Reference Letters Requirement

Two letters of reference are required for admission into the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program. These letters are normally required to be from academics familiar with your work but may be replaced with relevant professional references for some course-based professional master's programs. If accepted, professional references can be submitted according to the following schedule:

1. For applicants who completed their undergraduate (or related graduate) degree within the past three years: Two academic references.
2. For applicants who completed their undergraduate (or related graduate) degree three to five years ago: a) one academic reference and one relevant professional reference, or b) two academic references.
3. For applicants who completed their undergraduate (or related graduate) degree more than five years ago: a) two relevant professional references, or b) one academic reference and one relevant professional reference, or c) two academic references.

Reference letters are provided in confidence to Dalhousie University for the purposes of determining your suitability for admission to the MPAS program and will be kept confidential.

Reference letters can be submitted through the electronic reference system in the online application. You may also submit an reference using confidential reference form and emailing it to MPAS Admissions Office should the referee not fulfill the e-reference requirements outlined below.

E-reference submission

If using the e-reference system, make sure to have the email addresses of your referees ready to list when completing the online application. Dalhousie University will only accept university, teaching hospital, and government email addresses (i.e. not personal email addresses, such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, or business addresses). Please allow five business days for your referee(s) to be contacted by our system. If you made an error in the submission of an email address, please contact eref@dal.ca.