rd floor of the Lassonde buildings)

Registration required

 

➡️ International students welcome activity
Monday, January 15th, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Vitrine étudiante (2nd floor of the main building)

Register

2. BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES
Finances

GO-Poly information kiosks
The members of our student team will be happy to answer your questions and help you find your way around the school.

Weekdays, January 4 to 12, 2024, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lassonde buildings: 1st floor, entrance M-1000
Main building: 2nd floor, Vitrine étudiante
Finances

Guided tours
Led by an experienced team of students, our guided tours are a great way to discover Polytechnique! The tour includes all the major sites on campus.

Friday, January 5, 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Monday, January 8, 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Thursday, January 11, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Departure in front of room M-1010 (1st floor of the Lassonde buildings)

3. STUDENT ID
Carte

As of the first semester, all students must obtain an ID card. This card is required for several services (library, registrar's office, security) and for certain pedagogical activities.

You must make an appointment to have your Polytechnique Montréal ID card produced.

Make an appointment
 

4. OPUS CARD FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
OPUS

The OPUS card allows you to use public transportation in the city - the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). If you are a full-time student (or considered a full-time student), you can pay reduced fares by purchasing a student OPUS card (photo required). You can apply online from your Student File, or at the STM photo studio on appointment only. 

Attention: To order the OPUS card online, you must already have your Polytechnique Montréal Student ID card, because the photo from your Polytechnique ID card will be used by the STM for your OPUS card. Please allow 24 hours for the transfer of your photo to your Student File.

Learn more

5. LOCKERS

Locker applications must be completed online and are accessible via the Guichet virtuel étudiant. (Warning: the Internet Explorer browser is not supported by the Guichet virtuel étudiant.)

Get a locker

6. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Video

Arriving from abroad? Watch the video Health coverage for international students and health care in Québec.

Watch the video

See the PDF presentation
Finances

Immigration

Classes begin on January 8, and the deadline for arriving at Polytechnique Montréal and providing your immigration documents to the Registrar's Office is January 21, 2024.

If you don't have the necessary authorizations to study in Canada, don't fly! You could be turned away at the border, and the Polytechnique Registrar's Office will not be able to maintain your registration for the winter term without your mandatory residence permits.

If you don't think you'll make it on time, check the deferred admission section of the GO-Poly website.

⇒ At any time, visit our website dedicated to immigration procedures and entry to Canada. 

⇒ Sign up for the free Accueil Plus service to simplify your arrival at Montreal airport.

⚠️ATTENTION: Our services will be closed for the holiday season, from December 23 to January 3 inclusively.

⇒ Next GO-Poly newsletter: Wednesday, January 3, 2024
⇒ See our previous newsletters.

Any questions?