Application Process & Deadlines

Applicants are required to submit a brief statement (about 500 words in length) that describes their:

• Work/professional experience in the Canadian healthcare system and how this meets the admission criteria of the Master's of Health Administration (Community Care).
• Previous studies (including both formal and continuing education) that have prepared you to successfully complete a Master’s of Health Administration (Community Care).
• Reasons for pursuing graduate studies in the MHA(CC) program and how these align with your career objectives
• Statistics Requirement: please include a short paragraph that clearly identifies the course code, term, year, and the university where you have completed a statistics course. Please ensure that the transcript with the completed course is uploaded along with all of your other supplementary documents. If you have not completed a statistics course, please clearly state this. 

Please submit an updated Résumé to highlight how your previous studies and experiences have prepared you for this particular graduate program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Pay attention to formatting, to ensure the document is organized and visually appealing.

While no particular format is required for the Résumé, some examples of sections to include are:

• Personal details (e.g., name, address, phone numbers, e-mail)
• Education (post secondary degrees, diplomas, certificates, continuing education)
• Employment (current and Historical (please indicate the length of each position and whether it was part time or full time)
• Honours and Awards (Academic/employment/volunteer related)
• Memberships in Professional Associations
• Relevant presentations/publications/research
• Current membership in professional or employment related associations
• Relevant volunteer activities

Applicants are required to submit two letters of recommendation from referees. It is preferred that you submit one professional and one academic reference. 2 Professional references are acceptable. Two academic references will not be accepted:

• Professional Recommendation
  This reference should come from a work supervisor who is familiar with your employment responsibilities and professional accomplishments (e.g., relevant skills/knowledge, leadership).
• Academic Recommendation
  Ensure the professor/instructor knows your academic attributes well and can describe them. If it is not possible to obtain an academic reference, then two professional letters of recommendation will be accepted.

Applicants must include at least one professional reference. We will NOT accept two academic references.

One scanned, electronic copy of a transcript is required from every degree granting postsecondary institution you have attended. When scanning your transcripts please ensure that both sides of each transcript page are scanned (unless blank). We will accept Unofficial Transcripts for admissions evaluation purposes only.

If your transcripts/documents are in a language other than English, you must also provide a notarized English translation; note that translations do not replace original documentation (i.e., both the English translation and the original version must be submitted).

Once you have been admitted into a Toronto Met graduate program and have confirmed your offer, we will ask you to submit your official final transcripts. Toronto Met students are not required to submit official transcripts of study undertaken at Toronto Met (if they were first registered after September 1984). When requested, you must arrange to have your transcripts sent directly from the institution to Toronto Met to the following address:

Graduate Admissions
Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Toronto Metropolitan University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON  M5B 2K3
Canada

Applicants may be required to provide certification of English language proficiency if they have not completed

• Two or more years, full-time, at a Canadian university or a university at which English was the primary language of instruction, or
• Have not completed a graduate degree at a university where English was the primary language of instruction.

For more information and a list of accepted test and scores, visit Admission Requirements on Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.