Master of Science

Program Description

The MSc program is offered in two fields:

• The non-thesis Applied Immunology field provides advanced training in designing, implementing, and evaluating immunological techniques that measure immune responses.

• The thesis-based Fundamental Immunology field provides advanced training in an area of specialization, with a particular emphasis on the acquisition of experience in the strategies and experimental methods of modern, original, scientific research.

Students in the Applied Immunology field (including the advanced-standing option) are not eligible to participate in collaborative specializations.

Field: Applied Immunology

Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Department of Immunology's additional admission requirements stated below.

• An appropriate BSc, or its equivalent, normally with at least a B+ average and a strong background in molecular and cellular biology. Applicants lacking adequate training in immunology or biological or natural sciences may be advised to do extra coursework necessary for their research.

• Applicants whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must demonstrate proficiency in English. See General Regulations section 4.3 for requirements. Applicants educated outside Canada are required to provide Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (general) scores with their application.

• Before starting the program, applicants may be required to complete SCS 3128 (at the discretion of the Department of Immunology).

• Please note that the Applied Immunology field is unable to accept international students at this time.

Program Requirements

• Students must complete any courses conditional of acceptance.

• Coursework. Students must successfully complete a total of 7.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

  • Year 1:

    • 2.0 FCEs: IMM1450Y, IMM1550Y

    • 1.0 FCE selected from IMM1428H, IMM1429H, IMM1430H, IMM1431H

    • 0.5 FCE: IMM1436H

  • Year 2:

    • 1.0 FCE: IMM1050H⁰, IMM1075H⁰

    • 1.0 FCE: IMM1650Y

    • 0.5 FCE: IMM1651H

    • 1.0 FCE selected from the elective course list below.

• Students are required to participate full-time until the program requirements of research and coursework have been completed.

Required Courses

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. Credit is given when the course is completed.

Elective Courses

Students may take any graduate-level course available to fulfil the elective portion of their degree requirements from Immunology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Medical Science, Molecular Genetics, Physiology, and Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Students may take a course offered outside the above listed departments towards the elective portion of their degree requirements, but will require the approval of the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies.

Program Length

6 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: (F/W/S/F/W/S)

Time Limit

3 years full-time

Field: Applied Immunology (Advanced-Standing Option)

Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants with an Immunology specialist or major undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, may be eligible for advanced standing.

• Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy the Department of Immunology's additional admission requirements stated below.

• An appropriate BSc from the University of Toronto (including those with an Immunology specialist or major undergraduate degree), normally with at least a B+ average and a strong background in molecular and cellular biology. Applicants lacking adequate training in immunology or biological or natural sciences may be advised to do extra coursework necessary for their research.

• Applicants whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must demonstrate proficiency in English. See General Regulations section 4.3 for requirements. Applicants educated outside Canada are required to provide Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (general) scores with their application.

• Applicants must have completed the following University of Toronto undergraduate course or its equivalent: IMM450H1.

• Applicants must have completed the following University of Toronto undergraduate courses: two of IMM428H1, IMM429H1, IMM430H1, IMM431H1, MIJ485H1.

• Applicants must already have a graduate research supervisor who is a graduate faculty member in the Department of Immunology.

• Please note that the Applied Immunology field (advanced-standing option) is unable to accept international students at this time.

Program Requirements

• Coursework. Successful completion of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:

  • 1.0 FCE: IMM1550Y, completed in the first Summer session

  • 1.0 FCE: IMM1650Y

  • 2.0 FCEs: IMM1050H⁰, IMM1075H⁰, IMM1436H, IMM1651H

  • 1.0 FCE selected from the elective course list below.

Required Courses

⁰ Course that may continue over a program. Credit is given when course is completed.

Elective Courses

Students may take any graduate-level course available to fulfil the elective portion of their degree requirements from Immunology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Medical Science, Molecular Genetics, Physiology, and Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Students may take a course offered outside the above listed departments towards the elective portion of their degree requirements, but will require the approval of the Associate Chair, Graduate Studies.

Program Length

4 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: S/F/W/S)

Time Limit

3 years full-time