Overview
Biostatisticians play key roles in designing studies—from helping to formulate the questions that can be answered by data collection to the decisions on how best to collect the data—and in analyzing the resulting data.
Key Features
- Our Biostatistics faculty from McGill University work in close collaboration with epidemiologists, clinicians, public health specialists, basic scientists, and other health researchers.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Epidemiology: Introduction and statistical models
- Epidemiology: Regression Models
- Data Analysis & Report Writing
- Generalized Linear Models
- Honours Regression and Analysis of Variance
- Mathematical Statistics
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Disciplines
Bioinformatics & Biostatistics View 13 other PhDs in Bioinformatics & Biostatistics in CanadaAcademic requirements
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Application opening dates are set by Enrolment Services in consultation with Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), while application deadlines are set by the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health and may be revised at any time.
- Applicants must verify all deadlines and documentation requirements well in advance on the appropriate McGill departmental website.
Tuition Fee
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International
16122 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 16122 CAD per year during 36 months. -
National
2624 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2624 CAD per year during 36 months.
Funding
McGill University is committed to provide financial support for graduate education. Through Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) and other academic units, McGill is working to increase the number of student fellowships and scholarships, exploring new avenues for student support, and making it easier to disburse existing funds. Our competitive funding support offers, coupled with Montreal’s low cost of living, makes graduate studies at McGill a wise educational investment.
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