Program Admission Information

Once admitted to the University, students must submit a separate application to be admitted to the Master of Public Health program. The application forms are provided here in Portable Document Format (pdf). You will need the Adobe Reader to view these files. The Reader can be downloaded free from the Adobe website.

To be considered for admission to the Master of Public Health program, PLEASE SUBMIT:

• The MPH Program application form (.pdf)
  The application form is over 100KB in size. Downloading this file may take 1-2 minutes with a 28.8 modem connection.

• Graduate Records Examination [GRE] scores
  Other aptitude tests - Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Dental Aptitude Test (DAT), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), or the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)- can be submitted. Applicants with post-baccalaureate degrees are exempt from this criteria.

• Letters of recommendation
  Applicants are expected to provide 3 letters of recommendation from employers, peers or educators.

• Goal statement
  Applicants must submit a separate statement of their professional goals, identifying past academic work and/or employment related to these goals.

Note on Confidentiality: Applicants for admission do not have access to their application records. Under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 only registered students and alumni have access to their educational records. This report will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not the applicant should be admitted to the public health department. After the admissions committee has made its decisions, this reference report and all others written on the applicant's behalf will be removed from the file and will not be a part of the student's educational record if he or she matriculates to UIS.

 

SUBMIT PROGRAM APPLICATION MATERIALS TO:

Public Health Department
MS PAC 308
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza
 Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407

It is your responsibility to ensure that official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended are also sent to the campus'
Office of Enrollment Services for admission to UIS as a graduate student. Note that this requirement is in addition to the transcripts that must be sent to the public health department.

 

 

 

UIS MPH Program students with Dr. Sharron LaFollette (2nd from right) at the

2007 Illinois Environmental Health Conference October 25-26 2007 in Peoria  IL.

For More Information contact:
Public Health Program
College of Public Affairs & Administration
PAC 308
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza
Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
Phone: (217) 206-6720
Fax: (217) 206-7807
email: MPH@uis.edu