Overview
About the program
The aim of the graduate research degree programs in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto is to develop the student's abilities to conceptualize research problems in the area of human nutrition, synthesize ideas and approaches in the research problem, analyze and interpret data, transmit their findings to peers, and expand their knowledge in, and perspective of, the field of human nutrition. Thus, major emphasis is placed on the research project and thesis.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Public Health Nutrition
- Regulation of Food Composition, Health Claims, and Safety
- Recent Advances in Nutritional Sciences
- Clinical Nutrition
- Dietary Carbohydrate and Glycaemic Index in Health and Disease
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Advanced Nutrition
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , National
- Apply before , International
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- Round 2: June 15
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Nutrition & Dietetics View 8 other PhDs in Nutrition & Dietetics in CanadaAcademic requirements
English requirements
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants may enter the PhD program with an appropriate MSc degree with at least an A– standing or evidence of strong potential as a researcher.
- Applicants may enter the PhD program directly from a bachelor's degree if they have an academic background in nutrition or a related discipline, an A or better average in their final two years, and strong evidence of research aptitude (such evidence may include lead authorship on research publications and presentations at scientific conferences and strong letters of reference from undergraduate research mentors).
Tuition Fee
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International
6390 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months. -
National
6390 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months.
Living costs for Toronto
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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