Master of Occupational Health and Safety (MOHS) at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Programme overview

The MOHS is an interdisciplinary programme of advanced study in occupational health and safety, first in Atlantic Canada and fourth in Canada. It serves safety officers, loss prevention specialists and HR managers. Offered full- or part-time on the St. John's campus; not eligible for funding.

Faculty: School of Graduate Studies | Department: Interdisciplinary | Duration: 1 year full-time; 1-3 years part-time | Intake: Fall (application deadline January 15) | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

What you will study

24 credit hours of coursework, including a capstone research paper in OHS 6001, covering OHS history and social science, workplace organization, epidemiology, injury and disease prevention, ergonomics and occupational hygiene.

Career pathways

Roles in regulatory agencies, industry, government and stakeholder organizations.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Second class Bachelor's degree in an area relevant to occupational health and safety, or in medicine, nursing or occupational/physical therapy; two letters of reference; English proficiency (IELTS overall 7.0 or TOEFL iBT 92); applicants without a degree but with over 10 years of OHS work experience may be considered.

Graduate intakes are Fall (September to December), Winter (January to April) and Spring (May to August); the intake offered depends on the programme, and most master's programmes admit for Fall.

Deadlines vary by programme. January 15: Anthropology, Applied Ocean Technology, Archaeology, Data Science, Environmental Policy, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Mathematics and Statistics, Music, Nursing (MScN), Occupational Health and Safety, Political Science (MA), Public Health (both streams) (Fall). February 1: Education (most diplomas and MEd), Environmental Science, Human Kinetics and Recreation, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Health Ethics (Fall). February 15: Employment Relations, Humanities (MPhil), Scientific Computing (Fall). March 15: Management (MMgt) (Fall). April 1: Engineering and Applied Science graduate diploma and MASc (Fall), Software Engineering international (Fall), Artificial Intelligence for Canadian applicants (Fall); December 1: Artificial Intelligence for all applicants, Computer Science (all programmes), Management (MSc), Engineering (MEng) (Fall). See the source page for all programmes, including Winter and Spring intakes.

Graduate application processing fee: $60 for Canadian applicants and $120 for non-Canadian applicants; Pharmacy adds a faculty fee of $125 (Canadian) or $175 (international) and Music adds $40 for the MMus; late fee $30 up to one week after the deadline and $10 for each subsequent week.

Apply through the official page: https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/apply-to-memorial/

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