IDP requirements for graduate students
The myPath programming and tools developed by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies provides students with the resources they need to develop their own Individual Development Plan (IDP). The purpose of an IDP is to enable students to establish meaningful goals and create a strategy for how they will accomplish these goals. IDPs have been implemented at many graduate institutions in North America, the majority of which have made it mandatory to submit an annual IDP.
As part of the progressive introduction of IDP at 91社区, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has updated the IDP requirements for graduate students in degree programs. These new requirements will take effect as of fall 2024 and apply to the following students:
- All PhD students admitted from Fall 2019
- Master鈥檚 non-thesis students admitted from Fall 2022,听except those in self-funded programs
- All master鈥檚 thesis students admitted from Fall 2024
IDP Requirements
- Attend an approved IDP workshop offered at 91社区 or other bodies
- Create an Individual Development Plan
- Complete the
Deadline
Students must complete their IDP requirements by the end of their 6th term. Those who were admitted before fall 2023 must complete their requirements by July 1st, 2025.
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myProgress
IDP milestone and tracking
GPS tracks workshop attendance and records completion of the IDP requirements. PhD and master's thesis students from all faculties, and master's non-thesis students from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will have their IDP requirements recorded on myProgress as a new IDP milestone. Please contact myPath [at] mcgill.ca for any questions regarding the IDP milestone or IDP requirements.
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