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Make a difference in your life, career and world

Choose Dalhousie, Canada’s East Coast research powerhouse and study with leading faculty across every discipline. Live in one of Canada’s fastest growing cities where an innovation-driven economy and historic architecture are only minutes from the ocean. Want to know more? 

Why Dal

Explore 90+ master’s and 45+ doctoral degrees

Achieve your goals with career-focused professional degrees and thesis-based programs.

FIND YOUR graduate PROGRAM Apply to graduate studies now Learn More about Professional Master's Programs
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Pursue a postdoctoral fellowship

Take the next step in your journey toward a career as a researcher or faculty member and work with leading academics.

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship
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Fund your graduate education

Dal offers a competitive tuition rate and generous funding to ensure students can focus on their studies, not their wallets. 

Finance your studies
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Build toward a career

Explore professional development opportunities that will help you thrive while you study and prepare you for whatever path you take after you graduate.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Explore life as a graduate student

There’s more to being a grad student than coursework and research. Learn how you can get involved in campus life at Dal and how we support you.

GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE
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Faculty and staff

Get access to all of the resources you need to support your students, including funding materials, admissions tools and much more. 

Resouces for faculty and staff
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Current students

Find information about scholarships, professional development, theses and defences, course registration and more. 

Resources for current students
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Our community

Discover how our people are advancing knowledge and making a difference locally and around the world.

Meet our Community

National accolades

Professor Dr. Graham Gagnon received the Albert E. Berry medal for his contributions to environmental engineering.
National accolades

Magnificent mentor

Dalhousie's Dr. Sherry Stewart wins top Canadian award for excellence in graduate supervision
Magnificent mentor

Listening to whales

PhD student Taylor Hersh is researching the dialects used by sperm whales to develop a sense of community
Listening to whales
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