Master of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Toronto

The graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology leads to the Master of Science degree.

The disciplines of ecology and evolutionary biology involve complementary perspectives on biological systems. Individual and collaborative research within the department covers the range of both disciplines and often involves study and synthesis across multiple levels of organization. Professors’ research interests include anatomy/physiology, behaviour, behaviour genetics, bioinformatics, community/population/ecosystem/landscape/evolutionary ecology, conservation biology, developmental biology, genetics/genomics, microbiology, molecular evolution, plant biology, taxonomy/systematics, and theoretical biology.

EEB has an outstanding group of faculty pursuing exciting research in a broad range of topics that range from ecology (including population, community and landscape ecology, and conservation biology), to physiological ecology, to behaviour, to evolution (including genomics, evolutionary medicine, and speciation). We have excellent graduate students who are actively engaged in their research and in many aspects of our community including reading/discussion groups, seminars and social events (e.g., Darwin Day celebrations, a departmental party in September to get together after the summer and to meet new members of the department, a departmental colloquium in April highlighting graduate student research, Friday beverages, and an annual dinner celebrating our graduate students). Other activities include workshops that grad students and faculty organize on a range of topics including writing papers, giving presentations, using R and Python, and finding positions--both academic and those outside of universities.

The graduate program starts each year in September, though it is possible to start the program in January or May in some circumstances.