Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology (Markham campus)

The Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology (GDB) is a graduate certification designed for students who hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Life Science, or related discipline, and have little/no work experience in Biotechnology, to enhance their competitiveness and employability in the biotechnology sector. The Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology is designed to provide professional preparation for our graduates to fill current labor needs in the biotechnology sector and strengthen the Canadian economy.

This program represents a subset of the courses taken by students in the Master's in Biotechnology Management program, but unlike these master's students, GDB students will not take the Graduate Diploma in Management (GDM) nor a work placement. The Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology is designed to augment the education and training that students have received past their undergraduate degrees. As the courses offered in the GDB are tailored to be industry-centric, the program is designed to increase access of students to the Biotech industry sector and to promote their success there.

Program Learning Outcomes
Depth and breadth of knowledge
Research and Scholarship
Level of application of knowledge
Professional capacity/autonomy
Level of communications skills
Awareness of limits of knowledge

To be eligible for admission to a master's program, applicants must hold, at a minimum, an Honours undergraduate degree or equivalent (typically a four-year full-time program) from a recognized post-secondary institution with at least a B (second class) standing in the final two years of full-time equivalent study.

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of at least a B or equivalent, is required. Most programs require at least a B plus or equivalent. Your GPA is assessed over the last two years of undergraduate study (full time, or equivalent), or, if you have a master's degree, we will use your highest level of education to calculate your GPA.

An undergraduate degree in any area of biology, biological science, biochemistry, chemistry, life sciences or related field from a recognized post-secondary institution with a B plus average in the last two years (or equivalent) of academic work. Undergraduate degrees must include at least one course in statistics at the second-year level or above, as well as three courses in molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry, genetics or equivalent at the second-year level or above.

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