Dalhousie University campus

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Medicine (MD) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

Get hands-on, interprofessional experience starting in your first year. With campuses in Halifax, and Sydney N.S. and Saint John, N.B., and teaching sites across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, Dalhousie Medical School provides the highest calibre medical education to aspiring doctors and medical researchers in the Maritime region.

Faculty: Medicine  |  Department: Department of Medicine  |  Duration: 4 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: August  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Career pathways

Dalhousie Medical School has post-graduate (resident) training in family medicine and more than 45 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons specialty and subspecialty programs. But don't worry, you'll have access to career-planning programs and services to help make important career decisions easier.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications to the MCAT Fee Assistance Program are now being accepted Things to note for the 2025/2026 Application Cycle Beginning with the current 2025 application cycle (for entry in August 2026) the six (6) Out of Province Positions at the Halifax campus are limited to applicants in the Indigenous Admissions Pathway and/or Black Learners Admissions Pathway. There are no longer General Pool Out of Province positions at any Dalhousie Medical School Campus. Review updated application criteria for determining place of residency here . Learn more about all of our Applicant Pathways August 8, 2026 - MCAT Deadline for 2026/2027 application cycle. Applicants must write on or before this date for scores to be eligible for the 2026/2027 application cycle.

Domestic applicants: CAD 25,568 a year (2026). 2026-27 Medicine and Dentistry fee schedule, tuition fee column (excludes student union, health plan, society, service, facilities, auxiliary/instrument, bus pass and other fees); estimate subject to change. M.D. row. Source

Graduate intakes: September, January and May.

General Faculty of Graduate Studies deadlines: September admission June 1 (Canadian applicants) and April 1 (non-Canadian); January admission October 31 (Canadian) and August 31 (non-Canadian); May admission February 28 (Canadian) and December 31 (non-Canadian). Program deadlines may differ. The application fee is $115, payable online with the application.

Apply through the official page: https://apply.dal.ca/apply/

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