We currently have a fully-funded graduate student position for starting in September 2021 or January 2022:
This is a Ph.D. student position funded by a CIHR team grant for 4 years ($21K/year). The student will be registering in The Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics or The Individual Interdisciplinary Studies Program (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/programs/interdisciplinary.html). The research project will be on developing computational methods for integrating multi-omics data for disease prediction and biomarker discovery. The candidates for the position should have an excellent background in life science or medicine with a strong background in statistics or computer science.
To apply for the positions, please send a CV, transcripts, English test (Applicants who have not received a degree from a English speaking country), related reports/publications written in English to Dr. Pingzhao Hu at pingzhao.hu@umanitoba.ca. The deadlines to apply for the positions can be found below.
Our BMG admission deadlines (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/programs/bio_chem.html) are
Start Date | BMG Deadline (Canada/US) | Grad Deadline (Canada/US) | BMG Deadline (International) | Grad Deadline (International) |
September | June 1 | July 1 | March 1 | April 1 |
January | October 1 | November 1 | July 1 | August 1 |
May | February 1 | March 1 | November 1 | December 1 |
Our CS admission deadlines (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/programs/computer_science.html) are
Start Date | CS Deadline (Canada/US) | CS Deadline (International) | CS UMGF and Entrance Award Deadline |
September | June 1 | February 1 | December 15 (https://www.sci.umanitoba.ca/cs/graduate-programs/applying/) |
January | October 1 | May 1 | December 15 |
Our ECE admissions deadline (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/programs/ece.html) are
Start Date | ECE deadline (Canada/US) | ECE deadline (International) |
September | May 1 | February 1 |
January | September 1 | June 1 |
May | January 4 | October 1 |
Our IIS admission deadline (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/admissions/programs/interdisciplinary.html) is
Start Date | Faculty of Graduate Studies Deadline (All Applicants) |
September | January 15 |
In general, MSc students and PhD students will receive $17,850/year and $21,000/year research assistantship, respectively. For MSc international students, they will also receive $5000-6000 international student entrance scholarship if their GPA is higher than 3.5 of 4.5 UM scale. The tuition fee for international MSc student is ~$11,500-$12,000/year for the first year and ~$1000/year for the second year. The tuition fee for international PhD student is ~$6000/year for the first two years and ~$1000/year for the next two years.
Please send a detailed CV to pingzhao.hu@umanitoba.ca
Applicants should have background in statistics, computer science or human genetics with strong programming skill.
Applicants who are interested in applying for federal and local fundings (NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award, CIHR Undergraduate Summer Student Health Research Award and University of Manitoba Undergraduate Summer Research Award) for summer research, please contact the PI to discuss the applications as early as possible.
For all aplicants, you should have a GPA >3.8.