Instructions for Application Supporting Documents

• Letter of Intent

• Prepare an MS Word document to the attention of the Admissions Review Committee.

• The Letter of Intent is the most important component of your application. It helps us to determine how well your interests match with our program offerings.

• Write a free-form essay of no more than 2 pages. Indicate your aspirations, learning goals, career plans, and specific research plans (if applicable). Highlight any experience relevant to your program choice.

• Applicants to the MPH*

  • please indicate your interest in pursuing a research or professional orientation.

*known as the MHSc degree prior to September 1, 2009.

• Curriculum Vitae

Upload an MS Word document that includes the following information:

• name and contact information

• education

• employment

• publications and presentations

• teaching and research activities

• other relevant experience
   

• Statistics Requirement form for MPH Epidemiology and Social & Behavioural Health Science (Health Promotion) applicants

To confirm completion of the statistics requirement, please complete the form as indicated with the following information:

• the university at which you completed the course (or courses) that satisfies this requirement

• the course code and title

• a URL (if available) containing the course outline

• the session in which you completed the course

• your grade (% or letter grade)
  
  

• Scanned Transcripts

Please scan your transcript in grayscale at the lowest dots per inch (dpi) that results in a legible document.  We recommend 72 dpi whenever possible.

If your transcript is double-sided, please be sure to scan the front and back of each page.  The transcript legend must appear at least once.

You must upload your transcript .pdf format.  A .jpg file must be converted to .pdf format to be uploaded.

For Macintosh users, please note that the filename must include the appropriate 3 letter extension.

Do not upload a document that is password-protected or that contains macros.

Scanned documents must be clearly legible and print on standard U.S. 8 1/2" x 11" paper.  The admissions committee will make its decision about your application based on this scanned transcript.  Please ensure that the file is complete and readable before submitting.

If you have more than one transcript, scan each individually to be  uploaded to the application website.  The transcripts should be uploaded in chronological order.

If you have attended a Canadian university, you may submit a .pdf file of your academic history from the university's Student Web Service (ie; ROSI at U of T) in place of a transcript.  The file should contain the university's grading legend and your name.  If the admissions committee determines that the file is incomplete you may be asked to upload a copy of the transcript.  If you have attended multiple institutions, the other universities’ transcripts (with legend) must still be included in your application.

The file size of each scanned transcript to be uploaded must not exceed 3 megabytes (MB) in size.

Non-Canadian or Non-US institutions

• If you attended a University outside of North America, scan and send your transcripts as above.  We have reference sources that provide degree equivalencies from all over the world, so no explanatory notes should be necessary.

• For Non-English transcripts, a notarized English translation must also be scanned and included with your uploaded document.  Be sure to keep a copy of the translation for your records.

• If requested, you may still need to provide official transcripts sent directly from the issuing institution to U of T in a sealed envelop, as instructed in this application.
  
  

• Official Transcripts

Applicants will be notified by the Dalla Lana School of Public health, through the on-line application system, if their OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS are required.  If requested, official transcripts are required from EACH university you have attended. They must be sent directly to:

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Sciences
Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences,
155 College Street, Room 620,
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 3M7

from the issuing university in a sealed envelope.

 

• Two Letters of Reference
  
  Select referees who are familiar with your academic and career aspirations. Your referee should be able to comment on your academic ability, and potential to succeed in a graduate program, as well as a Public Health professional or researcher. Generally, a former professor/supervisor or employer is the most appropriate referee. Your referees will be contacted via email by the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto, and asked to submit a reference form in addition to a more detailed letter.
  
  It is critical that you contact your referees in advance to explain this process, so that they can comment appropriately. Also, it may be necessary to follow up with your referees, to ensure that the reference is submitted, electronically, by the deadline.
  
   

• English Proficiency
  
  Proficiency in the English language is required and must be established by all applicants from universities outside of Canada where the native language is not English.
  
  Note that a university education in English may not be considered sufficient (e.g. TOEFL/TWE is still required for graduates from such countries as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh).
  
  Your application will not be considered without proof of English language proficiency.  A satisfactory English proficiency test result must be available prior to the application deadline.
  The test score can be no more than two years old.
  
  Please indicate your score on your application AND request that an original test score be sent directly from the testing service to the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Minimum acceptable TOEFL/TWE scores:

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) http://www.toefl.org/

• Proof of Financial Support for International Applicants to the PhD program.

If you have received government or agency support for your studies, please ask the funding agency to send a letter directly to the Graduate Office, indicating the details of the funding which it will provide for you academic program.

International applicants should contact their own government or Canadian Embassy Consulate for information on sponsorship through international agencies and Canadian government programs.