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A collaborative program between the Faculties of Science and Health Sciences under the umbrella of the Origins Institute.

Eligible programs affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences are Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and Chemical Biology.

Learn more about the collaborative graduate program in Astrobiology.

The Clinical Behavioural Sciences program is designed for professionals who are working in the health services field. Courses are developed for adult learners and have an inter-professional small group approach. The emphasis of the program is not on new credentials or accreditation but on enhanced knowledge and skills. Students from a variety of professional backgrounds, agencies, and hospitals study in the program, attending classes on a part-time basis while they continue in their usual employment.

Learn more about the Clinical Behavioural Sciences Program

A course-based, online program on the foundational tenets of clinical epidemiology, consisting of four full-term courses. A unique option in Canada, this program offers maximum flexibility for working professionals, students or post-graduate trainees already enrolled in another program, from anywhere in the world.

Learn more about the Clinical Epidemiology Diploma Program

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New for Fall 2023!

The Graduate Diploma in Community and Public Health is delivered exclusively online, providing professionals and aspiring professionals in social service, mental health and public health roles, as well as recent graduate students, with the knowledge, skills and expansive network they need to forge a rewarding career in community and public health.

Comprised of four courses, the Graduate Diploma in Community and Public Health can be completed in as little as 16 months. Learners will make the most of an innovative online curriculum, combining synchronous discussions and asynchronous components, taught by world-class faculty whose research programs inform public health policy and practice locally, nationally and internationally.

Learn more about the Graduate Diploma in Community and Public Health

An advanced graduate program for those with a master’s degree in Nursing and two years of full-time nursing practice within the past five years.

Learn more about the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Diploma

Water Without Borders is a collaborative graduate program in water, environment and health between the United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and McMaster University.

The program is open to graduate students in all faculties and programs.

Learn more about the collaborative graduate program Water Without Borders