Admission

• Students interested in joining must first apply to and enrol in a PhD program in one of the participating departments. Students must already have a supervisor and a thesis project determined, as well as follow a program of study that meets the requirements of both the home department and the Collaborative Specialization in Next-Generation Precision Medicine.

• Once accepted into a PhD degree program, students can then apply for admission to the Collaborative Specialization in Next-Generation Precision Medicine.

• To apply to the Next-Generation Precision Medicine Collaborative Specialization, students are asked to complete an application form and submit it to prime.education@utoronto.ca for consideration.

• The Collaborative Specialization Committee will then review the application and notify applicants of their decision.

• Applicants to the Collaborative Specialization must be supervised by a member of the Collaborative Specialization’s core faculty or have a core faculty member as a member of the supervisory committee, and are encouraged to have at least one member of their supervisory committee with research expertise in a different field of study related to drug discovery, diagnostics and disease biology.