Welcoming and Bridging

Welcome guides: discovering your training environment step by step

Our welcome guides for students beginning their training at INRS contain everything you need to know to properly familiarize yourself with your new researching, training and living environment. Each guide includes a lot of general information about all campuses as well as some more specific information about a particular center. Welcome to INRS!

Revised and updated each academic year, the Welcome Guides include a great deal of general information about all campuses as well as some more center-specific information. The 2022-2023 guides are available in digital format only (PDF).

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1. Submit your legal documents

Contact the student records contact person. Make sure you provide all required documents (CAQ, study permit, etc.)

2. Register

It is important to register as soon as possible. Registration is done through the IDÉ academic portal.

For international students not covered by the RAMQ, registration also activates your membership in the group health and hospitalization insurance plan. Students who are covered by the RAMQ must send a copy of their card to the Registrar’s Office.

3. Get in touch with your mentor

A few weeks before the start of the term, you will be put in touch with a fellow student who knows INRS well: this person will be your mentor! You will meet this person at the beginning of the term. Mentors are matched a few times during the two months prior to the start of the term. Students arriving from abroad must have their study permit approved prior to the match. Learn more about the Student Mentoring Program.

4. Orientation day and information session

In the fall, all new INRS registrants are invited to a welcome day. The invitation is sent by email. Orientation day is important to help you start your university career at INRS on the right foot.

Welcome documentation

5. Request your email address

Instructions on how to activate it will be emailed to your personal email address or given to you when you arrive. As soon as you register, go to IDÉ and click on your name to access your profile page and select the INRS address as the default address. Otherwise, you may not receive important emails in your inbox.

Spam emails are usually blocked. You will receive a report when this happens. Follow the instructions to spot legitimate emails and report malicious ones.

If you need help setting up your inbox on your mobile device or computer, please contact the IT team Service des ressources informationnationnelles).