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Graduate Degrees

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The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) has the largest and most diverse graduate studies program options within the University of Guelph. With approximately 700 current graduate students across several disciplines within our six academic units, you will be joining a large community network of graduate students seeking to Improve Life.

To find out more details, click the button below for the OAC Graduate Studies Digital Viewbook. Or you can explore the information provided in the OAC Graduate Program links below.

OAC Graduate Studies Viewbook [1]

Graduate Research Opportunities [2]

Graduate Diplomas (GDip) 

  • Food Safety and Quality Assurance (GDip) [3]

Master's Degrees

  • Animal Biosciences (M.Sc.) [4]
  • Capacity Development and Extension (M.Sc.) [5]
  • Dairy Technology Management (MDTM) [6]
  • Environmental Sciences (MES or M.Sc.) [7]
  • Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics (MFARE or M.Sc.) [8]
  • Food Safety and Quality Assurance (M.Sc.) [9]
  • Food Science (M.Sc.) [10]
  • International Development Studies (M.Sc. or MA)* [11]
  • Landscape Architecture (MLA) [12]
  • Neuroscience (M.Sc.)* [13]
  • Plant Agriculture (M.Sc.) [14]
  • Rural Planning & Development (M.Sc. or MPlan) [15]
  • Toxicology (M.Sc.)* [16]


Doctoral Degrees (PhD)

  • Animal Biosciences [17]
  • Environmental Sciences [18]
  • Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics [19]
  • Food Science [20]
  • International Development Studies* [21]
  • Neuroscience* [22]
  • Plant Agriculture [14]
  • Rural Studies [23]
  • Toxicology* [24]

*Indicates a collaborative specialization. A collaborative specialization is an intra-university graduate field of study that provides an additional multidisciplinary experience for students enrolled in and completing the degree requirements for one of a number of approved Master's or Doctoral programs.

About

The Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) of the University of Guelph is internationally renowned for its research, teaching and knowledge extension. Our community has a strong sense of shared purpose: To Improve Life by inspiring leaders, generating knowledge and creating innovative solutions for food, agriculture, communities and the environment.

Land Acknowledgement.

Ontario Agricultural College
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
519-824-4120

Academic Units

  • Department of Animal Biosciences
  • Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Department of Food Science
  • School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
  • School of Environmental Sciences
  • Department of Plant Agriculture

Campuses

  • Guelph
  • Ridgetown

Centres and Institutes

  • The Arboretum
  • Aquaculture Centre
  • Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre
  • Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
  • Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety
  • Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability
  • Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock
  • Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility
  • Dairy at Guelph
  • Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation
  • Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming
  • Guelph Turfgrass Institute
  • Honey Bee Research Centre
  • Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy

Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/graduate-degrees

Links
[1] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac-graduate-studies-viewbook [2] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/current-graduate-opportunities [3] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/food-safety-quality-assurance-gdip [4] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/animal-poultry-science-msc [5] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/capacity-development-and-extension [6] https://www.uoguelph.ca/programs/master-of-dairy-technology-management [7] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/environmental-sciences-mes-or-msc [8] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/food-agricultural-resource-economics-msc [9] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/food-safety-and-quality-assurance [10] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/food-science-msc [11] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/msc-ma-international-development-studies [12] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/landscape-architecture-0 [13] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/neuroscience-msc [14] https://www.uoguelph.ca/programs/msc-phd-in-plant-agriculture-thesisresearch/ [15] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/rural-planning-development [16] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/toxicology-msc [17] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/animal-poultry-science [18] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/environmental-sciences-0 [19] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/food-agriculture-resource-economics-0 [20] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/food-science-phd [21] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/international-development-studies-phd [22] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/academics/neuroscience-phd [23] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/rural-studies [24] https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/future-students/toxicology-phd