• PhD in Health Informatics at the University of Victoria is offered as a 4-years program by the School of Health Information Science.
  • The University of Victoria also ranked 2nd in Maclean’s top Canadian Comprehensive Universities 2019.
  • PhD in Health Informatics program will prepare scholars to discover and extend their scientific knowledge and advance the science and practice of health informatics. 
  • Students will learn to identify what information and data are needed and used to make effective healthcare decisions by doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, government planners, and other health care professionals.
  • This program requires coursework, candidacy examinations and the completion of an original dissertation.
  • The PhD program consists of a minimum of 39 units.
  • This program is built on the core interdisciplinary specializations:
    • Design and structure of health information systems
    • Implementation and evaluation of health information systems
    • Health information systems applications