Graduate Diploma Scientific Management and Leadership

The Graduate Diploma in Scientific Management and Leadership is offered by the Telfer School of Management. The Graduate Diploma is open to students already enrolled in the participating MSc or PhD programs in the Faculty of Science. To receive the diploma, the requirements of both the primary program and of the diploma must be met. Both credentials are awarded simultaneously. The compulsory diploma courses are offered in English and in French. The optional courses are available in sufficient number in both languages to allow a student to complete all the diploma requirements in either English or French.

In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have a right to produce their assignments, their thesis, and to answer examination questions in French or in English.

Students who have completed the graduate diploma as well as their MSc or PhD are eligible to apply to another program offered by the Telfer School Management. The Admissions Committee of that program will determine whether some or all of the credits successfully completed for the diploma can be transferred.

Participating Programs

• Biology (MSc/PhD)
• Chemistry (MSc/PhD)
• Earth Sciences (MSc/PhD)
• Mathematics (MSc/PhD)
• Physics (MSc/PhD)

For the most accurate and up to date information on application deadlines, language tests and other admission requirements, please visit the specific requirements webpage.

Applicants at the master’s level must apply for admission to the diploma at the same time as for the MSc program or, at the latest, towards the end of their first term of enrollment in the master’s. Applicants at the doctoral level must apply no later than the beginning of the second year of enrollment in their PhD program.

All applicants must provide the following:

• A letter outlining their career plans and the relevance of the Diploma to those plans.
• A plan of study, indicating the proposed schedule for completion of the requirements of both the diploma and their primary program.
• A letter of support signed by their thesis supervisor and co-signed by the student’s primary program director.

Applicants whose first language is other than English and who intend to take the diploma courses in English must provide one of the following: