What degree programs and faculties does Dalhousie University offer?

Dalhousie University offers more than 300 unique degree programs across 13 diverse faculties, with campuses in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia. If you are trying to figure out whether Dal has a program that matches your interests, the practical next step is to browse by faculty or use the university's program search rather than scanning a single list, because programs are distributed across undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels.

How Dal's academic structure is organized

Dal describes itself as a research-intensive university offering over 300 degrees in 13 faculties. In practice, that means your program sits inside a faculty, and the faculty determines much of your course requirements, advising, and degree options.

The university's "Plan your degree" section groups the practical side of this into a few areas:

• Degree options — the types of credentials and pathways available
• Plan and register for courses — how you build your schedule once admitted
• Important dates — deadlines that affect registration and progression
• Grades, transcripts, and records and Exams — how your progress is tracked

Finding a program by interest

Because 300+ programs is too many to read end to end, work from interest to faculty to specific program:

1. Start with the subject area you want (for example, health sciences, engineering, business, or arts).
2. Identify which faculty houses that subject.
3. Check whether the program is offered at the undergraduate or graduate level, since the same field may exist at both.
4. Confirm the degree type — a general bachelor's, an honours option, a professional degree, or a graduate credential.

Dal's site provides a Find a Program entry point and a Degree options page for exactly this purpose, so you can filter rather than guess.

What the 13 faculties cover

Dal's faculties span a broad range of disciplines, from the sciences and health professions to the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields. Rather than assume a subject is or isn't offered, check the faculty list directly, since programs are added and reorganized over time.

A useful distinction when you search:

For international students

Dal maintains a dedicated Information for international students section, along with an international centre. If you are applying from outside Canada, program availability is the same question, but admissions requirements, deadlines, and documentation differ — so check the international pages alongside the program page itself.

A realistic way to decide

• If you already know your subject, go straight to that faculty and confirm the degree level and options.
• If you are undecided, use the program search to shortlist three to five programs, then compare their required courses.
• If you are comparing Dal to another university, compare the same dimensions: program availability in your field, degree level, and faculty structure — not just the total program count.

Dal also runs Open House events (Truro and Halifax dates listed on the site) and a future students email list for program info, admissions tips, events, scholarships, and deadlines. These are useful if you want current details rather than a static list.

One caveat: the "300+ programs" figure is Dal's own description of its offerings. The exact count and the specific programs available in any given year should be confirmed on the university's program pages before you apply.