Admission Requirements

The M.Btec. program is governed by the regulations of the College of Graduate Studies, including its standards for admission of students.

Applicants to the M.Btec. program are expected to have a B.Sc. in Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, or a related field.

Applicants from a university outside Canada, at which English is not the primary language of instruction, should see the English Language Proficiency Requirement for the minimum English language proficiency test scores required.

In exceptional cases, applicants who do not meet the requirements stated above, but who have had significant formal training and relevant professional experience, may be granted admission on the recommendation of the Biology Graduate Program Committee and approval of the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies.

Self-identified Indigenous applicants will be examined on a case-by-case basis. UBCO may consider Indigenous applicants who do not meet the requirements stated above.