Dalla Lana School of Public Health Open House

Dalla Lana School of Public Health Open House INSTITUTE OF HEALTH POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION (IHPME) AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES (PHS) The Application Process and Funding Opportunities Saturday October 21, 2017

Application Deadlines 2 Public Health Sciences: Ph. D - Fall 2018 Monday, November 27, 2017, 11: 59 pm MSc. CH (FCM and HPTE only) - Summer 2018 Monday, November 27, 2017, 11: 59 pm MPH, MSc. CH, MHSc - Fall 2018 Friday, January 19, 2018, 11: 59 pm

Application Deadlines 3 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation: MSc/Ph. D Clin Epi, MSc/Ph. D Health Services Research, MSc QIPS November 15, 2017, 11: 59 pm Master in Health Informatics, MHSc Health Administration February 1, 2018, 11: 59 pm MHSc/MSW Combined MHSc component – February 1, 2018; MSW component – December 1, 2017 Master in Health Informatics (Executive) March 1, 2018, 11: 59 pm MSc System Leadership and Innovation January 15, 2018, 11: 59 pm (UME); April 14, 2018, 11: 59 pm (PGME)

Step One: Choose your Program 4 �Visit the websites: http: //www. dlsph. utoronto. ca http: //ihpme. utoronto. ca/ �Review the admission and program information http: //www. dlsph. utoronto. ca/students/futurestudents/application-process/ http: //ihpme. utoronto. ca/community/students/apply/

Step 2: Prepare your Application Documents 5 Public Health Sciences http: //www. dlsph. utoronto. ca/students/future-students/applicationprocess/application-instructions/ � Curriculum Vitae � Letter of Intent � Two Letters of Reference: Institutional email addresses only. On paying your online application fee, your referees will receive an email from the University with a link to the reference form which they will complete and submit online � Scanned Transcripts: Official transcripts will be requested only after you are admitted � Statistics Requirement form � GRE General Test scores (MPH Epidemiology only) � English Proficiency Test scores (see slide 7)

Step 2: Prepare your Application Documents 6 Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation Application documents are program specific. See website for details. � Curriculum Vitae (for most programs). � Letter of Intent (for most programs). � Two Letters of Reference: Institutional email addresses only. On paying your online application fee, your referees will receive an email from the University with a link to the reference form which they will complete and submit online � Scanned Transcripts. Upload your scanned transcripts. You may be instructed to bring your original transcripts in sealed envelopes in the event you are invited to an interview and if accepted to the program. � English Proficiency Test scores (see slide 7)

International Applicants 7 • English proficiency must be established by all applicants whose primary language is not English and who have graduated from universities outside of Canada where the language of instruction and examination was not English. • An English proficiency test (EPT) result must be available prior to the application deadline and the test score can be no more than two years old. • Applicants must indicate their EPT score in the on-line application and request their original test scores be sent, electronically, directly from the testing service to the University of Toronto (Enrolment Services). • Applications will not be considered without proof of English proficiency

International Applicants 8 • Acceptable English proficiency tests: • • • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) • Institutional Code is 0982 University of Toronto Int’l English Language Testing system (IELTS) Detailed information can be found at: PHS website: http: //www. dlsph. utoronto. ca/students/future-students/applicationprocess/international-applicants/ • The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) website: http: //www. sgs. utoronto. ca/prospectivestudents/Pages/English-Language -Proficiency-Testing. aspx

Step 3: Applying to DLSPH 9 School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Online Admissions Application http: //apply. sgs. utoronto. ca

Public Health Sciences 10 1) Graduate unit: Department of Public Health Sciences 2) Program: You may select ONE of the following options Bioethics Community Health Public Health Sciences

3) Degree Programs: Public Health Sciences Applicants: Select ONE of the following options ONLY. If you select the incorrect Degree Program, you will need to create a new application and pay another application fee. Master of Public Health MSC – Public Health Science PHD – (flex time) Public Health Science 4) Attendance Type: Full Time or Part Time 5) Start Session: Fall 2018 11

6) Field of Study Master of Public Health Applicants: Select one Epidemiology Family and Community Medicine * Nutrition and Dietetics * Occupational & Environmental Health Social & Behavioural Health Science (Health Promotion) *Additional Program Requirements MSc Applicants: Biostatistics Ph. D Applicants: Select one Biostatistics Epidemiology Occupational and Environmental Health Social and Behavioural Health Science 12

7) Collaborative Program If interested, select a collaborative program: http: //www. dlsph. utoronto. ca/program-type/collaborative/ http: //ihpme. utoronto. ca/academics/collaborative/ Once you submit your application fee payment you cannot go back and make changes to your profile. You will, however, be able to upload your supporting documents. 13

Health Policy, Management and Evaluation 14 1) Graduate unit: Inst. Of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation 2) Program: You may select ONE of the following options Health Informatics Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

3) Degree Programs Health Policy, Management and Evaluation Applicants: Select ONE of the following options: - MHSc-Health Administration - Ph. D-Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research) Ph. D-Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Health Services Research) Ph. D (flex time)-Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research) Ph. D (flex time)-Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Health Services Research) - MSc -Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Clinical Epidemiology & Health Care Research) MSc -Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Health Services Research) MSc – Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Conc: System Leadership Innovation) MSc -Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Concentration: Quality Improvement & Patient Safety) MSc -Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Field: Health Technology Assessment & Management) If you are wish to apply to the transfer program (HSR/Clin Epi), please select the MSc program and indicate your interest to transfer in your ‘statement of intent’. 15

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Funding Opportunities 17 PHS and IHPME strongly recommend that applicants apply for all external funding for which they may be eligible, specifically, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS): http: //www. sgs. utoronto. ca/currentstudents/Pages/Ontario-Graduate-Scholarship. aspx PHS: � http: //www. dlsph. utoronto. ca/students/current-students/student-awards-funding-opportunities/ IHPME: � http: //ihpme. utoronto. ca/community/students/apply/university-of-torontos-graduate-student-funding-policy/ SGS: � http: //www. sgs. utoronto. ca/currentstudents/Pages/Scholarships-and-Awards. aspx http: //www. sgs. utoronto. ca/currentstudents/Pages/Gov-Funded-Awards. aspx http: //www. sgs. utoronto. ca/currentstudents/Pages/Internal-Awards. aspx General Student Awards: � http: //www. studentawards. com/ Review carefully for award eligibility criteria and application deadlines