At Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's, Canada, BA/BS in Philosophy is offered as a bachelor's degree in Philosophy & Ethics programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,500 per year (CAD 6,750 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Philosophy & Ethics
Duration: 4 years
Local tuition: CAD 6,750 / year
International tuition: CAD 22,500 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Philosophy at Memorial University is a four-year Bachelor of Arts program, with an honours option, delivered on the St. John's campus through the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The program examines general and fundamental problems concerning existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, law, justice, validity, mind, and language, developing critical thinking through engagement with philosophical approaches to reality and experience. Students can choose Philosophy as their major at application or declare it later in their studies, with first-year study including critical reading and writing, language study, quantitative reasoning, and introductory philosophy courses alongside electives or minor-program courses. The program suits students who want to strengthen clear thinking, judgement, and communication skills, and is presented as preparation for law, journalism, policy analysis, teaching, business, and public service careers that rely on reasoning and communication.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: This Philosophy programme sets no admission requirements of its own; applicants apply to Memorial's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences by selecting Bachelor of Arts on the undergraduate application, then may declare Philosophy as a major at the time of application or in a later semester. Direct entry follows Memorial's general admission requirements: domestic applicants need a Canadian high school curriculum with an overall average of at least 70% across the required senior-level (Grade 12) subjects, while international applicants are assessed against Memorial's curriculum- and country-specific tables. Applicants whose first language is not English must present IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0 in Reading/Writing), TOEFL iBT 4.5 overall with at least 4.0 in Reading and Writing, CAEL 60, PTE Academic 60, Cambridge C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176, Duolingo English Test 115, or Michigan English Test 59. Applications are considered on a rolling basis, with priority deadlines of March 1 for Fall (September), October 1 for Winter (January) and February 1 for Spring (May) entry.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Memorial University's undergraduate application system opens one year ahead of each semester for the 2027 cycle: for Fall 2027 entry the portal opens 10 September 2026, the priority deadline (also the early-entrance-scholarship deadline) is 1 March 2027, the document deadline is 20 August 2027, and applications finally close 9 September 2027; Winter 2027 entry has a priority deadline of 1 October 2026 and closes 6 January 2027; Spring 2027 entry closes 11 May 2027 with a priority date of 1 February 2027. International applicants use the same direct application to Memorial and are only advised to apply at least 12 weeks before their intended semester starts; no fixed international closing date is published. Late domestic applications are still considered as time, resources and space permit, so admission is effectively rolling past the priority date up to the final close. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
