BME Student Handbook
The student handbook provides guidance to all learners of the institute on key processes related to the academic life cycle. All students must become familiar with the policies written in the handbook, and the institute will assume that they have done so. Navigate through the handbook using the following links:
Administrative Policies
Graduate studies policies
- University policies, guidelines, publications, and resources that relate to your work and conduct as a student
- Admissions; conditionally registered students (see 2.1.1)
- Registration; enrollment, and definition of full-time studies
Registration
- Fee and refund schedules (see "Graduate Studies, School of – All Graduate Programs")
- Fee payment options
- Financial cancellation (FINCA)
Funding
Program policies
Research Programs
General BME policies
PhD regulations
- Supervisory committee meetings (at least once per year)
- PhD qualifying exam
- PhD candidacy
- Permission to write (and defend your thesis)
- PhD final oral exam
MASc regulations
Professional Programs
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Basic Funding
| Effective 2022-23 | MASc (yr. 1–2) | PhD (yr. 1–4) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program Year | Fund Source | Domestic | International | Domestic | International |
| 1 | Department | $8,000 | $0 | $10,000 | $0 |
| Supervisor | $18,000 | $44,000 | $18,000 | $28,500 | |
| Total (minimum) | $26,000 | $44,000 | $28,000 | $28,500 | |
| 2 | Department | $0 | $0 | $10,000 | $0 |
| Supervisor | $26,000 | $44,000 | $18,000 | $28,500 | |
| Total (minimum) | $26,000 | $44,000 | $28,000 | $28,500 | |
| 3 | Department | $10,000 | $0 | ||
| Supervisor | $18,000 | $28,500 | |||
| Total (minimum) | $28,000 | $28,500 | |||
| 4 | Department | $10,000 | $0 | ||
| Supervisor | $18,000 | $28,500 | |||
| Total (minimum) | $28,000 | $28,500 | |||
| 5[1] | Department | $0 | $0 | ||
| Supervisor | $28,000 | $28,500 | |||
| Total (minimum) | $28,000 | $28,500 |
Award Funding
| Effective 2022-23 | MASc (yr. 1–2) | PhD (yr. 1–4) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund Source | Domestic | International | Domestic | International | |
| Department | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Supervisor (incl. award) | $28,000 | $46,000 | $30,000 | $30,500 | |
| Total (minimum) | $28,000 | $46,000 | $30,000 | $30,500 | |