Minimum Admission Requirements

• Applicants who wish to enrol in Musculoskeletal Sciences must apply to and be admitted to both a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating units and to the collaborative specialization. In addition to the application requirements of the home degree program, the collaborative specialization requires:

  • a curriculum vitae (CV)

  • one-page letter explaining how the applicant's plan of study and specific research interests relate to musculoskeletal science

  • a letter of recommendation from a faculty member (usually the thesis supervisor in a thesis-based graduate program), commenting on the applicant's academic abilities and likelihood for research success at the doctoral level.

Completion Requirements

• Meet all requirements of the home degree program and collaborative specialization.

• Complete the required core course: LMP1211H Foundations in Musculoskeletal Science. Students who have completed LMP1211H at the master's level and who transfer to a doctoral degree and the doctoral level of the collaborative specialization are not required to complete an additional core course.

• Attend and participate in 18 seminars of the SRD4445H Doctoral Seminar Series. Students who transfer from a master's degree and master's collaborative specialization to a doctoral degree and the doctoral collaborative specialization will be required to attend 18 seminars in total; the total will include the number of seminars attended at both the master's and doctoral levels.

• Complete a thesis in the area of musculoskeletal sciences under the supervision of a collaborative specialization core faculty member.

• In the rare instance that a student who has completed the collaborative specialization at the master's level wishes to also enrol in the collaborative specialization at the doctoral level, the student will not be required to repeat the core course, LMP1211H. However, the student will be required to attend and participate in 18 seminars of the SRD4445H Doctoral Seminar Series and complete the doctoral thesis in the area under the supervision of a core faculty member.