Connecting Fanshawe College students with 125 years of experience-powered learning
Join a partnership with real-world learning opportunities.
Northeastern University has led the way in experience-based education since its founding in 1898. Through industry-focused classroom instruction and real-world learning, students like you redefine their potential and discover the impact they can make on the world.
Now, Northeastern is partnering with Fanshawe College to offer graduates of the Honours Bachelor of Applied Technology in Biotechnology program a unique pathway to earning their master’s degree.
This partnership provides extra support, including streamlined admission to our Master of Science in Biotechnology or Master of Science in Bioinformatics program and partner scholarships designed to help you advance your career quickly.
You’ll also get the chance to attend industry and networking events at our Toronto campus before you enrol and receive personalized support from our academic and career advisors.
Learn more about Northeastern in Toronto
"My co-op completely changed my perspective on the field of biotechnology. I was involved in everything from collecting and logging samples to creating work orders and processing them. I even worked on inorganic testing and chromatography, which was an exciting hands-on experience."
—Hafsa Saiyed, MS in Biotechnology '24
What partnership benefits apply to you?
Honours B.A.T. in Biotechnology graduates with a GPA > 3.0
- Direct admission into Northeastern in Toronto’s MS in Biotechnology or MS in Bioinformatics program after submitting an application with transcripts (no references or essay required)
- Waived application fee
- A 5% tuition scholarship
- An additional 12.5% tuition scholarship for students who enroll in September 2025
Honours B.A.T. in Biotechnology graduates with a GPA < 3.0
- May apply for admission through the standard application process
- Waived application fee
- A 5% tuition scholarship upon admission
- Additional scholarships provided by the College of Science, to be determined on a case-by-case basis
Studying at Northeastern in Toronto
- Combine cutting-edge coursework with experiential learning, including capstone projects, industry collaborations, and an optional co-op experience.
- Join a tight-knit learning community with small class sizes and direct access to faculty and industry mentors.
- Participate in research projects, career development seminars, and networking events to build strong connections with top employers in the Greater Toronto Area’s booming biotech and healthcare sectors.
- Expand your network with Northeastern’s global network of 320,000-plus alumni.
About Northeastern
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.
Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.
Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.
Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.