Master of Science in Zoology

About this programme

Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia is one of the strongest and most broadly based life science departments in Canada, with a scope that spans from molecules to cells, whole organisms, populations, and communities. It is home to approximately forty highly funded, well-equipped research groups that are roughly equally distributed among four overlapping research clusters: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation biology, comparative physiology, and cell, genetics and developmental biology , with many strong interdisciplinary connections among them. Our faculty are leaders in their respective fields and include Fellows of the Royal Society of London, Members of the US National Academy of Sciences, Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, Canada Research Chairs and a Canada 150 chair. Our program offers trainees opportunities to chose from a broad range of research topics, world-class mentorship, and access to state of the art research and teaching facilities. We encourage you to visit the Department website to check out the specific research interests of the professors in the Department. For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website Department of Zoology has a thesis-based Masters (MSc) program in which students work closely with an individual faculty member to pursue a research topic using a mentorship model. We encourage you to visit the Department website to check out the specific research interests of our professors. Students also have the opportunity to choose from a wide variety of courses that help the