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Certificate in Pathways to Health Professions

Get a health career head start

Looking to demonstrate your early commitment to the health care profession? The University of Toronto Scarborough’s Certificate in Pathways to Health Professions is designed to prepare you for career success and provide a competitive advantage. 

As a student in U of T Scarborough’s Health Sciences Stream, you have the opportunity to complete this certificate while you earn your Honours Bachelor of Science degree.  This unique certification will expand your knowledge and cultivate skills like leadership, communication, equity, and critical thinking—areas that are essential in health care. You’ll also have the opportunity for hands-on experience through paid co-op terms with some of the region’s top hospitals, companies, and research institutes, such as SickKids, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University Health Network (UHN), and Baycrest. 

Students who graduate in the U of T Scarborough Health Sciences Stream will receive a Hons BSc and the Certificate in Pathways to Health Professions. At this time, this certification is only open to domestic students coming directly from high school.

 

Learn more about U of T Scarborough Health Sciences

Start the Certificate in Pathways to Health Professions

  • Apply to U of T Scarborough using the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) website. 

  • Select your admission category: 

    • Life Sciences—Health Sciences Stream (OUAC code TXD) 

    • Physical & Environmental Sciences—Health Sciences Stream (OUAC code TXH) 

    • Psychology & Health Studies—Health Sciences Stream (OUAC code TXF) 

  • After selecting your admission category, choose your subject of major interest and whether you want to pursue co-op opportunities.  

  • All students in the U of T Scarborough Health Sciences Stream will graduate with the Certificate in Pathways to Health Professions  

  • This certification is only open to domestic students coming directly from high school 

Pursue careers in health care with opportunities including:

  • Physician

  • Nurse  

  • Physical Therapist 

  • Dentist 

  • Physician Assistant 

  • Pharmacist

  • Other health-care professions 

  • Complex Systems, Structures and Settings

  • Cultures, Communities and Care  

  • Critical and Creative Thinking  

  • Communication and Leadership 

All core areas will equip you with opportunities for professional development and co-curricular experiences across the University of Toronto. 

Discover degree programs available within the Health Sciences Stream

  • Biology 

  • Conservation & Biodiversity 

  • Human Biology 

  • Integrative Biology 

  • Molecular Biology & Biotechnology 

  • Molecular Biology, Immunology & Disease 

  • Neuroscience 

  • Plant Biology 

All U of T Scarborough Health Sciences Stream programs are available with co-op.  

  • Biochemistry 

  • Chemistry 

  • Environmental Chemistry 

  • Environmental Geoscience 

  • Environmental Science 

  • Global Environmental Change 

  • Medicinal & Biological Chemistry 

All U of T Scarborough Health Sciences Stream programs are available with co-op.  

  • Anthropology: Evolutionary 

  • Health Studies: Population Health 

  • Mental Health Studies 

  • Psycholinguistics 

  • Psychology 

All U of T Scarborough Health Sciences Stream programs are available with co-op.  

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