Dalhousie University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The university community includes more than 900 full- time professors and 16,000 students, including more than 1,000 international students.
Dalhousie’s strengths include the ability to provide a wide selection of 175 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. New programs include health information management and a minor in journalism. Diverse programs include costume studies, music education, marine management, occupational therapy, meteorology, medicine and a science foundation year.
Dalhousie researchers attract more than $50 million in funding annually. Recognized strengths in health and ocean studies are joined by a growing involvement in advanced technical research, information management, materials science, neuroscience and genomics.
Dalhousie has about 32 hectares of attractive grounds, including three closely situated urban campuses. Recent additions include a state-of-the-art Computer Science Building and a centrally located Arts and Social Sciences Building. The university offers close proximity to major teaching hospitals, provincial and federal research laboratories and the provincial archives.
Advantages include an extensive system of libraries, a sophisticated computing infrastructure and major recreation and cultural facilities.
Academic and campus services
Art gallery, arts centre, Black Student Advising Centre, bookstore, chaplaincy, counselling and psychological services, health services, international student adviser, Native Education Counselling Unit, ombudsperson, services for students with disabilities, student advocacy service, student employment centre, student volunteer bureau.
First-year student programs
Student/parent information sessions, orientation sessions, academic advising.
Student assistance
Undergraduate: About 25 percent of Dalhousie undergraduates receive financial support from the university, in the form of scholarships, bursaries or student employment. Amounts range from $500 to $8,000, with some renewable. Students with admission averages of 90 percent or higher, with no grade below 70 percent, are guaranteed a scholarship of $1,250. From 80 percent to 84.9 percent with no mark below 70 percent, students are guaranteed $500 scholarships; from 85 percent to 89 percent with no mark below 70 percent are guaranteed $750 scholarships.The university offers tuition waivers and other special financial assistance for students from Indigenous Black and First Nations communities in designated access programs.
Graduate: With an extensive program of internal scholarships and teaching assistantships, all applicants to graduate programs are automatically considered for scholarships. Qualified students are eligible for a maximum of two years support for a master’s degree and four years for a doctoral degree. Current minimum levels for full scholarships are $11,750 and $14,000 a year for master’s and doctoral students respectively, with amounts varying by department. Dalhousie also offers a number of competitive university scholar-ships, including the prestigious Killam Scholarships, which require application and are worth $16,500 for master’s and $19,500 for PhD students. There is a limited graduate bursary program to cover emergencies. Visit us
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Student exchange programs
More than 50 student exchange programs at Dalhousie link the university with institutions in about 100 different countries. These linkages include universities in Australia, England, South Africa, Malaysia, Zimbabwe and the South Pacific. Dalhousie’s Study/Work International Fund has a full-time student exchange coordinator and provides financial assistance to students who wish to undertake study, work or practicum placements overseas. Dalhousie students may spend their first year abroad at the International Study Centre, Herstmonceux Castle, United Kingdom.
International liaison officer
Ms. Patricia Rodee
Director, Lester Pearson International
Telephone: (902) 494-2038
Fax: (902) 494-1216
E-mail: pat.rodee@dal.ca
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