Pharmacy

Degrees offered

MSc (Pharm)
PhD

Application deadlines

February 28 for Fall admission
July 31 for Winter admission

Departmental website

Why Pharmacy at Memorial?

The School of Pharmacy is located in the Health Sciences Centre (HSC), which also houses the Faculty of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the Health Sciences Library, the Animal Care Service, and the General Hospital. The HSC is attached to the Janeway Child Health and Rehabilitation Centre. Such an integrated complex, unique in Canada, provides easy access to necessary facilities and faculty expertise for graduate studies in School of Pharmacy.

The following five areas of study are currently offered at the School of Pharmacy:

Medicinal Chemistry/drug design and discovery of new molecules with anti-cancer or anti-infectious properties;
Pharmacology/Mechanisms of Toxicity and Protection in Neurons;
Pharmacology-Pharmacokinetics/Mechanism of Cellular Failure in Autoimmune Diseases;
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring;
Pharmacoepidemiology

Funding

Memorial University offers competitive funding packages to eligible Canadian and International graduate students. Below is an approximate value of funding packages recently offered to graduate students in Pharmacy. For more information, refer to Fees and Funding.

MSc (Pharm): $8,000/annum for 2 years*

PhD: $10,000/annum for 4 years*

* With possible additional fund from potential supervisor

Tuition

We are proud to offer some of the lowest graduate tuition rates in Canada. The following are general program fees for graduate programs in Pharmacy. For more information on special fees, continuance fees, and related charges, refer to Graduate Tuition and Cost of Living.

Program	Program fee per semester		# of semesters
Program	Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents	International Students	# of semesters
MSc (Pharm)
Plan A	$733	$953	6
Plan B	$486	$632	9
PhD	$683	$887	12

Duration (for full-time students)

MSc (Pharm): 2 years | PhD: 4 years

Find a supervisor that meets your research needs

Visit the School of Pharmacy website for areas of research, or search Yaffle to find a supervisor you may wish to work with (for research programs).

Description of programs

There are several research laboratories, including separate rooms for organic synthesis, natural products chemistry, and cell culture, in addition to advance formulation and pharmacology labs. All offices and research laboratories in the HSC are connected as a part of the MUNet, a high speed network linking the campus with the world.

The School of Pharmacy provides students with the opportunity to conduct original research related to the discovery, delivery, disposition, action, toxicity, cell biology, and utilization of drugs.

Minimum admission requirements

For MSc (Pharm): Bachelor's degree with cumulative average of 75% and above which is equivalent to B+ or GPA of 3 (in 0-4 scale) in Pharmacy or closely related fields
For PhD: Master's degree in Pharmacy or closely related field

Important Note: The information provided on this website is subject to change. The University Calendar is the final authority on university regulations.