Applicants must meet all of the admission requirements by June 1st of the year of admission. Final transcripts (with proof of degree completion) must be received by
June 15th. All offers remain conditional until receipt of a final transcript which indicates
the degree conferred.
The initial application evaluation process is conducted by the School of Physiotherapy
Admissions Committee, which makes recommendations of acceptance to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Graduate Studies makes the final decision and, if successful, a formal offer of admission is sent to the applicant by the Registrar of Dalhousie University.
In principle, all applicants from the Atlantic Provinces whose applications are complete will be offered an interview. In the event that this is not administratively possible, the Admissions Committee will rank applicants by GPA based on the most recent 60 credit hours to make the interview offers. At a minimum, 112 interviews will be offered.
Interviews will take place in April 2012. Structured and scored interviews will be conducted in the four Atlantic Provinces. Interviews will be offered via teleconference to eligible applicants who are residing outside the Atlantic Provinces.
Offers are based on the combined score of 25% interview and 75% GPA. Successful candidates will be notified by email and letter. A wait list will be created and applicants placed on the wait list will be notified by email. If an accepted applicant declines or withdraws, while keeping within the requirements of Provincial and School quotas, the first wait listed applicant will be offered a seat.
Each year, 56 students are admitted to the program. As we are the only School of
Physiotherapy in Atlantic Canada, a specific number of places are held for residents of
Atlantic Canada. The following guidelines are used for seat allocation:
• 16 seats for Nova Scotia residents
• 15 seats for New Brunswick residents
• 10 seats for Newfoundland & Labrador residents
• 2 seats for Prince Edward Island residents
There are also 13 discretionary seats which may be offered to (i) to affirmative action applicants (ii) to increase the seat allocations for Atlantic Canada and (iii) a maximum of 5 seats to eligible applicants who reside outside of the Atlantic Provinces.
The decision of the Admissions Committee is final. Faculty of Graduate Studies regulations state, “There are no appeals on admission decisions…” (http://www.dalgrad.dal.ca/regulations/ii/)