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Deadlines

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  • Fall 2027 application for Canadian high school applicants outside Quebec

    2027 entry · Applicants studying or who last studied in a Canadian high school outside Quebec

    Covers Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Architecture, Arts, B.A. & Sc., Education, Engineering, Management, Nursing and Science.

    Official deadline

Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites
  • Grade 12 U English or French
  • MCV4UCalculus and Vectors
  • Two of Biology (SBI4U), Chemistry (SCH4U) and Physics (SPH4U)
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Application steps
  1. Step 1Check the admission requirements
    • Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
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  2. Step 2Apply through McGill admissions
    • Create your application and select this program.
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  3. Step 3Ontario applicants: self-reported grades and transcript
    • Ontario high school applicants in Canada normally self-report through the Applicant Portal and upload an unofficial transcript. Exceptions include Ontario schooling outside Canada, high school completed over five years ago and specified partial Canadian-school histories. The portal gives the applicable route.
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  4. Step 4English proficiency results when no exemption applies
    • Applicants who have lived and attended school for at least four years in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language are exempt. Otherwise submit official accepted test results unless another published exemption applies.
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Degree requirements

Foundation requirements
  • Complete 90 degree credits after any required Foundation Year.
ReferencesMcGill 2026–27 Course Catalogue · Food Science optionsMcGill Food Science degreeMcGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026McGill Minerva course catalogue · LSCI 230MCGILL complete current official course definitionMCGILL complete current official course definitionMCGILL complete current official course definition
Required courses and electives
  • Food Science option: 72 required credits and 18 elective credits. Food Chemistry option: 84 required and 6 elective credits.
ReferencesMcGill 2026–27 Course Catalogue · Food Science optionsMcGill Food Science degreeMcGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026McGill Minerva course catalogue · LSCI 230MCGILL complete current official course definitionMCGILL complete current official course definitionMCGILL complete current official course definition

Program facts

Entering average~Mid to high 70s

Ontario high school Top 6, typical minimum range

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Majors & specializations

Select an option within the BSc Food Science. Food Chemistry has its own professional chemistry recognition scope.

Food Chemistry

BSc(FSc)

Study the chemistry of food through courses in food analysis, enzymology and flavour chemistry.

Published requirements

Courses

Revised Macdonald Foundation Year for applicants from high-school systems outside Quebec CEGEP, beginning Fall 2026. Foundation Year terms apply to entrants from high school outside Quebec CEGEP. The two Food Science option course lists have no shared term grid here.

Foundation Year · Fall3 listed

Choose one approved complementary course with your Foundation Year adviser.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Foundation Year · Winter3 listed

Choose one approved complementary course with your Foundation Year adviser.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Calculus and physics alternatives4 listed

With advising, replace AEMA 100 with AEMA 101 and 102, or AEPH 100 with AEPH 113 and 115.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Approved Foundation Year complementary courses36 listed

One adviser-approved course per term.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Foundation Year · Fall3 listed

Choose one approved complementary course with your Foundation Year adviser.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Foundation Year · Winter3 listed

Choose one approved complementary course with your Foundation Year adviser.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Calculus and physics alternatives4 listed

With advising, replace AEMA 100 with AEMA 101 and 102, or AEPH 100 with AEPH 113 and 115.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Approved Foundation Year complementary courses36 listed

One adviser-approved course per term.

McGill Macdonald Foundation Year beginning Fall 2026
Food Science option · Core18 listed

51 credits.

McGill 2026–27 Course Catalogue · Food Science options
Food Science option · Additional courses7 listed

21 credits. Complete 18 elective credits to reach 90.

McGill 2026–27 Course Catalogue · Food Science options
Food Chemistry option · Core19 listed

54 credits.

McGill 2026–27 Course Catalogue · Food Science options
Food Chemistry option · Additional courses10 listed

30 credits. Complete 6 elective credits to reach 90.

McGill 2026–27 Course Catalogue · Food Science options
Elective choices
  • Select electives with an academic adviser. Some credits should be in humanities or social sciences.

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