The Biomedical Ethics Unit has merged with the Institute for Health and Social Policy to form the new Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy within the School of Population and Global Health of the Faculty of Medicine.
Please visit our DEEP Website for more information.
//bioethicsmasters [at] mcgill.ca">http://bioethicsmasters [at] mcgill.caAs of October 2012, McGill’s formerly paper-based graduate application process has been replaced with a more convenient electronic version. For detailed instructions on how to apply and how to upload required supporting documents in the new version, please see: https://www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/how-apply/requirements
Please note that the Department only admits new students in the Fall term. Applications for the Winter or Summer terms are not accepted. It is important that you select the correct term when completing the application form. We will not be able to change the application term or refund your application fee if you enter the wrong term.
Admission to the Master's Specialization in Bioethics takes place in two stages.
Applicants must satisfy the normal conditions for acceptance for graduate study into the base Faculty or Department, and the applications themselves must conform to the application requirements of those Faculties or Departments. Please contact bioethicsmasters [at] mcgill.cabioethicsmasters [at] mcgill.ca ( )to discuss your choice of base department before submitting your application
All supplemental application materials and supporting documents must be uploaded directly to the McGill admissions processing system. See www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/submitting-your-documents for information and instructions.
All applications must contain:
1. Online Application for Admission form: www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/apply/ready.
2. Application fee: Application fees and other charges are listed on the student accounts website
3. Transcripts: your complete record of study from each university-level institution you have attended to date. Uploaded copies will be considered as unofficial; final, official copies will be required once you are offered admission.
4. Personal Statement: a short statement (2-3 pages, typed double-spaced) explaining why you wish to study bioethics at McGill, any relevant background, education, experience or involvement in the field, and in addition, how this fits in with your interest in the base discipline in which you are applying.
5. Reference letters: on the application form you must provide the names and email addresses of three qualified individuals who are familiar with your work. McGill will contact these referees and invite them to upload references on your behalf. Please note that although you can list public domain addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail, or Yahoo Mail on the application form, references uploaded from these addresses will not be accepted by the Department. Therefore you must list a valid institutional or corporate e-mail address for your referees.
6. A Sample of written work : 15-20 pages, typed, double-spaced.
7. Proof of Competency in oral and written English: International students whose mother tongue is not English and who have not completed an undergraduate degree from a recognized institution where English is the language of instruction must pass the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 550 (213 on computer-based tests, Internet-Based Test (iBT): a minimum overall score of 86 with each component score not less than 20). The TOEFL Institution Code for McGill University is 0935.
In addition to this, for applicants for whom English is a mother tongue, the Department of Philosophy requires the results of the Graduate Record Examination.
7. Confirmation of Supervisor: uApply may indicate confirmation of supervisor as one of the requirements. This is not the case for the Bioethics options as you may chose or be assigned a supervisor after being admitted to the program. Proceed with the online application and this requirement will be removed once you have submitted your application.
All students must check with their base Faculty or Department to ensure that they complete their application in compliance with the requirements of that Faculty/Department, and to see whether their background qualifies them for admission into graduate studies in that Faculty/Department.
Potential students may also refer to the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Handbook http://www.cags.ca/pdf/CAGSHandbook05.pdf
Please check the current course calendar for an overview of the Bioethics Academic Unit https://www.mcgill.ca/study/2022-2023/