Key information
- Duration: Full-time, 60 months (5 years or longer)
- Start dates & application deadlines:
- Starting January 2027 — Apply before Oct 2026
Overview
Dalhousie University's School of Biomedical Engineering is a collaborative effort of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Engineering.
Biomedical engineering applies engineering principles to probe biomedical systems and to design technologies that improve healthcare. Research in biomedical engineering is multidisciplinary, often combining equal parts engineering and medicine.
Biomedical engineers take an engineering approach to health research problems. Faculty and students in the department research:
- synthesis of new tissues, drugs and biomedical materials
- development of novel biomedical devices
- mechanical and electrical properties of tissues
- operation of physiological systems in the body
- human motion and gait
- development of new medical imaging systems and techniques
Careers
As a graduate, of Dalhousie University's Biomedical Engineering PhD programme, you'll be ideally placed to enter medical school and more likely to pursue highly technical specialties like cardiology, orthopaedics, otology, and respirology.
Programme options
Thesis: Pursue independent and original research guided by a supervisor to develop and defend your thesis.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- PhD Seminar
- PhD Thesis Proposal
- PhD Candidacy Examination
- PhD Research Day
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL iBT: 100
IELTS: 7.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- Official academic transcripts. These are usually sent to us directly from the university. You can also include them with your application letter if they're sealed by the originating university.
- Two letters of recommendations from references who can attest to your potential as a researcher. These should be submitted via the online application process. Your references will be emailed at the email addresses you provide within five business days after submission. Note that web mail addresses (Gmail, Hotmail, etc.), cannot be used for this process.
- An application letter outlining your past research experience, research interests and/or a research project of the type you wish to pursue. The names of two or more potential thesis supervisors (see Our Faculty for faculty research interests) should be included in your letter. It's helpful to contact potential supervisors via email prior to applying to discuss possible projects and funding availability.
Fees and Funding
Tuition Fees
International and 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.