Graduate Admissions Process The graduate admissions process at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) begins with an...

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Graduate Admissions Process The graduate admissions process at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) begins with an applicant creating an application on the application website. If the applicant does not have a MUN student ID, they must create a new account, otherwise they can log in with their MUN student ID. Applicants select the program they wish to apply for, and the entry semester. Next, applicants need to provide personal information, and answer three questions about why they wish to study the chosen program, what they hope to achieve after completing the program and any special circumstances to be considered. Applicants must provide the names and email addresses of two referees. Applicants can upload multiple documents, such as their CV, confirmation of their undergraduate degree, English language proficiency certificates, etc. When applicants submit an application, they must pay the application fee by credit card. After payment and submission, the application system will automatically send emails to the two referees with a link to a web page where the referees can provide references about the applicant. Once these references are entered, they are added to the application. After an applicant submits an application, they are able to upload further documents until the application is decided on bye the SGS enrolment director later in the process. After an application is submitted, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) staff performs an initial check, decides which academic department the application should be sent to, and sends it on. When the graduate admissions staff of the academic department receives an application, they check for entry semester and completeness of the application. If an applicant has selected an entry semester for which no admission is offered, the graduate admission staff fill in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant and offer reconsideration to the next available semester. This recommendation is passed to the graduate officer (GO) of the academic department. If the application is incomplete, nothing is done while the graduate admission staff waits for further documents or references. The graduate admission staff must regularly check the application for completeness, because neither the application system nor SGS notifies the academic department when additional documents arrive (either submitted by the applicant, or references entered by referees). If an application is still incomplete by the application deadline, the graduate admission staff fills in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant and send this recommendation to the graduate officer (GO) of the academic department. The GO can either accept or reject the recommendation by the graduate admission staff to reject an applicant. If the recommendation to reject is accepted, it is forwarded to SGS. If the GO rejects the recommendation to reject, the application continues as follows, in the same way as it does for complete applications. Once the application is deemed to be sufficiently complete for decision making, different activities occur depending on the type of program applied for. If the application is for a thesis-based program, the graduate admission staff must wait until the application deadline. They then make all applications available to supervising professors in the academic department. Professors view the application and provide a rating with feedback comments. If a professor would like to supervise the student, they can also indicate how much funding they will provide. After two weeks, the reviewed application is passed to the GO. If there is no favourable rating by any professor, the GO will fill in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant and sends this to SGS. If there are multiple favourable ratings by professors, the GO will contact the professors and together they will decide who becomes supervisor and funds the student. After this, and in the case where there is exactly one favourable rating by a professor, the GO determines whether the academic department has sufficient funding to admit the student. If there is sufficient funding, the GO creates a program of study for the applicant that lists the required courses, the Graduate Admissions Process The graduate admissions process at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) begins with an applicant creating an application on the application website. If the applicant does not have a MUN student ID, they must create a new account, otherwise they can log in with their MUN student ID. Applicants select the program they wish to apply for, and the entry semester. Next, applicants need to provide personal information, and answer three questions about why they wish to study the chosen program, what they hope to achieve after completing the program and any special circumstances to be considered. Applicants must provide the names and email addresses of two referees. Applicants can upload multiple documents, such as their CV, confirmation of their undergraduate degree, English language proficiency certificates, etc. When applicants submit an application, they must pay the application fee by credit card. After payment and submission, the application system will automatically send emails to the two referees with a link to a web page where the referees can provide references about the applicant. Once these references are entered, they are added to the application. After an applicant submits an application, they are able to upload further documents until the application is decided on bye the SGS enrolment director later in the process. After an application is submitted, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) staff performs an initial check, decides which academic department the application should be sent to, and sends it on. When the graduate admissions staff of the academic department receives an application, they check for entry semester and completeness of the application. If an applicant has selected an entry semester for which no admission is offered, the graduate admission staff fill in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant and offer reconsideration to the next available semester. This recommendation is passed to the graduate officer (GO) of the academic department. If the application is incomplete, nothing is done while the graduate admission staff waits for further documents or references. The graduate admission staff must regularly check the application for completeness, because neither the application system nor SGS notifies the academic department when additional documents arrive (either submitted by the applicant, or references entered by referees). If an application is still incomplete by the application deadline, the graduate admission staff fills in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant and send this recommendation to the graduate officer (GO) of the academic department. The GO can either accept or reject the recommendation by the graduate admission staff to reject an applicant. If the recommendation to reject is accepted, it is forwarded to SGS. If the GO rejects the recommendation to reject, the application continues as follows, in the same way as it does for complete applications. Once the application is deemed to be sufficiently complete for decision making, different activities occur depending on the type of program applied for. If the application is for a thesis-based program, the graduate admission staff must wait until the application deadline. They then make all applications available to supervising professors in the academic department. Professors view the application and provide a rating with feedback comments. If a professor would like to supervise the student, they can also indicate how much funding they will provide. After two weeks, the reviewed application is passed to the GO. If there is no favourable rating by any professor, the GO will fill in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant and sends this to SGS. If there are multiple favourable ratings by professors, the GO will contact the professors and together they will decide who becomes supervisor and funds the student. After this, and in the case where there is exactly one favourable rating by a professor, the GO determines whether the academic department has sufficient funding to admit the student. If there is sufficient funding, the GO creates a program of study for the applicant that lists the required courses, the