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How Student Services Team Supports You

The SS team is made up of our Recruitment and Admissions, Academics and Career & Professional Development (CPD) team members, who work together to provide you with the best possible student experience, support and resources.

Student Services – Recruitment and Admissions

MBA Program Recruitment & Admissions

  • Educational information sessions to get prospects excited about the DeGroote MBA
  • One-on-one appointments to learn more about what’s important to students and their individual needs
  • Guidance and support to applicants to choose the program that best suits their experience and goals
  • Applicant support throughout entire application process
  • Offer letters and retention activities to engage incoming students through to the start of the program

Student Services – Academics

Program (in-course) Support

  • Individual academic advising appointments
  • Accommodations requests
  • Course registration support
  • Experiential learning opportunities
  • Student wellness initiatives and programming
  • Information regarding academic & institutional policies
  • Student academic performance review through to graduation

From the moment you consider joining the DeGroote family, to when you walk across the stage with your degree, the SS – Academics team will answer your questions and support your experience.

Student Services – Career & Professional Development

Career Development

  • Provides personalized career development through one-on-one coaching sessions
  • Delivers programs to equip students with the toolkit necessary to confidently promote their brand and execute on a successful job search strategy
  • Creates opportunities to develop insights into job functions and industries
  • Offers a variety of online tools to support students with their career development goals
  • Offers a variety of industry-specific technical training

Strategic Employer Partnerships

  • Establishes and maintains strategic employer, alumni and association partnerships
  • Connects student to summer, new grad and co-op opportunities on DSB specific job boards
  • Hosts a variety of networking events for students to connect with external stakeholders
  • Creates ongoing student-alumni connections

Experiential Learning

  • Manages co-op program delivery
  • Offers various experiential activities for students
  • Supports industry and alumni engagement within curricular experiential courses
Questions? mba.studentexperience@mcmaster.ca
Career inquiries: mba.cpd@mcmaster.ca 

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