Psychiatry Research (MSc)
Improve your skills in critical appraisal, study design, statistics, data analysis, and scientific writing.
Why choose this program?
Our vibrant psychotherapy program is designed to attend to your cognitive and emotional development as a psychotherapist. The MSc coursework covers relevant current topics including clinical trials, genetics, neuroimaging, participatory research, psychotherapy research, early interventions, and personalized psychiatry.
Highlights of the program include:
An enthusiastic and collegial resident body.
Moderate program size.
Protected time for academic teaching, via a weekly academic day.
Dedication to supporting wellness and personal balance
The opportunity for residents to apply to the Clinician Investigator Program.
Research funding available exclusively for residents, supporting up to $2500 per resident.
A maximum travel allotment for conference attendance of $2000 per year for 4 out of 5 years of residency.
A provincial locum tenens program, allowing senior residents to locum on weekends in underserviced communities.
Careers
Graduates of our MSc program may work in research laboratories, in the pharmaceutical industry, or in government. They may also apply to PhD or MD programs or teach at the community college level.
Admission requirements
You'll need to meet the Faculty of Graduate Studies minimum requirements as well as any program-specific admissions requirements before you can apply.
Financial information
At Dalhousie, we want our students to focus on their studies, rather than worry about their personal finances. We offer competitive tuition rates and funding programs to support graduate students in almost all of our degree programs.
Program options
Thesis: Pursue independent and original research guided by a supervisor to develop and defend your thesis.
All graduate programs at Dalhousie are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
