HALIFAX -- A 22-year-old Dalhousie University student facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a fellow student is applying for bail.

William Sandeson's defence lawyer Eugene Tan, made a brief appearance today in Nova Scotia Supreme Court to seek dates for a bail hearing.

Tan says the bail application will be heard Oct. 21 and Oct. 22 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.

Sandeson was charged on Aug. 20, four days after Taylor Samson was reported missing.

Samson's body has not been found.

Dates for a preliminary inquiry are scheduled to be set next Thursday in Halifax provincial court.