PhD Chemistry (Concentration in Food Science) at Carleton University

Entry requirements

Admission with master's degree: the normal requirement for admission to the Ph.D. program is an M.Sc. in Chemistry with a B+ (9.00 CGPA) average in the last two years of full-time study and acceptance into a research group of a member of the Department of Chemistry at Carleton University. Admission with bachelor's degree: exceptional applicants holding a bachelor's degree, with demonstrated potential for independent thought and advanced research, with a minimum A- (10.00 CGPA) average in the last two years of study, may be directly admitted to the Ph.D. program. Fast-track: if a student who was admitted to the M.Sc. program is interested in pursuing the Ph.D. program, the student can be fast-tracked subject to the guidelines listed below: The student must be fast-tracked before they complete the first year of their M.Sc., The comprehensive exam must be undertaken at eight months into the M.Sc. for someone fast-tracking from the M.Sc. to the Ph.D. #### Orientation Examinations Students coming from outside Canada or the United States must write orientation examinations at approximately the third-year university level. Each student will be informed of this requirement upon admission. The examinations will be given in the first week of the term in September and January. Students can