Admissions

Master's degree admission criteria

• Four-year Bachelor's degree
• Minimum GPA of 3.3 in the last 60 credit hours of study
• Degree granted by university of recognized standing

Doctor of Philosophy degree admission criteria

• First-class thesis Master's degree or its equivalent
• Minmum GPA of 3.3 in the last 60 credit hours of study
• Degree granted by university of recognized standing
• Most candidates for admisson to a doctoral program possess a Master's degree. Direct entry to some programs is possible for those with exceptional academic standing.

English-language proficiency requirements

If your first language is not English, you must demonstrate your capacity to pursue a graduate-level program in English before admission. The language competency test may be waived if you have completed a degree at a recognized university where the language of instruction is English in a country where English is one of the national languages. The claims must be verified by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Test scores are valid for two years from the date the test was written.

Applicants to a Microbiology & Immunology graduate program must meet one of the following English-language proficiency test score requirements:

• A minimum score of 100 on the internet-based TOEFL (Academic iBT);
• A minimum score of 7.5 on the IELTS;
• A minimum grade of 'A' in the Dalhousie College of Continuing Education (CCE) English-language test.

Please note that these requirements exceed the general admission requirements for most Dalhousie graduate programs.