• Dalhousie University offers a Master of Science in Psychology and Neuroscience for a duration of 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus, thesis-based program offered on a full-time basis.
  • Dalhousie's Psychology and Neuroscience graduate programs place a strong emphasis on research and can be best described as apprenticeship programs.
  • At both the master's and doctoral levels, students work with faculty members, who supervise each student's research.
  • Students in this program are expected to do research in experimental psychology neuroscience.
  • Students entering with an honours degree in their area of research are admitted into a master's program with a 1-year residency requirement.
  • Occasionally, when a student does not have an honours degree in their area of research, they may be admitted into a program with a 2-year residency requirement.
  • During each residency year, master's students must register for and attend a colloquium series and will be required to serve as a teaching assistant in the undergraduate program. 
  • This consists of working as a laboratory instructor, seminar leader, or teaching assistant. 
  • The combined MSc Psychology and Neuroscience program as a foundation of knowledge that students use to build toward a PhD degree program.
  • The average salary goes up to 53,000 USD after completion of the program.