At Western University in London, Canada, BA/BS in Biochemistry is offered as a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 47,493 per year (CAD 6,171 per year for local students).
Biochemistry at Western University is an undergraduate program based in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, covering the molecules and mechanisms essential to life: the structure and function of biomolecules such as proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids, the regulation of gene expression, and the molecular basis of disease. The department offers eleven Honours Specialization module options, spanning general Biochemistry as well as combined modules such as Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Chemistry, Biochemistry of Infection and Immunity, Biochemistry and Pathology of Human Disease, Chemical Biology, Computational Biochemistry, Genetics and Biochemistry, Medical Biophysics and Biochemistry, and Synthetic Biology, alongside separate Major and Minor options. Students have access to research opportunities and research-position listings coordinated through the department. Teaching is based in the Medical Sciences Building on Western's main campus in London, Ontario. The range of combined Honours modules suits students who want to pair core biochemistry with a related discipline such as cancer biology, immunology, chemistry, genetics, or computational methods, while the plainer Major or Minor options suit students who want biochemistry as a secondary or supporting area of study.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:75.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Biochemistry is not entered directly from high school: students first complete Medical Sciences First Entry / Medical Sciences 1-2 in the Faculty of Science, then apply to this Honours Specialization module for year three of the BMSc. Ontario high-school applicants to Medical Sciences need the Ontario Secondary School Diploma including English (ENG4U), Biology (SBI4U), Chemistry (SCH4U) and Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U), with Physics (SPH4U) recommended. Admission to the BMSc requires a minimum average of 75% on the year-two 2000-level courses that form the admission requirement for this module (assured admission for Medical Sciences 2 students needs 80%, with no course below 60%); Schulich's own published averages show recent cut-offs of 85.0% for 2025/26 and 80.5% for 2026/27 for this module (FULL+ in 2026/27), showing how competitive the pool has run. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Western's institution-wide proof-of-English-proficiency policy, e.g. IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Western applies through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre, which opens for Fall 2027 entry in late September 2026; Western's own equal-consideration deadline for full-time undergraduate study is 15 January 2027, the same date used for domestic (OUAC 101/105) and international applicants alike, since Western publishes no separate international closing date. Several named programmes carry their own earlier deadlines within the cycle: Medicine (MD) closes 1 October 2026, Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close 1 November 2026, Education (BEd) closes 2 November 2026, and Western Integrated Science closes in early April 2027. Students already enrolled in an Ontario high school cannot be required to respond to an offer before 1 June 2027. Admission is not rolling: applicants are assessed against these published deadlines. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
