How to Apply

Please note:

  • You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete.
  • Late or incomplete applications may not be reviewed.
  • The deadline for application submission for July 2012 admittance to the MSc or PhD (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research concentration) is November 15, 2011.
  • Eligible applicants must participate in an interview to be conducted by Clinical Epidemiology faculty. Details of the interviews will be forwarded to each applicant in the New Year.
  • Final decisions on acceptance will be made by mail in April, 2012.
  • The MSc/PhD (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research concentration) only accepts full-time students.  Prospective students who cannot commit to full-time studies must meet with the Associate Program Director prior to applying.

Online Application Procedure

Please follow these instructions carefully. At the end of the instructions is a link to an online application form.  Supporting documents must be uploaded directly to your application once you have paid the application fee. This includes your CV, Letter of Intent, Background Information form, an Additional Information form and a scanned copy of your transcripts in chronological order. For North American applicants, you must include the legend for your transcripts, usually found on the back of your transcript document. For International Applicants, ALL mark sheets and transcripts must be included. Language Assessment documents must also be scanned and submitted when applicable. Scanned documents must be uploaded as PDF and not jpg, bmp or other unsupported formats. If you are unable to submit scanned documents as a PDF document, please contact Amber Gertzbein, clinepi.grad@utoronto.ca.

ALL STUDENT-SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION IS DUE BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE STATED ON THE IHPME WEBSITE. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE ABOVE DOCUMENTATION. THERE IS NO EXTENSION FOR THIS DEADLINE.

If you are selected for an interview, you must be prepared to present original, sealed transcripts and language documentation sent directly from your University and Testing Centre to Amber Gertzbein, in the Graduate Office at IHPME, by April 1.

Your referees will also be automatically sent an email at the address you provide in your application, with a Reference form attachment, and will be able to submit the form and a supporting letter directly to your application through a secure link provided in the email generated by the application system. You are responsible for contacting your referees to ensure that they have received an email from us. If they have not received an email, please ask them to contact the institute directly.

Applications to the Graduate Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation must be submitted to the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) through the online admissions application which is housed on a secure server in the University of Toronto. The Institute of IHPME will consider your application only after you have entered your personal and academic information in the online application, submitted the application fee and all of your supporting documentation online.

Once you access the SGS online admissions application and enter your contact information an Applicant Identification Number and a password will be emailed to you. You can leave and return to your application at any point until you move to the payment stage. At that point, you can return to check on the status of this application including whether we have received your supporting documents.

Payment of your application fee must be received by the School of Graduate Studies before we will consider your application. You may pay online by VISA or Mastercard. This payment method is secure as the transaction is handled by Mirapay, a third party authorized by VISA and Mastercard. Mirapay provides the School of Graduate Studies with payment confirmation only. SGS and the University of Toronto will not have access to your credit card information. (Please note that the process requires that popup blockers on your web browser be disabled.)

If you are unable to pay by credit card you may print an invoice from the application and mail it with a certified cheque to the School of Graduate Studies which must be received by the application deadline.

SGS Online Admissions Application

The fee to file an application is non-refundable. Currently the fee is $110.00 (payable in Canadian funds only).

Once you have completed your online application and paid your application fee, please upload your required documentation through the SGS online application.For further information, or if you have difficulty accessing the SGS online application, please contact:

Amber Gertzbein, Clinical Epidemiology Graduate Assistant
416-946-3486 or clinepi.grad@utoronto.ca