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Program overview
The Neuroscience graduate program seeks to advance research contributing to the understanding of the brain and mental health, promote independent thinking and prepare graduate leaders to excel in any field of human endeavor. The program is ideal for inquisitive students with high scholastic achievement driven to understand who and what we are, and who wish to better the mental and physical health of all members of our society. Students focus on both disease and fundamental understanding of the brain, learning in a faculty that fosters interaction between clinical and basic scientists. The research-intensive degree focuses on both disease and fundamental understanding of the brain, with first-year core courses providing a solid foundation in neurophysiology.
Completing this program
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Courses: Topics include cellular, molecular and developmental neuroscience, systems neuroscience and neuropathology and others.
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Research Ethics: Students are required to attend Research Integrity Day sessions in the first year of their program.
- Sex & Gender Module: Students are required to complete one of the CIHR sex and gender online training modules found at discoversexandgender.ca in the first year of their program.
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Seminars: Students will participate in the Hotchkiss Brain Institute seminar program and a journal club.
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Research Proposal: Students must defend a written research proposal to their supervisory committee.
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Thesis: Students will be required to submit and defend an original research thesis.
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(Optional) Interdisciplinary Specialization I: A specialization in computational neuroscience is available. Additional information can also be found here.
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(Optional) Interdisciplinary Specialization II: A specialization in medical imaging is also available. Additional information can also be found here.
Outcomes
Careers that demand a high degree of intellectual performance, positions of leadership, academia (teachers, administrators, researchers), medicine - clinician researchers, pharmaceutical industry, entrepreneurial endeavors, Fortune 500 companies, biomedical sales.
A master’s degree in neuroscience will give you the pre-requisite for a PhD.
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Admission Requirements
GPA
A minimum of 3.3 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.
Minimum education
A four year baccalaureate degree, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
Work samples
None
Documents
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Reference letters
Two
Test scores
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English language proficiency
An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL ibt) score of 105.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each section)
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) score of 75, or higher (Academic version).
- Canadian Academic English Language test (CAEL) score of 70 (minimum 70 in each section)
- Academic Communication Certificate (ACC) score of A- in each course.
- Cambridge C1 Advanced or Cambridge C2 Proficiency minimum score of 200.
- Duolingo English Test and obtaining a minimum score of 145* (with no sub-score below 125*).
Deadlines
For admission on May 1
- Canadians and permanent residents: March 1 application deadline
- International students: Dec. 1 application deadline
For admission on September 1
- Canadians and permanent residents:Jun. 1 application deadline
- International students: Apr. 1 application deadline
For admission on January 1
- Canadians and permanent residents: Oct. 1 application deadline
- International students: Aug. 1 application deadline
If you're not a Canadian or permanent resident, or if you have international credentials, make sure to learn about international requirements
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