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Explore cutting-edge scientific inquiries through advanced Biology graduate programs. We provide Master's and PhD opportunities across multiple biological disciplines, such as evolutionary ecology, molecular and cellular biology, microbial studies, and physiological systems.
Our research-focused graduate curriculum combines academic coursework with intensive investigation, prioritizing original research. Students and faculty engage in collaborative projects spanning Canada and globally, fostering extensive national and international partnerships.
Our state-of-the-art laboratories feature world-class equipment for environmental science research, ecological studies, and molecular biology investigations, including advanced tools for water analysis, isotope measurement, microscopic imaging, and genomic/proteomic research.
Applicants must have obtained a thesis-based Master's degree in the discipline to qualify as a doctoral student. Applicants must have academic credentials consistent with being fully-qualified to undertake graduate work at the doctoral level. The categories of probationary or qualifying student do not apply at the doctoral level.
An applicant who does not have sufficient background training or courses prerequisite to scholarly work in the particular subject of study and research will not be admitted as a doctoral student. An applicant may be admitted as a Master's student and be required to undertake specific courses toward establishing appropriate credentials, but any graduate study undertaken for this purpose cannot be counted as time spent toward formal requirements for the degree.
Alternatively, an applicant may be accepted at the Master's level as a means of illustrating suitability to enter a doctoral program, and after the first year may request, through the academic unit, a transfer to a PhD program.
English language requirement:
TOEFL (iBT): 20 each band
IELTS – Academic: 6.5 overall, 6.0 each
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: 59
CanTEST: 4.5 overall, 4.0 each
MELAB: 80