Degrees Offered / Length of Program

• MD/Master's: 5 years, full time
• MD/PhD: 7 - 7.5 years, full time

Method of Completion

MD / Master's: students complete the first two years of the MD program followed by a year of full-time enrollment in the chosen graduate program, in which they fulfill course requirements, conduct research and write and defend the thesis. Students are also enrolled full time in the graduate program over the summer months of the first two medical years. Following completion of the Master's degree, students enter the clinical clerkship in years three and four of the MD program.

MD / PhD: there are two models. In the first model, students complete the first two years of the MD program followed by three years of full time enrollment in the PhD program, in which students fulfill course requirements (if any), complete the PhD comprehensive exam, conduct research, and write and defend the thesis. In the second model, students spend the first two years in the PhD program, in which they complete course requirements (if any), complete the PhD comprehensive exam, and conduct research. Students then complete the first two years of the MD program and continue research over the summer months. Following year two of the MD program, students re-enter the PhD program for a final year, in which they complete the thesis research, and write and defend the thesis. In both models, following completion of the PhD degree, students enter the clinical clerkship in years three and four of the MD program.

Supervisors and Fields of Study

We recommend that you establish contact with a potential supervisor before applying to the MSc and PhD programs.  

Funding Information

During the period of funding eligible full-time graduate study (maximum of 6 terms for Master’s, 12 terms for PhD), Master’s and PhD students will receive at least the minimum guaranteed stipend for the graduate program in which they are enrolled. Primary sources for funding packages include Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships and Queen’s Graduate Award funding. Secondary sources include internal and external competitive awards. During the period of study in the MD program, a stipend of $25,000 per year will be provided for MD/PhD students and $15,000 per year for MD/Masters students (first two years of MD program).

We encourage all MSc and PhD students to apply for additional funding through federal, provincial and private sector sources. Queen’s automatically issues a $5,000 top-up award to all incoming federal government Tri-Council Award winners.

 

Academic Prerequisites

Students applying to the combined programs must meet the admissions requirements and be accepted into both the MD program and the chosen graduate program. The minimum requirement for the MD/PhD or MD/Master’s Programs at Queens’s University is an Honours baccalaureate degree. Students with a Master’s degree, graduate students in the second year of a Master’s program, or students currently registered in the MD program at Queen’s University are also eligible to apply. Students registered in a Master’s program at the time of application must complete the requirements for the Master’s degree prior to entry into the combined MD/PhD program, unless promoted to the PhD program through the Mini-Master’s route (Queen’s students only). Applicants must have an obvious and demonstrated research potential.

Application Requirements

Applicants complete and submit a regular application to the MD program online on the OMSAS website, (http://www.ouac.on.ca/omsas/) and indicate their request to be considered for a combined program by checking off the appropriate box on the application form.

Applicants also submit a MD/PhD - MD/Master’s application form (available on the MD/PhD Program website) to the general program office listed below, along with copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, a current Curriculum Vitae, a letter of intent, and two confidential letters of recommendation (submitted under separate cover).

For graduate programs - If an offer of admission to an MD/PhD or MD/Master’s is made, a graduate research supervisor must be identified, and a School of Graduate Studies online application for the appropriate graduate program submitted at https://eservices.queensu.ca/apps/sgsapp. Materials already submitted to the MD/PhD-MD/Master’s Program will be forwarded to the appropriate graduate program.