12 monthsProgramme duration
10,159 CADTuition Fee/year
01 Oct, 2025Application Deadline
Jan, May, SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Pathology (Thesis) offered by the Department of Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences is a research-intensive program that emphasizes dynamic and advanced learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in critical reading, data analysis, and scientific communication to either continue their studies or pursue professional opportunities.
Unique Program Features
Unique Program Features
- The program offers research training in areas such as cancer research, including the fundamental biology of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, brain tumors, soft tissue tumors, and the mechanisms of metastasis. Additional areas include immunology and transplantation, autoimmune disorders, ophthalmic pathology, stem cell biology, pulmonary disease, neurodegenerative disorders, smooth muscle pathophysiology, and the genomic biology of cancer;
- Students learn modern techniques and utilize equipment such as light, fluorescence, and electron microscopy (both transmission and scanning), laser capture, flow cytometry, DNA, RNA, protein analysis, cell culture, advanced immunological, pharmacological, biochemical, and physiological techniques, as well as morphometry and computer-aided analysis.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Medicine Related Studies
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Pathology (Thesis) offered by the Department of Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences is a research-intensive program that emphasizes dynamic and advanced learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in critical reading, data analysis, and scientific communication to either continue their studies or pursue professional opportunities.
Unique Program Features
Unique Program Features
- The program offers research training in areas such as cancer research, including the fundamental biology of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, brain tumors, soft tissue tumors, and the mechanisms of metastasis. Additional areas include immunology and transplantation, autoimmune disorders, ophthalmic pathology, stem cell biology, pulmonary disease, neurodegenerative disorders, smooth muscle pathophysiology, and the genomic biology of cancer;
- Students learn modern techniques and utilize equipment such as light, fluorescence, and electron microscopy (both transmission and scanning), laser capture, flow cytometry, DNA, RNA, protein analysis, cell culture, advanced immunological, pharmacological, biochemical, and physiological techniques, as well as morphometry and computer-aided analysis.
Admission Requirements
3+
86+
6.5+
Applicants must have a BSc or the equivalent degree with an extensive background in the life sciences. An academic record equivalent to or better than a GPA of 3.2 out of 4.0 at McGill is required. Students are normally accepted into the MSc program, and those candidates showing outstanding progress may be permitted to transfer ('fast-track') into the PhD program after one year of training.
01 Oct 2025
1 Year
Jan
May
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
1,483 CAD
International
10,159 CAD
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