- A full-time member of the academic staff, experienced in research, will be appointed as supervisor for each student in the Master of Science - Biological and Chemical Sciences.
- Associate supervisors, internal or external, may be appointed to assist the principal supervisor. Students may be required to meet certain attendance requirements and will be required to complete a thesis embodying the results of research carried out in the field of study specified at the time of enrolment.
- Students will be referred to prospective supervisors in order to establish a possible research project.