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Grad student experience

The Faculty of Science is home to over 500 graduate students spread across 10 programs. As a Dal Science graduate student, you’ll contribute to innovative research and work alongside internationally renowned scholars in your area of interest. You’ll learn alongside classmates and colleagues from all around the world and become a member of your unique departmental community at one of the best science universities in Canada. The Faculty of Science is here to support and encourage you along the way.

Academic and grad student life

Each graduate program in the Faculty of Science has a rich and vibrant student and scholarly community. Reach out to your department’s Graduate Coordinator to learn more about these opportunities and support in your home department.

Connect with your department
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Graduate student societies in science

Looking to get involved with your department? Graduate student life in the Faculty of Science is rich with opportunity and student societies are a great way to get to know your department community in the Faculty of Science.

Find your grad student society

Grad student professional development

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and its partners provide impactful professional development opportunities to help you make the most of your university experience and future career. They will help you navigate graduate student life, cultivate career readiness, become an effective communicator, and find your inner leader.

Learn more about professional development

Funding opportunities for grad students

At Dalhousie, funding opportunities are available through a number of sources. The Faculty of Graduate Studies manages several scholarship competitions throughout the year for current graduate students. 

The Faculty of Science also administers graduate student funding through our departments. The Faculty of Science award database is searchable by program, department and award name.

Learn how to finance your studies

Take advantage of mental health support for grad students

Dalhousie is committed to supporting students. Dalhousie's Student Health & Wellness team offers a variety of remote mental health services and resources including same day counselling, weekly support groups, access to Dal's social worker, supports for international students, and more.  

Mental health supports are available to graduate students through Student Health & Wellness.

Find mental health services
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featured grad student initiative

Diversity of Nature: A BIPOC-focused experience

Led by Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) graduate students at Dalhousie University, Diversity of Nature aims to empower BIPOC students at both the secondary and post-secondary level. This program provides an immersive week-long ecological field expedition, as well as in-school workshops that will work to empower, inspire and engage BIPOC secondary students free of cost, with the goal of increasing BIPOC representation within science, techonology, engineering, and math (STEM). 

Meet Diversity of Nature
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