Medical Sciences (BSc + MD)

The St. George’s University + University of Waterloo Five- and Six-Year Doctor of Medicine Tracks offer a direct and globally respected path to a medical degree.

Students earn a Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci) from the University of Waterloo and an MD from SGU.

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The admission requirements listed below are intended as general guidelines to illustrate the typical academic background and credentials considered for each track. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee acceptance, nor are they exhaustive of all possible pathways to admission. Final decisions, including track placement, are made by the SGU Student Faculty Selection Committee based on a comprehensive review of each applicant’s academic history, personal attributes, and overall preparedness.

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• Current Waterloo students must apply through SGU to transfer into the program
• Years One and Two are completed at the University of Waterloo.
• Years Three and Four are completed at the St. George's University, School of Medicine, Grenada.
  • SGU technical requirements.
  • SGU policies, regulations, and procedures, which must be followed for studies at SGU.
  • Students are advised that SGU is located in a different country, subject to different laws and regulations. UW policies may not apply when at SGU.

Students wishing to earn their Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree from Waterloo must complete:

1. All required courses (or equivalent) for the Medical Sciences program and
2. At least two years of academic work (equivalent to 10.0 academic units) at Waterloo.

We may request official documents to ensure you’ve met the requirements for the Medical Sciences degree.

Students completing the five-year path (with only one year at Waterloo) will not be eligible to receive the Bachelor’s of Medical Sciences degree.

Students who have applied should reach out to their Admission Counselor directly; otherwise, please write to admission@sgu.edu.

Prospective students, please email science@uwaterloo.ca for any questions related to programs in the Faculty of Science.

Important Medical Science policies

•  Courses must be taken on campus/in-person
• Students must complete all required courses each term. Course withdrawals (WD or WF grades) will lead to a May Not Proceed standing.
• Incomplete courses (INC grades) must be resolved before students are permitted to progress to a future term. Failure to complete courses in a term, prior to the final enrolment date into courses for the future term, will result in a May Not Proceed standing.
• Students may submit a petition in accordance with Policy 70 (Student Petitions and Grievances) during their 1A to 2B academic terms at the University of Waterloo. If a petition is approved and results in a non-numeric grade being assigned in any one course, the student will be required to repeat the entire term.
• A May Not Proceed standing is assigned when a student fails to meet one or more of the progression requirements listed below. This standing must be cleared by repeating of courses, promotional requirements, or terms, as deemed appropriate, in order to permit enrolment into courses for the following term. Alternatively, students may choose to be consider for transfer to another program within or outside of the Faculty of Science.
  • 1A to 2A terms:
    • Overall minimum term average of 77.0%
    • Minimum course grade of 60% in all classes
  • 2B term:
    • overall minimum term average of 77.0%
    • minimum average of 77.0% across all 2A and 2B courses
    • minimum average of 73.0% across all 2A and 2B Science* courses.
      • Excludes MEDSCI 200, 202 and 203.
    • Minimum course grade of 60% in all classes
    • minimum grade of 60% on each component of the preclinical comprehensive sciences examination.
• Repeating courses:
  • Courses with a grade below 60% (1A to 2B) must be repeated and can only be repeated once.
  • When a passed course is repeated, both the original and repeated grades are recorded on the transcript, but only the higher grade will count for credit, be included in the term averages, and be used for progression decisions.
• Preclinical comprehensive sciences exam
  • The preclinical comprehensive sciences examination, required for promotion from 2B to 3A, may be repeated if any one component of the examination does not achieve the minimum grade requirement.
  • The preclinical comp exam can only be repeated once

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Electives and Minors

• The BMSci program cannot be combined with any other major, minor, or option
• Students in this program do not have space for electives

Experiential learning & community building

• Medical program assistants available
• Physician in residence: Boris Miokovic, MD

Campus housing (UW & SGU)

• Waterloo Campus Housing
• Housing Information - St. George’s University
• Welcome to SGU | Resources for Accepted Students

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Award and Financial Aid eligibility

• Eligibility while at Waterloo:
  • all students at 90%+ are to receive the President’s Scholarship only
  • All Science students including the MedSci students are eligible for a Science Entrance Scholarship valued at $1,000 for an admission average of 85% or greater, in addition to their automatic grid scholarship. If their admission average is between 80-84.9%, they will receive a Science Entrance Scholarship of $500 only.
  • Faculty of Science Contest and Camp Award
  • Science SHSM Entrance Award
• Not eligible for:
  • • students are NOT eligible for is the President’s Scholarship of Distinction
    • OSAP and Out-of-Province financial aid while they're at Waterloo
    • Entrance and Term Bursaries

Award and Financial Aid eligibility while at SGU:

• OSAP- or other equivalent provincial funding- eligible while they're at SGU
• Tuition, Fees, and Scholarships | SGU School of Arts and Sciences

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Important contacts

Advisor email for current Medical Sciences and University of Waterloo students.

• medsciad@uwaterloo.ca       

Director email

• medscidr@uwaterloo.ca 

Tuition, Scholarships, and other Financial Aid:

• SGU: send inquiries to your Financial Aid Counselor directly or to faid@sgu.edu.
• Waterloo: Student Awards & Financial Aid or The Centre

SGU Current Students (for questions about food, living, expenses, etc. in Grenada)

• currentstudent@sgu.edu

Admission, Enrollment, Matriculation Questions

• Direct inquiries to your Admission Counselor directly or to admission@sgu.edu.

Billing, Payment, Refund Questions

• Direct inquiries to bursar@sgu.edu.

Requesting academic accommodations:

• SGU: accommodations@sgu.edu.
• Waterloo: Applying for academic accommodations | AccessAbility Services

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