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Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine

Halifax, NS / School Detail
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APPLICATION FEE
$70
Tuition In State
$23,000
Tuition Out of State
$23,000
Average GPA
3.89
AVERAGE MCAT
516

School Overview

Degrees
MD
Ownership
Public Non-Profit
Program Length
4 years
Total Enrollment
127
Accreditation Status
Full
Founding Year
1868
Accreditation Year
1935
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SDN Insights

Cost of Attendance: $263,655
Estimate repayment

Estimated loan burden for DUFM using 4 years of in-state tuition, $1,500 annual fees, $3,000 monthly living expenses, national average cost-of-living allowance, $1,000 loan fees, and an 8.5% interest assumption. Local cost-of-living data is not matched yet, so this estimate uses the national average cost-of-living allowance.

Cost of Living: Cost of living data unavailable

A reviewed government-derived local cost-of-living match for Halifax, NS is not available yet. The debt estimate uses a national average cost-of-living allowance of $3,000 per month until a local match is available.

Environment

There is currently insufficient information to assess the neighborhood around DUFM.

Interview Feedback

Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 19% of interviews, indicating it is highly regarded. They found the interview very impressive with a moderate stress level and felt they did okay.

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Secondary Essays for DUFM

1. Community, Diversity, and Equity
Describe your personal experience in community service, volunteer work or service/help to another. What did you learn from this experience?
2. Academic and Research Experiences
Describe your strongest quality and provide a specific example of this quality. How does this quality relate to the study and practice of medicine?
3. Leadership and Teamwork
The Dalhousie Medicine curriculum uses case-based small group learning. Describe one or more examples of your experiences with small group learning or teams and what you have learned from it.
4. Understanding and Commitment to Medicine
What does being a physician mean to you? How did you come to this understanding?
5. Community, Diversity, and Equity
Health care professionals work with people from diverse and broad populations and experiences. How would you describe your own level of cultural competence/sensitivity? What steps could you take to...
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About the School

At Dalhousie Medical School, we foster self-motivated learning, critical thinking, and clinical problem-solving. We expose you to a clinical setting in the first year of studies, believing that being at the bed side sooner is better than later. We facilitate learning in teaching sites around the Maritime provinces, believing in diverse experience. We integrate medical humanities at every level, believing that you will then become a compassionate caregiver, a good communicator, and a balanced individual.

Curriculum

At Dalhousie Medical School, communications skills, medical ethics, medical humanities, and medical research are interwoven into the curriculum from day one. These are truly vital components. Our commitment to training outstanding physicians is evident at every level from undergraduate to postgraduate to continuing medical education. And our research in the field of medical education enriches our own programs as well as those of other medical schools.

Facilities

From humble beginnings, the medical school has grown into the largest health research faculty in Atlantic Canada. Today it occupies three dedicated buildings and incorporates a network of more than 100 teaching sites throughout Maritime Canada, including nine affiliated teaching hospitals. The school boasts more than 1,300 faculty members, and has 21 clinical and basic science departments, 380 undergraduate medical students, 450 postgraduates (residents), and 270 graduate students. Since its founding, the school has graduated more than 7,000 physicians and has contributed to the training of at least as many research scientists. Although most Dalhousie-trained physicians have gone on to practice in the Maritime provinces, Dalhousie medical graduates and researchers fill positions in many of the world's top medical institutions.

Last Updated: May 18, 2026