Overview

The molecular and microscopy approaches are revealing the incredible complexity of cells. With additional principles drawn from chemistry, physics and information science, we are beginning to understand this complexity and how it transcends multiple scales to organize molecular networks and cellular systems into fully functional organisms.

Key Features

The Cell and Molecular Biology (Hons) program at University of Toronto brings together biologists who study life at the level of molecules to functioning individual organisms.

The research laboratories conduct cutting edge research of fundamental processes using a diverse range of model systems (bacteria, yeast, plants, nematodes, insects, fish, frogs, mice, mammalian cell culture and others).

The undergraduate programs reflect this diversity and research strength. Since cells are the basic units of life, it is important to understand how molecular mechanisms control cells and how cells organize the development and physiology of whole organisms.

These relationships encompass molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics and physiology. These relationships are also complex, requiring studies of dynamic molecular and cellular networks: systems biology.

One core component of systems biology is the integration of large datasets arising from the genomics revolution. In addition, computer modeling and bioinformatics are integrated with biochemical, structural, molecular and microscopy studies to understand genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes and metabolomes of the cell and organism.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Molecular and Cell Biology

Computational Biology

Genes, Genomes and Us

Human Viruses

Cell and Molecular Biology in the News

Biotechnology and Society

Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and You

Further Exploration in Biotechnology

From Genes to Organisms

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

20 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Toronto, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

International Baccalaureate (IB)

An International Baccalaureate Diploma is required for admission consideration; the IB Certificate is not sufficient for admission consideration.

Prerequisite courses can be presented at Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL).

SL or HL English is required for admission consideration.

The following IB Math courses will satisfy the Calculus prerequisite for science and business programs:

Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations HL

Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches SL

Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL

The following IB Math courses will not satisfy the Calculus prerequisites for science and business programs:

Math Studies

Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations SL

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63570 CAD / year

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6100 CAD / year

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Living costs

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1502 - 2563 CAD / month

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