The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) staff enters the application into the workflow system. They enter the program applied for, the entry semester, and personal information. Applicants can provide multiple documents, such as their CV, confirmation of their undergraduate degree, English language proficiency certificates, etc. that are added to the application by the SGS staff. After an application is entered, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) staff performs an initial check and sends it to the graduate admission staff of the academic department. When the graduate admissions staff of the academic department receives an application from SGS staff, they check the entry semester, completeness of the application, and minimum program requirements. 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. If the applicant does not meet minimum program requirements, the admission staff fill in a form to recommend rejection of the applicant without the offer of reconsideration. Recommendation are passed 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 comp