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Before You Start ...


1. Confirm Your Registration online at Graduate Study Office (Gilmour Hall 212, Ext. 24258)

For the registration deadline of each semester, please check with:

  • Engineering Physics Graduate Secretary Ms. Nadine Ferracuti
  • Biomedical Engineering administrator: Ms. Natalie Illingworth,


2. Obtain Student ID + bus pass + set up the Direct Deposit + UHIP card

  • Go to the Graduate Study Office (Gilmour Hall 212, Ext. 24258) to pick up student ID + bus pass. International student will be asked to present study permit to fully registered.
  • For direct deposit: bring one void check + fill in forms for both Federal and Province tax return at Graduate Study Office (Forms can be obtained at the office)
  • For UHIP card, visit International student scholar service at Rm 104, Gilmour Hall or Contact: iss@mcmaster.ca. Note that UHIP card is only available after fully registered at Graduate Study.
  • Visa student: check out handbook at http://oisa.mcmaster.ca/pre-arrival.cfm which include info on SIN, transportation, travel ect.


3. Get Keys for Lab and/or Graduate Student Office

  • Contact Person: Engineering Physics or BME (see #1)
  • You need keys to ETB exterior (graduate student only), ETB 431 & 431A, and your graduate office. Most of these spaces now have key card access so you will need a Working@McMaster ID or an access card (undergraduate student).


4. Get your UnivMail E-mail Account and MacID at UTS (BSB 245)

  • For more information, please check with UTS


5. Apply Scholarships (NSERC, OGS, OGSST, etc.)

  • Contact persons: BME or Engineering Physics (see #1)


6. Your Personal Contact Information

  • Use your MacID (#4) to access our lab's wiki page (See #8);
  • Create a Yahoo! messenger account for work use, and share your Yahoo! calendar with lab members


7. Sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA)

  • To be determined based on your project


8. Create Your Personal Web Site at the "People" Page of this Wiki Site

  • Upload personal profile picture, select from left hand panel, under toolbox heading
    • Upload File > Profile
    • Save uploaded file as: last name and first initial
      • “Bob Smith” would be saved as smithb
  • Use another person's page as a template, and fill in necessary information, which should include:
    • Education, Contact Information, Research / Project Description, Schedule, and Safety Training


9. Safety Training

  • For more information, please check with EOHSS
  • You need to contact Ms. Nadine Ferracuti to attend the Engineering Physics/CEDT safety training/orientation
  • Please go over your Job Hazard Analysis Form (from the Eng Phys safety orientation) with your supervisor
  • Everybody working in our lab should take:
  • Everyone is required to list their safety training record in their own personal profile page. Please use the table available here on the Lab safety page, as a template.
  • You are required to complete a Engineering Physics/ C.E.D.T. Research Hazards Safety Report;Example by Michelle, and put it in your own profile as well as on the Lab Safety Page
  • You are required to complete a Engineering Physics/ C.E.D.T. Research Hazards Safety Report;Example by Aparna, and put it in your own profile as well as on the Lab Safety Page



Requirements for Completing your Degree...

1. Three graduate courses with one core course

2. Additional Graduate/Undergraduate courses as required by the supervisory committee

3. Dissertation and Thesis Defense

4. Ph.D. comprehensive examination (for Ph.D. student only)

5. Publications

  • please contact your supervisor for details



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