Requirements for Admission
The Graduate
Program in Neuroscience accepts for admission to
the Masters' program candidates with undergraduate
majors in a variety of disciplines, including but
not restricted to Biology, Biochemistry,
Mathematics, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology,
Psychology and Zoology. A candidate with a First
Class Honours degree in any of these disciplines,
or with an M.D. degree, may apply for the doctoral
program.
All applicants
must receive favorable evaluations from three
previous instructors or research supervisors.
Students should choose referees who are most
familiar with their abilities and research
experience.
Applicants should
provide a statement of their interests. An important factor in admissibility is the extent to which an applicant's research interests are compatible with those of a
Neuroscience faculty member. See descriptions of faculty research
interests.
It is possible
that a qualified student may not be admitted
because necessary supervisory and/or financial
resources are not available. Students who are
successful at obtaining a fellowship for graduate
studies from agencies such as NSERC or CIHR greatly
enhance their chances of admission to the
Neuroscience Program. All qualified applicants are
strongly encouraged to apply to one of these
agencies.
Applicants who
are not graduates of a Canadian or American
university are required to take the General and/or
the Subject components of the Graduate Record
Exam(GRE). Scores greater than the 80th percentile
are normally required. For information:
Graduate Record
Examination,
Educational Testing Service,
P.O. Box 6000, Princeton, NJ, USA,
08541-6000
International
Students: In order to be considered for
admission, international students (i.e. whose first
language is other than English) must submit
original proof of TOEFL (Test of Englishas a
Foreign Language) score of at least 600. For
further information:
TOEFL,
P.O. Box 6151,
Princeton, NJ, USA,
08541-6151
Please note that
in order to enter Canada, a "Student Authorization"
issued by a Canadian Consular or Immigration Office
is required, and that in order to apply for a
Student Authorization you will require not only a
U.B.C. letter of acceptance and a valid passport,
but also evidence of adequate funds for your
tuition, family maintenance, and travel to and from
Canada. Any student qualified to register for a
program will be required, in addition, to have
approved medical and hospital insurance.
International students at U.B.C. may contact for
advice:
International House,
U.B.C.,
1783 West Mall,
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1Z2.
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