Collaborative Specialization in One Health
The Collaborative Specialization in One Health (CSOH) prepares future leaders for the complex challenges at the confluence of human, animal, and environmental health, working across disciplinary boundaries, conducting multidisciplinary research, mobilizing knowledge, and informing policy.
Doctoral and Master’s (thesis or course work and major research paper) students wishing to undertake graduate studies with emphasis on One Health will be admitted by a participating department and will register in both the participating department and in the collaborative specialization.
Participating Departments
- Animal Biosciences (MSc, PhD)
- Biomedical Sciences (MSc, PhD)
- Computational Sciences (PhD)
- Computer Science (MSc)
- Engineering (MEng, MASc, PhD)
- Environmental Sciences (MES, MSc, PhD)
- Food Science (MSc, PhD)
- Geography (MA, MSc, PhD)
- History (MA, PhD)
- Human Health and Nutritional Sciences (MSc, PhD)
- Integrative Biology (MSc, PhD)
- Mathematics and Statistics (MSc, PhD)
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (MSc, PhD)
- Pathobiology (MSc, PhD)
- Political Science (MA, PhD)
- Population Medicine (MSc, PhD)
- Philosophy (MA, PhD)
- Public Issues Anthropology (MA)
- Rural Planning and Development (MSc)
*To add your department to the list of Participating Departments, please contact onehealth@uoguelph.ca.
Admissions
Current Students
Students can apply to the collaborative specialization while in program, as long as they have sufficient time to complete all the requirements. To apply, students are required to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) briefly outlining their interest in One Health and explaining how their area of research will apply a One Health approach. Instructions to complete the LOI, as well as a rubric, may be found at the bottom of this page (“Letter of Intent – Rubric”). This is due November 1 and will be reviewed by the specialization’s Graduate Program Coordinator and a committee of 3-5 faculty from different colleges. This letter must be deemed satisfactory based on the rubric in order to be considered for admission into the program. All successful students will be notified by December 1.
Prospective Students
Prospective students can apply at the time of their application to the University of Guelph. This process has two stages. First, prospective students need to apply to their primary program of interest and identify that they are also interested in the collaborative specialization as a focus. They must upload a signed “Declaration of Commitment Form” (click, or keep scrolling) with their application. If the student is admitted to the primary program, the second stage is admission to the collaborative specialization. Applications are forwarded to the Graduate Program Coordinator and preliminary acceptance is granted to all qualified candidates.
Acceptance
Upon acceptance, all enrolled students will be required to submit a Letter of Intent briefly outlining their interest in One Health and explaining how their area of research will apply a One Health approach (see below, under Supporting Documentation). This is due November 1 and will be reviewed by the specialization’s Graduate Program Coordinator and a committee of 3-5 faculty from different colleges. This letter must be deemed satisfactory based on the rubric in order for the student to be considered eligible to continue in the program. All successful students will be notified by December 1.
Declaration of Commitment
Letter of Intent – Rubric
Learn More
Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies | One Health
Collaborative Specialization in One Health Information Session (October 2021)
Dr. Katie Clow, Graduate Program Coordinator, provides an overview of the graduate Collaborative Specialization in One Health (CSOH) and information about the admission process. Attendee questions are also answered.
Graduate Program Coordinator
Dr. Katie Clow
519-824-4120 ext 53944 | kclow@uoguelph.ca
