MA/MS in Business is a master's degree in Business Administration programme taught at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. The programme runs for 16 months.
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 16 months
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This is a research-based master's degree offered by Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management, delivered full-time on the Halifax campus over four semesters. Students choose one of four areas of concentration — finance, management, marketing, or management information systems — and take concentration-specific coursework during the first two terms while developing a thesis proposal. The final two terms are devoted to thesis research, writing, and an oral defence; graduation requires successfully defending a thesis intended to be publishable. Applicants must secure a faculty supervisor whose research interests align with their own before being admitted, which ties each student's project to existing faculty expertise. The program is oriented toward developing research skills rather than awarding a professional credential, and suits students seeking deep, supervised research training in a business discipline or planning to continue on to doctoral study. It draws on faculty across the finance, management, marketing, and information-systems fields.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.00 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: Dalhousie's MSc in Business (Rowe School of Business) requires a four-year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) from a recognized institution and a minimum GPA of 3.0 (B) on the university's 4.3 scale over the final two years (60 credit hours); a GPA of 3.7 or higher is recommended for scholarship consideration. The GMAT and GRE are optional for admission but required for entrance-scholarship eligibility. Applicants whose first language is not English must score at least IELTS Academic 7 or TOEFL iBT 92, unless exempted by a degree completed at a recognized English-language institution in an English-speaking country. Applications also require two academic reference letters (a professional reference is accepted for applicants three or more years post-graduation), a statement of research interests, official transcripts, and a confirmed faculty supervisor before applying.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Dalhousie's live Dates and Deadlines page still shows the September 2026 entry cycle as of mid-September 2026, not the 2027 cycle. For that cycle, Bachelor of Science (Nursing), Bachelor of Health Sciences, Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences) and Bachelor of Social Work close February 15, 2026; the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies (Architecture) closes March 1, 2026; and the Health Sciences post-diploma option closes June 15, 2026. All other undergraduate programmes are considered on a rolling, space-available basis for both domestic and international applicants, with no separate international closing date published; May 15, 2026 is only the deposit and English-proficiency deadline, not an application deadline. Dalhousie has not yet published September 2027 entry dates. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
