Target audience: Students, Guests making payments on behalf of a student, prospective students applying at McGill
Minerva is a user-friendly web interface to McGill's central database, available to applicants, students and their designated guests.
To access Minerva, you need to log in using either your McGill ID and PIN, or McGill Username and McGill Password as described in Minerva for Students and Guests.
Once logged in, the Student and Guest menus are visible to their respective audiences. In addition, the Personal and Applicant menus are visible to all students and guests.
Menu |
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Student | The Student menu (and its sub-menus) are only visible if you have a student record at McGill. These menus allow you to:
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Guest | If a student has given you access to their account information, you can:
Note: The level of guest access is specified by the student. Guests are not permitted to view other parts of the student’s record. For more details, refer to Guest access. |
Personal |
View McGill username and update password, reset Minerva PIN; set emergency contacts; change address and other personal contact information. For students only: A name change form allows you to view and modify the way accents, apostrophes, hyphens, periods, blank spaces and case are displayed in the name printed on your official correspondence and McGill records, including your diploma. This form also shows your validated Permanent Code. The name change form also allows you to enter a Preferred First Name if you commonly use a first name that is different from your legal first name. In addition, you can also change your personal pronouns. |
Applicant |
The Applicant menu allows all applicants to:
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Financial Aid & Awards | The Financial Aid/Awards menu allows you to:
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