International Student Services
Our model
International Student Services is a division of the Student Success Centre that provides additional services and programs for international undergraduate, graduate, visiting and exchange students at McMaster University.
International students are a valued part of our community. We encourage you to explore these services, as well as our other services through the Student Success Centre. If you’re unsure where to get support for your specific concerns, check out our success coaching services.
Our Services
Tools and Resources
Recommended reading
Stories for a global community: “Motherland, Fatherland and New World”
My first home is Nigeria, a juxtaposed hub of wealth and poverty yet amassed with ingenuous citizens and colourful cultures....
Stories for a global community: “The Journey”
It was my university graduation day. The last two years I spent 1,000 miles away from home studying in Bhopal,...
Stories for a global community: “We Are Not So Different You & I”
At the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), I worked as a casework intern helping migrant workers win salary, abuse,...
Supporting international undergraduate students coming to Canada
McMaster University’s COVID-19 readiness plan, which has been approved by the Ontario government, is mandatory for all new and returning...
“It’s always good to know someone from your hometown in an unfamiliar country.”
Online resources have been an essential part of international student support at Mac for the past few years – but...
Getting to know Mac as a first-year international student
The webinars were thoroughly entertaining and knowledgeable. They helped me meet strangers who are now my closest friends from India...