Admission Requirements

• Applicants must meet the admission requirements of both the home graduate unit and the collaborative specialization (CS).

• Applicants must apply to and be admitted to both the CS and a participating doctoral degree program.

• Applicants must be supervised by a core faculty member of the CS and are encouraged to have a co-supervisor or a member of their supervisory committee with research expertise in a different field of study.

• Applicants must have a thesis project focused on drug discovery, diagnostic development, or another topic related to next-generation precision medicine.

Specialization Requirements

• Students must meet the degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies, the participating home graduate program, and the collaborative specialization.

• The student’s thesis in their home program must be in the area of next-generation precision medicine.

• The plan of study will include at least 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE) (combined course modules and seminar course as described below):

  • Students must complete PHM1500H⁺ Next-Generation Precision Medicine Seminar Series (0.5 FCE; Credit/No Credit), offered through the Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

  • Course modules (0.25 or 0.5 FCE each) will be offered through the CS and participating departments. Students must take any (one or two) of the modules recognized by the CS for a total of 0.5 FCE.

⁺ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.