The Faculty of Health (Dal Health) is one of the largest and most complex Faculties at Dalhousie University, comprised of eight Schools (Nursing, Social Work, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Health Administration, Health Sciences, Health & Human Performance, and Communication Sciences & Disorders), the College of Pharmacy, Clinical Vision Science Programme, the Healthy Populations Institute, and the Centre for Collaborative Clinical Learning and Research (C3LR-CHEB). The Faculty's PhD in Health Programme is unique within Canada.
Possible careers include:
- Health services manager
- Healthcare consultant
- Professor
- Medical scientist
Programme options
- Thesis: Pursue independent and original research guided by a supervisor to develop and defend your thesis.
- Project: If you don’t have a research-based Masters degree, choose our three-year project stream. Before writing your thesis, you’ll complete a research project in your chosen area.
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Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Health Research: Ways of Knowing and Doing
- Health Research: Doing Scholarly Inquiry
- Comprehensive Examination
- Conference Presentation
- Peer-reviewed Publication
- Doctoral Thesis
Check out the full curriculum
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Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: 3.0
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 92
PTE Academic: 65
IELTS: 7
Other requirements
General requirements
- Candidates must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In addition to these, the programme has the following requirements:
- Students will be accepted into the PhD programme only after completion of a master’s degree from an accredited programme. Applicants who have completed a research (thesis-based) master’s degree are eligible for the two-year residency PhD programme and those who have completed a non-thesis master’s degree are eligible for the three-year residency PhD programme. Enrollment must be on a full-time basis and there is no distance learning option.
FGS minimum requirements:
- Minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours of study
- For International applicants, a minimum English Language Competency score of TOEFL 92 (Internet) or IELTS 7.
- Academic Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Proposed Supervisor: Letter of Support and Commitment
- Proposed Research and Support Plan
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Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
International: 7,114 AUD / year (≈ 7,053 CAD / year)
Domestic: 7,114 AUD / year (≈ 7,053 CAD / year)
Living costs
Halifax, Canada: 1,246-1,973 AUD / month
Funding
Dalhousie offers competitive tuition rates and funding programmes to support graduate students in almost all of its degree programmes.
