University of Alberta Biological Sciences
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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
- For September entry, application deadline is March 1st (to be considered among Graduate Teaching Assistantships).
- For those who don’t need GTA funding, there is no deadline.
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