• Dalhousie University offers a Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy and NeuroBiology for a duration of 4 years.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program offered on a full-time.
  • This program will provide students with a sound multidisciplinary background in the morphological sciences, in-depth research training, and an introduction to teaching anatomy.
  • The programs will provide students with:
    • a multidisciplinary background in neurobiology
    • in-depth research training in a particular aspect of neurobiology
    • opportunity to learn and teach human anatomy
  • As a PhD student, they have no formal course requirements. Students must complete at least one credit of required courses if they have not previously taken core courses in anatomical sciences.
  • students take 4 to 5 years to complete this program.
  • As part of the degree requirements, students are expected to assist with laboratory teaching in anatomy courses offered by the department to undergraduate and professional students in their second year of study and beyond.
  • The amount of teaching is between 20 and 40 hours per year. They may request relief from teaching in their final year.
  • Students are expected to attend departmental seminars. They are required to give at least one seminar on their thesis during the course of their study.
  • Students must pass a PhD preliminary (oral) exam, designed to test the depth and breadth of their knowledge in areas related to their research.
  • Students are encouraged to take the exam in their second or third year of PhD study, and it must be taken at least one year before their PhD thesis defense.
  • THe average salary goes upto 55,000 USD after completion of the program.