Canada’s Best Medical Doctoral Universities for 2025

#1: McGill University

Tuition: $5,315 ($11,426 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 86.8-94.5% | Science: 92-97.5% | Commerce: 93-97% | Engineering: 87-98.6%

Tuition: $7,925 ($8,415 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 75-83% | Science: 75-90% | Commerce: 88-95% | Engineering: 88-95%

Tuition: $6,905
Minimum Entering Grades:
UBC no longer captures entering grades as a single metric; grades are reviewed relevant to the program.

Tuition: $7,538 ($8,357 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 78-85% | Science: 88-93% | Commerce: 85-90% | Engineering: 88-93%

Although its manufacturing- and steel-based economy gave Hamilton its “Steeltown” moniker, students need not be deterred by images of an industrial wasteland. McMaster University is a green campus with ivy-covered buildings...

Tuition: $7,452 ($8,076 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 75% | Science: 75% | Commerce: 80% | Engineering: 80%

Tuition: $8,029
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 70-87% | Science: 71-86% | Commerce: 73% | Engineering: 80%

Tuition: $9,133 ($10,416 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 70% | Science: 75% | Commerce: 70-80% | Engineering: 75%

Tuition: $7,368 ($7,991 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 82% | Science: 82% | Commerce: 87% | Engineering: 88.7%

Queen’s University is a hub of academic research on the shore of Lake Ontario near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. The campus is dotted with charming limestone buildings in Romanesque Revival and neo-Gothic styles.

Tuition: $4,452 ($10,563 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: R score 22.75-26.1 | Science: R score 24.4-27.6 | Commerce: R score 27.5 | Engineering: R score 26.78-32

Université de Montréal looms large on the mountain, and its influence on Quebec society can be seen in its impressive list of graduates. Filmmakers Denys Arcand and Jean-Marc Vallée and former prime minister Pierre Trudeau strode its halls...

Tuition: $8,403
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 76-89.4% | Science: 81-96.5% | Commerce: 85.8% | Engineering: 88.5%

Tuition: $7,655 ($8,274 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 82.5% | Science: 83.5% | Commerce: 83.5% | Engineering: 89%

Tuition: $4,366 ($10,478 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: R score 21-30 | Science: R score 22-34 | Commerce: R score 24 | Engineering: R score 21-29

Université Laval—famous for its successful Rouge et Or sports teams—is a large, research-intensive institution in Quebec City. It hosts four Canada Excellence Research Chairs—in photonics innovation, remote sensing in the Arctic...

Tuition: $6,298
Minimum Entering Grades:
Arts: 70% | Science: 80% | Commerce: 89% | Engineering: 80%

Tuition: $3,134 ($9,387 out-of-province students)
Minimum Entering Grades:
R score 21.6-22 | Science: R score 22.5-30.3 | Commerce: R score 24.6-25.1 | Engineering: R score 22.2-26.7

Sherbrooke is a university that gives its students a chance to see the world, offering opportunities abroad in 36 countries so students can expand their intercultural and language skills...

Tuition: $8,156
Minimum Entering Grades
Arts: 70% | Science: 70% | Commerce: 75% | Engineering: 75%

The University of Saskatchewan has traditionally been seen as a hotbed of agricultural research, but there’s much more on the go here, including leading research in areas of global importance, such as water and food security...