Doctor of Philosophy in Biology

Pursue scientific questions at the boundaries of knowledge through graduate studies in Biology. We offer both Master's and Doctoral degrees in diverse areas of Biology, including ecology and evolution, cell and molecular biology, microbiology, and organismal physiology.

Our thesis-based graduate programs include both coursework and research, with an emphasis on the research. Our graduate students and faculty conduct research in a wide variety of locations across Canada and around the world with extensive national and international collaborations.

Our facilities and labs provide world-class infrastructure and research in environmental science, ecology, and cellular and molecular biology through state-of-the-art instrumentation for water quality and stable isotopes analysis, microscopy, proteomics and genomics.

For admission to the Master of Science program, you must have a four-year bachelor's degree in biology with an overall average of at least 70 per cent.

In general, the minimum academic requirements for entry into a Master's program, for both domestic and international students, are either: 1) a four-year Bachelor's degree, or 2) a three-year Bachelor's degree plus a Master's degree (a limited number of three-year Bachelor's programs are accepted as equivalent to four-year programs). The grade point average (GPA) in a bachelor's degree must meet the minimum specified by FGSR.



Normally, 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. IELTS - 6.5 overall, 6.0 each, TOEFL IBT - 80, 20 each band ,TOEFL (paper) 20, 20, 20, PTE - 59