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Graduate Diploma Scientific Management and Leadership at University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa, Canada

Programme overview

A graduate diploma from the Telfer School of Management open to students already enrolled in participating MSc or PhD programs in the Faculty of Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Physics). Both credentials are awarded simultaneously. Compulsory courses are offered in English and French.

Faculty: Faculty of Science  |  Department: Telfer School of Management  |  Duration: Normally 1 year  |  Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

9 units of coursework alongside the primary program, including Leadership Skills, Values-Based Leadership, Project Management I and II, with options in management accounting or corporate finance and in change management, entrepreneurial thinking or program evaluation.

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Entry requirements

Applicants at the master’s level must apply for admission to the diploma at the same time as for the MSc program or, at the latest, towards the end of their first term of enrollment in the master’s. Applicants at the doctoral level must apply no later than the beginning of the second year of enrollment in their PhD program. All applicants must provide the following: A letter outlining their career plans and the relevance of the Diploma to those plans. A plan of study, indicating the proposed schedule for completion of the requirements of both the diploma and their primary program. A letter of support signed by their thesis supervisor and co-signed by the student’s primary program director.

Graduate studies application fee is $125.00. Graduate certificate and diploma applicants may be required to pay a non-refundable admission deposit by the date in the offer, credited to tuition; international graduate diploma applicants need a provincial attestation letter, guaranteed once the offer is accepted and the deposit paid by the deadline.

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