Applicants must submit the following:
- Transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended
- Two confidential reference letters: normally required to be from academics familiar with your work. Reference letters can be submitted through the electronic reference system in the online application. Further details are available on the Faculty of Graduate Studies website Submitting your supporting documents
- A curriculum vitae providing an overview of your qualifications and experience, including: academic history with all post-secondary institutions and degrees; professional, volunteer, general leadership experience and history; publications and presentations; awards and honors
- A one-page ‘Personal statement’ document that includes: 1) Your professional interests and career objectives, and 2) Your research interests related to the MSc program in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research
- A one-page ‘Quantitative training and experience’ document that includes description of courses in statistics or other quantitative courses and any practical experience with quantitative analyses. If applicable, list any relevant statistics course(s) that are shown on your university transcripts, when you took each course (year and term), and the general topics that were covered. If applicable, provide a concise description of the types of statistical analyses that you have conducted in the past two years.
- Proof of English language competency (if applicable): TOEFL iBT: 100; IELTS 7.5, EAP2 A.
Please check the Faculty of Graduate Studies website for detailed information about supporting documents
*We recognize that Mi’kmaw, other Indigenous and African Nova Scotian communities face unique and unjust barriers for graduate studies. We use a holistic application review process; if you are a member of one of these local communities and would like to discuss our application procedure or specific components (e.g., application fee, GPA, letters of reference), please contact chegrad@dal.ca.
