How To Apply
Students wishing to receive consideration for FALL (September) Admission for the Clinical Psychology program should apply by November 15th; the deadlines for the Experimental and Neuroscience programs is December 1st; we do not offer admissions for any other terms (i.e. we have no winter or summer program start dates).
The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is dedicated to building and sustaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive working and learning environment. We specifically welcome applications from Black, Indigenous, and racially visible persons, individuals living with a disability, and individuals who identify as a sexual and/or gender minority. The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience continues to make efforts to eliminate barriers for diverse applicants, as has been demonstrated by removal of the Graduate Record Exam requirement, the initiation of a unique bursary for applicants from any of the above-mentioned groups, and ongoing collaboration with administration on improving the accessibility of our departmental space.
**All applicants are expected to apply for scholarships. Please see below for scholarship information.
Prospective students applying for a position in one of our graduate programs must contact potential supervisors and submit:
Items 1 and 2 go to the Registrar's office. Do not send them to the Department.
Please add your last name and first initial to any filenames that you send to gradprog@dal.ca or Psychology.Grad.Program@dal.ca for ease of filing the information into your file. Please note these are the same email account, one is an alias of the other. Please send all the files in one email.
Please note all official items received will be posted to your online application portal. Please do not email asking if we have received items as this takes away from the time the secretary has to process said items. Please only email if you have concerns about something not received yet after December 1st.
If you applied last year we still have your file and can pull out some items (ie. transcripts) if you request us to, so you don't have to send them again.
Scholarship Information
Faculty of Graduate Studies has information on their website about scholarship applications and procedures.
Harmonized Scholarship Process
The Deadline for the Harmonized Scholarship application is as follows
Dec. 1st deadline (opt-in form): If you are linking and reusing your Tri-council Masters application to your Harmonized Application.
Jan. 16th 4 p.m. AT deadline (application form): If you DID NOT opt-in to the Tri-council Masters scholarship and instead are direct applying to the Harmonized scholarship you can change anything up to this date.