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Psychiatry Research (MSc) at Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University, Canada

Programme overview

Improve your skills in critical appraisal, study design, statistics, data analysis, and scientific writing. Our vibrant master's program prepares students to conduct research into psychiatric disorders. The MSc coursework covers relevant current topics including (but not limited to) diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders, neuroimaging, early interventions, personalized psychiatry, research methods that are used in medical research but also some that are specific to psychiatry, along with a graduate level statistics course.

Faculty: Medicine  |  Department: Department of Psychiatry  |  Duration: 2 years or longer  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Career pathways

Graduates of our MSc program may work in research laboratories, in the pharmaceutical industry, or in government. They may also apply to PhD or MD programs or teach at the community college level.

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Entry requirements

Graduate Programs in Psychiatry Research Supervisors Master of Clinical Psychiatry and Global Mental Health Admission to the MSc program will require an undergraduate Bachelor's Honours degree, or equivalent from a recognized University. Applicants with non-honours Bachelor's degrees may be considered for admission based on subsequent equivalent research experience (e.g., honours equivalent). Admission to the PhD program will require a Masters’ level research degree from a recognized University. For either the MSc or PhD program, students may be accepted with degrees in a variety of relevant science disciplines, including, for example, neuroscience, psychology, biology, medical sciences, biochemistry, etc. Applicants will be required to identify one or more faculty members in Psychiatry who might serve as thesis supervisors.

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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