• Completion of all master’s course work.
• Satisfactory progress in the research program.
• Submission of a well-developed MSc thesis proposal that has been approved by the Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC).
• Proof of substantial experience in empirical data collection and analysis.
• Written recommendation by the thesis supervisor and another academic reference.
• Approval by the Graduate Studies Committee.

Note: The transfer must take place within sixteen months of initial enrolment in the master’s. Following the transfer, all of the requirements of the doctoral program must be met.

Note: Additional information is required to support your request to transfer from the MSc to PhD (fast-track).

You must submit the following documents to the Graduate and Postdoctoral Office of the Faculty of Medicine through one Service request in uoZone:

• Letter of intent for the PhD Epidemiology program: explain your interest in the program, your background preparation, the area of study within epidemiology that will be the focus of your PhD work, identify your supervisor
• Transcripts showing grades for your MSc Epidemiology courses
• CV
• Two letters of support, one of which should be from your MSc supervisor and the other is an academic reference (e.g., from another professor)
• TAC report (PDF)
• TAC members’ approval of your MSc thesis proposal
• Signed PhD disclosure form (PDF) outlining supervisor and funding
• Modification of enrolment form (PDF), requesting change from MSc to PhD

Students must be enrolled to the MSc (THM 7999) to request to fast-track to the PhD .
If not enrolled to THM 7999 for the upcoming term, attach a Graduate Registration form to add THM 7999 for the upcoming term.