Funded MSc Scholarships in Biological Engineering at McGill University in Canada

McGill University in Canada is offering a Biological and Biomedical Engineering Master’s program that focuses on the interdisciplinary application of methods. Through courses and thesis research, this program will prepare students for careers in industry, academia, hospitals, and government and provide a solid basis for Ph.D. studies.

Funding is guaranteed at a minimum of $17k/yr for at least 18 months. Higher stipends are encouraged for international graduate students to compensate for their higher tuition fees.

• Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or medicine with a strong emphasis on mathematics and the physical sciences, and some exposure to the life sciences (physiology, cell biology, or molecular biology).
• Applicants with an undergraduate engineering degree should have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 3.3 out of 4 and must have taken a university-level general life-science course.
• Applicants who are not coming from an engineering background must meet the following criteria:
• Applicants should have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 3.3 out of 4, or the equivalent, in their undergraduate program.
• Applicants must have taken at least four courses (12 credits) of university-level quantitative courses of which at least 2 must be Math:
• Math prerequisites may include statistical, numerical, and computational methods (but not programming, for example). See the list of appropriate McGill courses.
• Quantitative courses may include those from physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, medical physics, and quantitative life-science courses, and other courses that apply math to different fields.
• Applicants must have taken at least four courses (12 credits) of university-level natural-science courses of which at least 1 must be a general life-science course:
• Natural-science courses include courses such as biology, physiology, anatomy, physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, medical physics, etc.
• The required general life-science course can be in physiology, cell biology, molecular biology, or a similar area. See the list of appropriate McGill courses.

Applicants lacking some pre-requisites (at most two prerequisites, including the life-science requirement) may be accepted to the program on the condition that they make up the deficits in the first year of their graduate program.

Language Requirements:

Non-Canadian applicants whose mother tongue is not English, or who have not completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a recognized foreign institution where English is the language of instruction, must submit documented proof of competency in English by one of the following methods:

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): A total score of at least 100 on the Internet-based test with a minimum score of 20 in each section. A minimum score of 600 is required for the paper-based test; or
• An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) with a band score of 7.0 or greater (Academic module).
• The examinations must have been taken no more than two years prior to the application date.
• GRE is NOT required.

Research Supervision:

• Applicants meeting all of the academic requirements must also be accepted by a research supervisor before they are accepted as a student into the program. When considering to supervise a potential student, the supervisor will specify to the applicant the amount and duration of the financial support to be offered during studies.
• Laboratory space and research funding limitations restrict the number of students in the program. As a result, well-qualified applicants may not be accepted because they fail to find a supervisor. Supervisors are provided with access to the application dossiers of all potential students. Though one may apply to the program prior to contacting a potential supervisor, chances of finding a supervisor improve if applicants:
• are specific about the area(s) of research they are interested in pursuing in their application form
• identify several preferred supervisors in their application form (irrespective of having contacted a supervisor or awaiting a reply from them)
• contact potential supervisors prior to the application process to determine if there are openings available and projects of mutual interest

About McGill University:

McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. With students coming to McGill from some 150 countries, their student body is the most internationally diverse of any research-intensive university in the country. McGill is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs. Ernest Rutherford's Nobel Prize-winning research on the nature of radioactivity was conducted at McGill, part of a long tradition of innovation on our campuses that includes the invention of the artificial blood cell and Plexiglas. Today their professors are building the new field of epigenetics, developing alternative energy sources from crop plants, and driving human achievement in every field imaginable.

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