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Contacts

Website: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/programs/graduate
Admissions e-mail: biograd@ualberta.ca.

Admission Requirements

General

• Apply online at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/programs/graduate/prospective/index.php?Page=4664
• Applicants must get in touch with faculty members in the area they want to study before submitting their applications.

Academic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a 4-year program.
• Minimum GPA (in last 2 years) of 3.3 or a B+ avg (78%).
• GRE preferred but is not a requirement.
• Note that for department funding the minimum GPA is slightly higher, i.e. as quoted b y the website last year’s minimum for department funding was 3.5.

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Tuition 2010-2011

• Canadian students: $5008.14
• international students: $8,651.34

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Documents

• Official transcript
• CV
• $100 application fee (if accepted, this goes towards tuition)
• 3 letters of recommendation
• Research Interest form
• Financial information form.
• Letter/Email to potential supervisor

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Other

• Applicants may have to take a test of profiency in English if it is not their first language (ie. TOEFL exam).

Deadlines

• February 1: September or January entry
• For those who don’t need GTA funding, there is no deadline.

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