Health Promotion

4 years
Duration (years)
4 years
Dalhousie Health Promotion undergraduate degree
70% minimum
Academic minimum
The university publishes a 70% academic minimum, not an entering-average range.
Dalhousie undergraduate high school admission requirements

Deadlines

High-school prerequisites

Application steps

Step 1Check the admission requirements
- Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
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Step 2Apply through Dal admissions
- Create your application and select this program.
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Step 3Academic records requested in your application portal
- High school applicants provide mid-year and final results; Ontario and Nova Scotia applicants can include their student ID for automatic retrieval. Early applicants upload Grade 11 final marks and Grade 12 course registrations. College/university applicants submit official records from every postsecondary institution attended.
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Step 4English proficiency evidence if required
- Applicants from a country or school where English is not the primary instructional language need accepted proficiency evidence unless they meet an exemption. An offer can be conditional on providing the requested evidence.
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Applicant pathways

Canadian high school requirements

Applicants entering from Canadian high school

Regional selection preference

School of Health and Human Performance applicants

Dalhousie gives preference to applicants living in Atlantic Canada or who have a parent living there at the time they apply.

Credits and degree requirements

Complete the published Bachelor of Health Promotion requirements and the assigned Program of Studies for graduation.
Register for IPHE 4900, section 02, each term. It is a portfolio registration with no scheduled lecture attendance.

References

Academic minimum

Dalhousie’s 2026–27 first-year planning guide. Course offerings and delivery depend on the intake.

2026–27 first-year plan

Fall 2026

The guide places the writing requirement in fall, with an option to swap it with a winter elective.

Winter 2027

The example leaves two open electives here.

Elective choices

The degree requires 21 HAHP/HPRO elective credit hours, 12 in health-related electives, 21 open elective credit hours and a 3-credit EDIA elective. Nine open elective credits must be at the 2000 level or higher.

Study locations