At Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada, BA/BS in Chemistry is offered as a bachelor's degree in Chemistry programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,173 per year (CAD 10,986 per year for local students).
This Chemistry program leads to a Bachelor of Science and focuses on the structure, properties, and synthesis of matter, with applications ranging from environmental chemistry to pharmaceutical development. Students can pursue an honours BSc in Chemistry, a BSc with a major in Chemistry, or a BSc with a double major, and both the honours and major options carry accreditation from the Canadian Institute of Chemistry, which supports professional licensing after graduation. Instruction takes place in small classroom and laboratory environments, with practical lab work integrated throughout the coursework. Students may pursue independent research projects or summer research positions under faculty supervision, in areas including environmental chemistry, chemical biology, health and wellness, materials science, and photochemistry. A co-op work-term option and study-abroad terms are also available. Delivery is on campus at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The program suits students preparing for careers or further study as environmental chemists, pharmaceutical scientists, or materials scientists, as well as those planning to enter medicine, dentistry, or pharmacy, given the accredited pathway to professional chemistry licensing alongside hands-on lab and research experience.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: For applicants presenting the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Acadia University requires the IB Diploma including IB English with an overall score of 24 or better; a score of 30 or higher earns 30 hours of university credit. IB Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations, SL or HL) and IB Chemistry must each be completed with a grade of 4 or better. Applicants who have completed IB courses but do not hold the diploma are considered on their coursework, with credit given for higher-level courses graded 5, 6 or 7.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Acadia does not publish year-specific application deadlines: its live admissions pages state only that domestic and international undergraduate applicants may apply any time after September 21st, with March 1st as the priority date for entrance-scholarship consideration (decisions by mid-April); no year is attached to either date. Admission is otherwise rolling, with no separate international closing date published. The Bachelor of Education programme has its own cycle, opening October 1st, but as of September 2026 the page still shows the stale 2025-2026 cycle and no current-cycle date has been published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
About Acadia University
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