Potential Students
Admissions and Applications
The Master of Public Health (MPH) program offers graduate students didactic and experiential training in public health practice, including epidemiology, infectious disease, outbreak response, applied research, and transformation of science into policy. The program is designed for public health practitioners (including physicians, veterinarians, nurses, and public health inspectors) wishing to upgrade their skills, and for individuals holding undergraduate degrees in science or applied science seeking careers in public health.
Admission Requirements
Eligible applicants include those with DVM, BScN or MD professional degrees (or equivalents) and honours BSc in Biomedical Sciences, Biological Sciences, or Occupational and Public Health. Students with an honours undergraduate degree without a biological focus will be required to complete the distance education BSc course Principles of Disease prior to enrolling in the degree program. Candidates should have earned a B+ average in an honours BSc degree or at least a B- average in a professional degree (e.g., BScN, DVM, or MD).
Applications must be received by March 1, 2012 to be considered for the Fall 2012 semester admission. Applications are only considered for the fall semester. Please include with your application a resume, two letters of reference, all post-secondary transcripts, and a letter of interest that explains your background and your interest in this professional degree program (one page maximum, 12 pt font, single-spaced, 1 inch margin). Application submission procedures are available here. For assistance with your application contact:
Graduate Program Assistant
Extension: 54780
Email: mphinfo@uoguelph.ca
Department of Population Medicine
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
MPH Coordinator
Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos – Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Dr. David Kelton - Associate Professor
Assessing Your Application
All information in your application package will be reviewed by the MPH Graduate Committee. Applications will be ranked using admissions criteria (academic background and performance (transcripts), letter of interest, referee assessments, and relevant experience).
Funding Your Program
The following link contains information on fees, internal and external funding opportunities.
Language Requirements
International applicants must satisfy minimal requirements for proficiency in the use of the English language by achieving a satisfactory TOEFL or ELTS score. An original certificate, dated within the two calendar years immediately preceding the date of application for admission to the graduate program and attesting to a satisfactory level of success in one of these evaluations, must accompany the application. If the certificate accompanies the application, it must have been sealed at source. Alternatively, the certificate could be forwarded directly from the awarding institution. Satisfactory scores are currently 575 for TOEFL and 7.0 for ELTS. These levels are subject to change.
International applicants can also satisfy English language requirements by taking the University's English as a Second Language course, available through the Office of Open Learning. Details are available at http://www.open.uoguelph.ca/offerings/offeringstemplate.cfm?courseid=246. Successful completion of the course offerred by this division can be a condition of the University's offer of admission to graduate studies, and international students who wish to come to Guelph to study can thus take the course in Guelph in the spring of the year in which they wish to enter graduate studies.
International Student Help
and Advice
Resources for the guidance of international students are provided on campus through the Centre for International Studies. The international student advisor is Mr.Benny Quay, who can be reached by e-mail at bquay@uoguelph.ca. Immigration documents and health insurance should be sought prior to making a decision on whether to pursue academic programs at the University of Guelph.
