肿瘤学系训练学生进行基础研究和转化研究，以研究癌症的病因，检测，成像，诊断，治疗和预防的机制。该部门提供理学硕士 和博士学位 拥有肿瘤学博士学位，并根据“肿瘤科学”和“医学物理学”两个专业进行组织。癌症科学专业满足实验肿瘤学，肿瘤影像学，放射肿瘤学，姑息治疗和外科肿瘤学的需求，而医学物理学专业则满足医学物理学的需求。并非我们所有的员工都对研究生进行监督。潜在的研究生应与表示愿意监督研究生的研究人员联系。肿瘤学系拥有3个获得认可的住院医师培训计划：加拿大皇家内科医生与外科医生学院（RCPSC）在医学肿瘤学和
The Department of Oncology currently has more than 123 faculty with primary appointments and approximately 62 faculty from other departments holding adjunct appointments to its seven Divisions. The Department is located at the Cross Cancer Institute, a comprehensive cancer centre affiliated with the University of Alberta, as well as at the Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research and the Medical Isotopes and Cyclotron Facility (MICF). The Department has state-of-the-art facilities in cell imaging, flow cytometry, gene analysis systems, computational drug design, small animal imaging, human imaging and radiation therapy facilities. Faculty are involved in medical education at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and they lead major research initiatives ranging from clinical studies to basic research into the diagnosis, treatment, and molecular causation of cancer. The Department of Oncology offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. Applicants with the MSc degree, or a strong undergraduate record, may be accepted directly into the PhD program.