Collaborative Programs

Arts and Science

Physics—MSc

Web: www.astro.utoronto.ca/graduate

Email: collab.astrophys@utoronto.ca

Telephone: (416) 946-3044

Fax: (416) 946-7287
Collaborative Master of Science Program in Astrophysics

c/o C. C. Dyer

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4

Canada
Programs

Master’s Level

Admission Requirements

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  Applicants who wish to enrol in the collaborative program must apply to and be admitted to both the collaborative program and a graduate degree program in one of the collaborating departments, this being either Astronomy and Astrophysics or Physics.
  
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  Applicants must submit a supplementary brief application form to the Collaborative Program Director (available from either the home department or the collaborative program office).
  

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  Students must meet all respective degree requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and the home department. This will normally require the equivalent of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
  

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  1.5 or more FCEs in astronomy and astrophysics
  
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  1.5 or more FCEs in physics
  
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  1.0 FCE from astronomy and astrophysics, physics, or a cognate department
  
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  a supervised research project in the field of astrophysics, equivalent to 1.0 FCE; the supervised research project and associated report will be completed under the regulations of AST 1500Y for students whose home department is Astronomy and Astrophysics and under the regulations of PHY 3400Y for students whose home department is Physics
  

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  Students must attend the seminar program of the Canadian Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics and prepare a report on a selection of these seminars for submission to the Director.
  
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  Program requirements are normally completed within 12 months of entry to the program.
  

Program Committee

Dyer, Charles - BSc, MSc, PhD (Director)

Sipe, John - BSc, MSc, PhD

Murray, Norman - BSc, PhD, CRC