WHAT CAN THE BIOCHEMISTRY GRADUATE PROGRAM OFFER YOU?
Offering more than just a graduate degree. Discover and experience more with the Biochemistry Graduate Program.

The Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences at McMaster is simply an outstanding department for life science research and education, among the best anywhere in North America. Faculty members run internationally competitive research programs of high productivity and impact. These investigators are likewise providing first rate and innovative training for the next generation of life scientists. Researchers in Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences are well positioned to study life and disease using high-throughput biology and modern drug discovery methods that are truly at the forefront of biomedical research in the world. State of the art facilities include the Biophotonics Laboratory for microscopy and molecular imaging as well as the McMaster High Throughput Screening Laboratory for small molecule screening and the newly established Centre for Microbial Chemical Biology. Other outstanding facilities include those for mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, molecular biology, physical biochemistry and structural biology.
The laboratories of investigators in the department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences are located throughout the McMaster campus and affiliated hospitals with the majority in the Health Sciences Centre at McMaster. Several of our faculty are associated with research institutes, the David Braley Cardiac Vascular and Stroke Research Institute, the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute and the Institute for Infectious Disease Research, both made possible by a generous gift from Canadian businessman and philanthropist Michael G. DeGroote.
Fast Facts
Program Size
130 Graduate students; >50 Research facultyAdmission Requirements
Minimum of a B.Sc. with B+ average (8.5/12) in Biochemistry. Students with a Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Medicine, Microbiology or Physics degree are also eligible for admission.Entrance Awards
- $1,000 for first-class average (>80%)
- $1,000 for Ontario Graduate Scholarship holders
- $1,000 for NSERC PGS-M or PGS-D holders
- $1,000 for CIHR MSc or PhD scholarship holders
Financial Support
M.Sc., $23,581 | Ph.D., $25,465Faculty Affiliation
Faculty of Health SciencesSupport for International Students
The Office of the International Students’ Advisor provides a number of services for international students:
- reception and orientation for newly arriving students,
- preliminary information on visa and passport renewal and other immigration matters,
- campus and community services,
- liaison with sponsoring agencies, foreign governments, consulates and embassies.