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Department of Microbiology & Immunology

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Graduate Chair: Hughes Goldie

Graduate Secretary: anat.micro.physiology@usask.ca

Phone: (306) 966-4110

Department of Microbiology & Immunology
University of Saskatchewan
A302-107 Wiggins Rd.
Saskatoon SK S7N 5E5

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Microbiology & Immunology

The Department of Microbiology & Immunology offers graduate programs leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. The department has expertise necessary for the instruction and training of advanced students in areas that include cellular and molecular biology of eukaryotes, microbial genetics and molecular biology, immunology, medical microbiology, microbial physiology, and virology.


The department selects graduate students from among a wide pool of applicants, including honours students in microbiology at the U. of S., as well as Canadian and foreign students with degrees in microbiology and related disciplines. Typically, new students enter into a M.Sc. program and are transferred in their second year to a Ph.D. program, upon demonstrated performance in graduate coursework, satisfactory laboratory research progress, and the successful completion of a Ph.D. qualifying examination.

FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Admission is restricted to students for which there is available funding. Funding is generally through scholarships, grant funds, and departmental teaching assistantships.

M.Sc. +

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • B.Sc. (Honours)

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Students must take GSR 960.0, and, GSR 961.0 if research involves human subjects, or, GSR 962.0 if research involves animal subjects. Plus,

Ph.D. +

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  • M.Sc.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Students must maintain continuous registration in the MCIM 996.0 course. Students must take GSR 960.0, and, GSR 961.0 if research involves human subjects, or, GSR 962.0 if research involves animal subjects. Plus,

  • a minimum of 3 credit units of graduate courses if the student entered the Ph.D. program directly from another institution plus:
  • MCIM 990.0
  • MCIM 996.0
  • a comprehensive examination to establish candidacy for the awarding of the Ph.D.
  • thesis defence