Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants must meet the admission requirements of both the home graduate program in which they are registered as well as the collaborative specialization.

• Applicants must be admitted to a doctoral program in one of the collaborating home graduate units before they may apply to the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health (U of T Global Scholar).

• Applicants should have professional, academic, or volunteer experience in global health.

Completion Requirements

• Meet all the degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies, the home graduate unit, and the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health (U of T Global Scholar).

• Students must successfully complete:

  • The global health research seminar series CHL5701H Doctoral Seminar, Collaborative Specialization in Global Health over two academic sessions. Students must attend all seminars offered during the two sessions.

  • One of the following courses:

    • 0.5 FCE: CHL5702H History of International Health, CHL5704H International Human Rights Law and Global Health: The Right to Health in Theory and Practice, NUR1038H Social Determinants of Health in a Global Context, or

    • 1.0 FCE: JCR1000Y An Interdisciplinary Approach to Addressing Global Challenges.

  • One elective (0.5 FCE) from outside the home graduate unit, selected in consultation with the collaborative specialization director.

  • A thesis on an issue related to global health, to be approved by both the home unit and the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health Director (U of T Global Scholar).