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Pharmacology (PhD) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

Become a competent scientist capable of initiating and maintaining independent research programs in either academic or industrial settings. You’ll be among about 50 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff working with faculty on various research objectives. Collaborative research projects with faculty in clinical departments enhance our research and training environment.

Faculty: Medicine  |  Department: Department of Pharmacology  |  Duration: 5 years or longer  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September and January  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Career pathways

After receiving a PhD in Pharmacology, graduates may pursue careers in many areas, including education and academia, healthcare, government regulation, and research in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology sector.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission to our graduate programs depends on more than satisfying Dalhousie’s general graduate studies admission requirements . We’ll also look at your undergraduate and graduate academic records, letters of recommendation and your previous research experience. Before you apply for our MSc Pharmacology, you’ll need an honours-level Bachelor of Science degree. If you’ve earned a Bachelor of Science with a major in a related science and have demonstrated research ability, you may also be considered. If you’ve completed your MSc, consider taking your career farther by pursuing a PhD in pharmacology. Want to skip obtaining an MSc and go right to a PhD? You can start in a MSc program and if your first-year of academic and research performance goes well, you can transfer into the PhD program and your 1st year counts towards your PhD.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

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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