Graduate Application Procedures
General information on admissions: Applications for admission should be submitted on the appropriate admission forms. These applications are first submitted to the academic unit in which the applicant is interested.
Applicants other than graduates of the University of Saskatchewan must arrange for official transcripts of their academic records from each institution attended to be sent directly to the Head of the academic unit in which they wish to work.
At least three confidential letters of recommendation are to be sent directly to the academic unit. These letters should be from professors or others acquainted sufficiently with the applicant's training and experience to express an opinion on the applicant's ability to undertake graduate training.
All forms for the application process are available from the academic units or from the College of Graduate Studies and Research Office, Room C180 Administration Building, or from the
College of Graduate Studies and Research website.
Some academic units require applicants to take the Graduate Record Examination, National Program for Graduate School Selection and to obtain a satisfactory score on the aptitude test, or the Advanced Test, or both. The academic units concerned will inform the prospective applicants of this condition. Arrangements for these tests should be made early in the year by students who expect to start graduate work the following September. Inquiries about the tests should be addressed to G.R.E., Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6000, Princeton, New Jersey, 08541-6000. For information on tests and test dates see the
G.R.E. website.
An application is submitted to the academic unit in which the applicant wishes to work. The academic unit will have a recommendation concerning acceptance or non-acceptance to the College of Graduate Studies and Research. Applicants will be advised of academic unit decision. If the academic unit recommends acceptance, the application is referred to the College of Graduate Studies and Research Office for further action. Non-acceptance of an applicant often depends on considerations other than those listed in the section on Graduate Admission Requirements. These include availability of facilities for the type of research which the applicant wishes to pursue and of a member of the graduate faculty with time to supervise the proposed research. Applicants should not apply to more than one academic unit at the same time. Successful applicants receive a letter of acceptance signed by the Dean or the Director of Graduate Admissions. Any special conditions pertaining to the student's admission are noted in the letter.
Applicants who need financial support through scholarships, teaching assistantships and fellowships, research assistantships, etc., in order to undertake graduate work should correspond with the Head of the academic unit in which they wish to study or the professors whom they anticipate will supervise their research work.