Dalhousie Medical Sciences

Medicine
Canadian universities
Alberta UBC Calgary Dalhousie Laval Manitoba McGill McMaster Memorial Montréal Northern Ontario Ottawa Queen's Saskatchewan Toronto UWO U of Windsor
American universities
Arizona Baylor Boston Univ. Brown UC Davis UC Irvine UCLA UCSD UCSF Case Western Chicago Colorado Columbia Cornell Creighton Dartmouth Duke East Carolina East Tennessee EVMS Emory Florida Int. U George Washington Georgetown Harvard Hawaii Howard IUPUI Iowa Johns Hopkins Kansas Kentucky Loma Linda LSU New. Or. Marshall Maryland Massachusetts Mayo Clinic Michigan MCW Med. U of the Americas Morehouse Mt. Sinai Med. Ctr NYMC NYU UNC Oklahoma UPenn Penn State Robert Wood Johnson Rosalind Franklin Rush Saint Louis South Alabama Stanford SUNY Buffalo SUNY Downstate SUNY Upstate South Carolina Texas Thomas Jefferson Touro (New York) Tufts Utah Vanderbilt Vermont V.Commonwealth Virginia Washington (Seattle) Washington (St. Louis) Wake Forest Wayne State UWisc-Mad Wright State Yale Yeshiva Univ.
British universities
Bristol Cambridge Glasgow Imperial College Liverpool Manchester Oxford Queen Mary Southampton UC London
Australian universities
ANU Flinders Melbourne New South Wales Queensland Sydney
International universities
Aga Khan AUC Auckland Belize CUHK HKU Guadalajara MSIH RCSI Saba St. George's Tel Aviv UC Cork UC Dublin Windsor U

Contacts

Website: http://msgp.medicine.dal.ca/
Phone: 902-494-1395
Admissions e-mail: Administrative Coordinator: Jesslyn.Kinney@Dal.Ca

Program Information

• This programme is designed for applicants who plan to become clinical specialists but more specifically plan careers as clinical scientists
• Allows the MD graduate to concentrate on a thesis research in Medical Sciences and allows to bridge the gap between clinical and basic medical research.
• Degree offered
  • M.Sc.
    • 2 years in length (includes course work and research)
  • PhD
    • roughly 3-5 years in length
    • the amount of time to complete this programme depends on applicant’s prior research experience and the process and success of the thesis work.
• Note that all applicants will initially enroll in the M.Sc programme.
• If after a year, the applicant wishes to transfer to the PhD programme as well as if the student’s Supervisor recommends such a transfer, then a recommendation will be sent to the Faculty of Graduate Studies which will be reviewed and considered

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• The following is required for entry in both programmes:
  • an MD degree from an LCME accredited medical school
  • applicant must be registered in a Canadian accredited Residency program at the time of application or hold a clinical position at a Canadian teaching hospital
  • applicants from that are graduates from a foreign medical school are also accepted as long as they are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants residing in Canada
  • Must meet the requirements for entry into Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • For more information regarding entry into Faculty of Graduate Studies, click here

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GPA

• Minimum: 3.0 (out of 4.0 scale)

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Supporting Documents

• Transcript for all post-secondary schools attended (two original copies)
• Two confidential letters of reference
• Applicants whose native or first language is not English must submit proof of English Language Competency
• International students with permanent residence status must provide proof of permanent residence
• Proof of financial support
• Application fee of $70 CAD (non-refundable)

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Timeline

• June 1st: Deadline for September admissions
• October 31st: Deadline for January admissions
• February 28th/29th: Deadline for May admissions
• At least one month is needed for review and circulation of application

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Tuition 2009-2010

• Full time Canadian applicants: $7,254.00 CAD
• Non-Canadian applicants: $7,254.00 CAD + additional differential fee (determined by university)

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