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Congratulations to Dustin Anderson (supervised by Drs. Ray Turner and Gerald Zamponi) who won the Governer General Gold Medal.

 

 

Graduate Program in Neuroscience:

The establishment of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) (http://www.hbi.ucalgary.ca) at the University of Calgary in 2004 enabled the enthusiastic, community-endorsed adoption of a thematic, program based approach to neuroscience research. The HBI brings together nearly 100 neuroscientists and clinicians from the University of Calgary. Faculty encompass all CIHR pillars and are grouped into thematic programs that occupy relatively contiguous space. This has allowed us to establish a forward-looking training program in collaborative, team-based, basic and translational neuroscience.

The Department of Neuroscience offers Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees.  

Our purpose is to educate students to become independent, reliable, and competent neuroscientists.

We provide an exciting and positive environment both for creative research and for the acquisition of a comprehensive body of knowledge in the neurosciences.

Our degrees are distinguished both in the originality and quality in the candidate’s research.

The research environment within the Department is collegial and cooperative. Through supervisory committees, research days, and journal clubs, members of the Department of Neuroscience, other than the supervisor, also play an important role in each student’s training.

Combined MD/Master's and MD/PhD programs are offered under the title “Leaders in Medicine.”

Stipends are competitive and the Department is committed to providing tuition support for PhD students in Years 1-4 of the program: in 2011 students paying full fees received $5500 and those paying continuing fees received $1200.

International students have ~half of their tuition fees returned to them by the Faculty of Medicine.

 

Please see following release: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2011/2011-11-02.asp

According to the release, Canada intends to accept up to 1,000 international PhD students per year as permanent residents through the Federal Skilled Worker Program.

Starting November 5, 2011, many international PhD students will be eligible to submit applications for processing as federal skilled workers. To be eligible, they must have completed at least two years of study toward the attainment of a PhD and remain in good academic standing at a provincially recognized post-secondary educational institution in Canada.

 

Department of Neuroscience Contact Information:
Kasia Judycki:
Health Sciences Center G 329
Phone: (403) 220 2558
Fax: (403) 210 8109
Email: neurosci@ucalgary.ca