Language: English
Delivered: On Campus
Campus Location: Halifax, Canada
Disciplines: Medicine
Overview
Coursework covers advanced statistics and experiential psychiatry, as well as two comprehensives. You will achieve advanced level skills in critical appraisal, study design, statistics, complex data analysis, scientific writing, and understanding of psychiatric illnesses. As part of this Dalhousie University's Doctor of Philosophy in Psychiatry Research programme, you will complete independent Doctoral dissertation research under the supervision of one of our faculty.
Careers
PhD graduates pursue positions in academia, including post-doctoral fellowships and faculty positions, or could work in the public or private healthcare sectors. Visit the programme website for more information.
Programme options
Thesis: Pursue independent and original research guided by a supervisor to develop and defend your thesis.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Advanced Experiential Psychiatry
- Advanced Methods, Statistics & Analysis
- Doctoral Comprehensive Requirement
- Psychiatry Grand Rounds and Research Day
- PhD Thesis
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- GPA: 3.0
- Thesis-based master's degree or its equivalent.
- Minimum grade point average of 3.0 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours of study.
- Degree granted by a university of recognized standing.
English Requirements
- TOEFL iBT: 92
- PTE Academic: 65
- IELTS: 7
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD. International: 7,087 AUD/year (~7,053 CAD/year). Domestic: 7,087 AUD/year (~7,053 CAD/year).
Living Costs
Halifax, Canada: 1,241 - 1,965 AUD/month.
Funding
Dalhousie offers competitive tuition rates and funding programmes to support graduate students in almost all of its degree programmes.
