Program Overview

Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences

About

The Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences is a research program which aims to train researchers capable of carrying out an original and autonomous research program in a multidisciplinary framework including clinical, fundamental or epidemiological biomedical research. This program offers cutting-edge training and resources necessary to acquire knowledge in health research in its various aspects.

Options

• Clinical ethics: This option aims to train autonomous researchers in clinical ethics according to field realities, in particular through internships.
• Experimental medicine: This option offers the supervision and resources necessary for acquiring training as a researcher in medicine, in its various fundamental and/or clinical aspects.
• Oral Sciences: This multidisciplinary program offers training in fundamental, clinical or epidemiological scientific research.
• Aging Sciences: This option aims to develop fundamental and in-depth knowledge about aging from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Advantages

• Discover the UdeM Faculty of Medicine, a national and international leader in research.
• Benefit from state-of-the-art laboratories.
• Do your learning and research in a hospital center or research institute.
• Collaborate with professor-researchers as well as renowned clinicians.
• Take advantage of interfaculty, interuniversity, community, industrial and international partnerships.

Courses and Special Features

• 90 credits
• Full-time and Half-time
• Day classes
• Pathway with dissertation or thesis
• Course examples:
  • MMD 6007: Master’s Seminar in Biomedical Sciences
  • MMD 6100R: Career as a health researcher

Admission Requirements

• The candidate must meet the general eligibility conditions.
• Required diplomas and admission thresholds vary depending on the province or country of origin.
• Knowledge of the French language is required.
• Additional documents to provide: Letter of intent, letters of recommendation, letter of acceptance from a research director, outline of the research project.

Costs and Financial Assistance

• Tuition fees vary depending on the status of the student (permanent resident of Quebec, Canadian non-resident in Quebec, international student).
• Tuition estimates for a full-time 15-credit term:
  • Permanent resident of Quebec: $2,183.05
  • Non-resident Canadian in Quebec: $2,183.05
  • International student: $9,972.10
• Scholarships and financial support available.

Future Perspectives

• Pursue postdoctoral studies.
• Opt for an academic career in teaching and research.
• Work within a research team in a pharmaceutical company, a research center, a regulatory body, a medical analysis laboratory or any other research environment in the private, public or parapublic sector.
• Examples of jobs:
  • Clinical biochemist
  • Medical biologist
  • Molecular biologist
  • Physiologist

Research Activities

• Be part of a research team.
• Research units:
  • Hospital research center
  • Philanthropic Research Chair
  • Research platform
• See the theses or dissertations in this discipline.