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NO SPRING 2012 ADMISSION

Fall 2012 Admissions Deadlines

Application and Admission

Applicants to the College of Public Health for the DrPH degree program must apply to both the Graduate School and to SOPHAS. Please see the two step process outlined below. 

Prerequisites: All applicants to the Doctor of Public Health degree must have:

• A master’s-level degree in public health (MPH or MSPH). Students with other master’s degree may be considered and accepted provisionally but will need to complete the five MPH core courses (15 hours) prior to acceptance into the DrPH program. These courses will not apply to the DrPH degree.
• At least three years of experience in the public health area after having completed a master degree.
• Applicants are encouraged to seek a faculty advisor who will agree to consider him/her as their doctoral candidate during the application process.

*Students with only a bachelors degree will NOT be accepted into the program. No exceptions will be given.*

All students must have a masters degree from an accredited institution. Applicants are expected to have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and GRE scores of 1000 (combined verbal and quantitative) for previous GRE reporting.  New GRE testing reports will be available November 8, 2011. GMAT score of 550 is also acceptable.

The application process to The University of Georgia requires two steps:

Step 1: Application to the Graduate School

• Graduate School online application: http://www.uga.edu/gradschool/admissions/requirements.html
• Application processing fee
• Two official transcripts/academic records from each institution where a degree was conferred
• Official GRE scores sent by the testing agency (UGA institutional code for ETS reporting: 8345) http://www.gre.org
• Letters of recommendation (DON'T submit to UGA grad admissions, only SOPHAS. 
• In addition, applicants are strongly encouraged to have their references also complete the ETS/PPI (see http://www.ets.org/Media/Products/PPI/flashTour/ETSPPI.html for details). There is no additional fee for those who completed the GRE
• Application for Georgia residence status (if claiming legal residence in Georgia)

International Applicants - additional information needed:

• Official TOEFL or IELTS scores sent by testing agency http://www.TOEFL.org
• Certificate of Finances (COF) form
• Visa Information
   

Please mail any Step 1 materials to:

Graduate Admissions
320 E. Clayton Street, Suite 400
Athens, GA 30602-4401

**For specific questions about UGA Graduate School policies phone numbers are available at http://www.grad.uga.edu/contacts_specific.html.

Step 2: Application to the DrPH program:

• DrPH Application
  • SOPHAS (Schools of Public Health Application System)
  • www.sophas.org
    • All students must fill out the required information for a SOPHAS application as well as the requirements for the UGA Graduate school.