{"id":1623,"date":"2022-03-02T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?page_id=1623"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:08:34","slug":"graduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/05\/quad-2.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Graduate Programs\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"discover-innovate-with-a-collaborative-specialization-in-biochemistry\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Discover &amp; Innovate with a Collaborative Specialization in Biochemistry!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Discoveries in <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">biochemistry <\/strong>have been a primary catalyst for many of the advances in modern medicine, pharmacology, toxicology, and in the booming field of <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">biotechnology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100  border-l-8 border-l-cu-red \">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 px-6 py-4 overflow-hidden cu-card-stats\">\n                    <p class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-cu-black-800 group-hover:text-cu-red md:text-3xl @xs:lg:text-4xl\">\n                2 Joint Institutes\n            <\/p>\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-600 @sm:md:text-lg\">\n                That expand the research opportunities available to our students.\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100  border-l-8 border-l-cu-red \">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 px-6 py-4 overflow-hidden cu-card-stats\">\n                    <p class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-cu-black-800 group-hover:text-cu-red md:text-3xl @xs:lg:text-4xl\">\n                34 Faculty\n            <\/p>\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-600 @sm:md:text-lg\">\n                With a range of expertise, offering great breadth in Biochemistry.\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100  border-l-8 border-l-cu-red \">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 px-6 py-4 overflow-hidden cu-card-stats\">\n                    <p class=\"text-2xl font-semibold text-cu-black-800 group-hover:text-cu-red md:text-3xl @xs:lg:text-4xl\">\n                March 1\n            <\/p>\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-600 @sm:md:text-lg\">\n                Application deadline for fall admissions.\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        M.Sc. Collaborative Specialization in Biochemistry\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p>The two year specialization is offered to students entering the MSc program in either <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/graduate-programs\/\">Biology <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/prospective-students\/future-graduate-students\/\">Chemistry<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gain hands-on expertise on the methodologies, current advances and theoretical approaches used in all major areas in Biochemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/gradprograms\/biochemistry\/#MSc_Biology__with_Collaborative_Specialization_in_Biochemistry\">Graduate Calendar<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/graduate.carleton.ca\/program\/biochemistry-collaborative-specializations\/\">Graduate Admissions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2025\/06\/MG_0571-768x512.jpg); 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