Graduate programs
Each department in science offers graduate programs leading to a Masters of Science(MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). You can also earn a Masters of Arts (MA) in mathematics or statistics.
Biochemistry & Microbiology
Programs: MSc and PhD
Receive research training in a broad range of life science disciplines at the cellular, sub-cellular and molecular levels. We provide facilities and faculty expertise necessary to allow the use of modern techniques such as genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, X-ray crystallography, cell culture and microscopy in research.
Biology
Programs: MSc and PhD
Biology has three core research areas:
- Molecular biology
- Organismal biology
- Ecology and evolution
Cross-disciplinary research among these areas occur in these main research themes: marine science; neurobiology; biomedical research and genomics; forest biology and environmental biology.
Chemistry
Programs: MSc and PhD
Research areas in this program are broadly concentrated in two areas:
- Reactivity, Dynamics and Spectroscopy
- Property-Directed Synthesis
The emphasis on these areas of expertise in place of the traditional sub-disciplines (analytical, inorganic, organic, physical) provides a broadly based graduate program in which collaborative interactions between individuals can flourish. Specialist expertise is recognized and developed, together with attitudes and skills essential for multi-disciplinary research.
Earth & Ocean Sciences
Programs: MSc and PhD
Graduate research program focusing on earth system science and special studies in marine geology and geophysics, paleoceanography, climate modeling, atmospheric modeling, air-sea interaction, ocean physics, geophysical fluid dynamics, ocean mixing, ocean acoustics, biological oceanography, tectonics, petrology, geochemistry, biogeochemical cycles, seismology, paleobiology, sedimentology and stratigraphy.
Mathematics & Statistics
Programs: MSc, MA, and PhD
Programs emphasize the following areas: applied mathematics; mathematical physics; differential equations; climate modelling; geophysical fluid dynamics; mathematical biology; combinatorics and graph theory; number theory, operator algebras; operator theory; functional analysis; dynamical systems; topology; and statistics.
The department also offers opportunities to study mathematics education, possibly as an interdisciplinary program and in graduate co-operative education, which integrates periods of full-time employment with the academic program.
Physics & Astronomy
Programs: MSc and PhD
The graduate program in physics and astronomy is structured so that students are fully engaged in research by the end of their first year of courses. All degrees are awarded with a major in physics, while the department offers areas of research specialization.
Note that the program requirements differ for research with a specific concentration in astronomy, medical physics or ocean physics.