Dalhousie University MSc in Business

Hoping that we can see our face in the next convocation ceremony. It was great to have an in-person ceremony for our first graduates from this program!

The MScB (Master of Science in Business) had our first graduates last month. The program has made significant growth for the last 2 years. It started with 3 registered students in 2019, 12 registered in 2020, and 29 registered in the 2021 school year. We are so thankful for and proud of our students and our THE first alumni!

Meet the inaugural MScB Class This year, the Rowe School of Business celebrated the first graduates of our Master of Science in Business program, a research-oriented thesis program that was introduced in 2019.

Please find attached for our first brochure! For more information please visit dal.ca/mscbusiness

DalMScB Research Highlight Series (1) by Dr. Kyung Young Lee and Dr. Lorn Sheehan - “People will perceive Smart Voice Assistant System (Speaker) as a human-like social actor and, thus, nurture “illusion of intimacy” from the experience with it, since voice elicits particularly strong social cues”. This study provided evidence from a real-life user data (not from a controlled lab setting) to support that the continued use of SVAS (which does not have a lively physical robotic body) has a favorable impact on the group harmony among the users (not between a user and a machine) in a multi-person context.”

Hey Alexa! A Magic Spell of Social Glue?: Sharing a Smart Voice Assistant Speaker and Its Impact on Users’ Perception of Group Harmony Unlike most other computing devices that are known to isolate their users, Smart Voice Assistant Speaker (SVAS) appears to improve the perception of social cohesion (i.e., Group Harmony) among its co-users. We hypothesize that the social cues emanated from the continued, and habituated, use of SVAS....

A variety of funding options available for this program. Find them at

Funding & support A variety of funding options will be available through teaching assistantship and/or government research grants, fellowships and scholarships (for entering students or students at their early stage of the program). A successful applicant may be offered an initial research or teaching assistantship i...

The Master of Science in Business at Dalhousie's Rowe School of Business is a research-oriented graduate thesis program. It is a rigorous 16-month program that provides you with enhanced opportunities to enter a PhD program in business administration or boost your career in industry with skills in academic research. Students develop their skills through courses in their area of specialization and by writing a thesis. Please find the deails of program structure, areas of specialization, and courses offered, please visit

Program details The Master of Science in Business at Dalhousie's Rowe School of Business is a research-oriented graduate thesis program. It is a rigorous 16-month program that provides you with enhanced opportunities to enter a PhD program in business administration or boost your career in industry with skills in a...