Minimum Admission Requirements

• Students who wish to enrol in the collaborative specialization must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative specialization and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating graduate units.

• Prospective students should contact the collaborative specialization director for additional details on admission procedures and course requirements.

Completion Requirements

Students must:

• Meet all respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies, the home graduate unit, and the collaborative specialization.

• Be registered in the doctoral program of one of the host graduate units and must be undertaking research in developmental biology under the supervision of a member of the collaborative specialization.

• Complete all degree requirements of the participating graduate unit. In addition, they must complete the interdepartmental course JDB1025H and the seminar course JDB1026Y. These courses may be taken in place of some host graduate unit courses.

• Complete a PhD thesis in the topic area of developmental biology.