Academic Eligibility:

• Applicants should be graduates of a university of recognized reputation and hold a bachelor's degree of recognized reputation.
• The candidate is required to pass, with a grade of B- or better, all those courses that have been designated by the department as forming a part of the program, including additional requirements.
• The applicant must present evidence of academic achievement: a minimum standing equivalent to a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 or a CGPA of 3.2 out of 4.0 for the last two full-time academic years. 
• A minimum of 6 credits in cellular and molecular biology or biochemistry, 3 credits in mathematics or statistics, and 3 credits in genetics.
• All candidates for a research degree must present a thesis based on their own research. The total number of credits allotted to the thesis in any master's program must not be less than 24.
• Proof of English proficiency may be required for international applicants, whose first language is not English.
• The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and GMAT results are required.

Indian Eligibility:

• Candidates should hold a B.A., or equivalent in a discipline relevant to the proposed field of study. from institutions with a NAAC rating of “A”.
• The university degree, described above, must have been completed with a minimum GPA required is 3.3/4.0 or the equivalent, i.e., 75%, is required, though successful applicants typically have CGPAs that exceed this minimum, according to the grading scale on the transcript.

The Department conducts research on all sites of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, the McGill Life Sciences Complex, the McGill University & Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, the Biomedical Ethics Unit, and the Centre for Genomics and Policy.