Step 1: Click on the link above to open your application with McMaster University. Alternatively, please click here.
Step 2: Answer all application-related questions
Step 3: Register for your online interview (Kira) and ensure that you complete the $60 payment. Note that the $60 is in addition to your $150 application fee. They are separate charges.
- The registration and payment link are embedded in your application questions.
Step 4: Gather, and upload all required documents.
- Your current resume or CV, including academic and professional experience
- Your clearly written Statement of Interest (This is a letter explaining your interest in the program, at a maximum of 2 pages).
- Recent IELTS or TOEFL scores (within the last 2 years) required for international students. Minimum IELTS score 6.5 overall (minimum requirement 5.5 in reading and writing and 6 in listening and speaking). Minimum TOEFL score is 88. Note that if your medium of instruction was English and this is documented on your transcripts, you do not need to submit an ELP test.
- Transcripts from all post secondary institutions you have attended. Transcripts must state that you are/were in a 4-year program. If your transcripts do not state this, a letter from the university stating that the degree is a 4-year degree will be accepted.
- Please note that all documents must be uploaded before application submission. CV, SOI, IELTS/TOEFL and Transcripts are uploaded in the same section of the application.
Step 5: Add Academic Referee contact information.
- Contact information for 2 Academic References must be entered in the online application. Referees will be contacted via our electronic referencing system automatically.
- Important Notes
- Academic references are to come from instructors most familiar with your academic work. The referee should have taught you in a graded course.
Examples of accepted references: instructor, teacher, professor who has taught you in a course, thesis advisor.
Examples of references not accepted: an instructor you did a Teaching assistantship for (this is considered a professional reference), a teaching assistant, an academic advisor, manager, supervisor of a research assistantship, co-op supervisor, etc.
- If you have been out of school for more than 5 years, two references are required. One must be academic and the other may be either professional or academic. But two references are required.
- If you have been out of school for more than 10 years, you may provide two professional references.
- If you are submitting a professional reference, please select “professional in lieu of academic reference.”
- Please note that we do not accept reference letters uploaded by the applicant.
- You can submit your application, and your referees will still be able to submit their references
Step 6: Pay $150 application fee, and submit application.
- Only submit your application once all the above documents have been uploaded, you have entered contact information for both academic references, and you have paid your Kira fee.
- *Applications will not be reviewed unless all items noted above are submitted at the time of application*.
Step 7: Complete your Kira interview.
- Applicants will be sent a link to complete their Kira interview within one week of application submission and Kira fee payment.
- Applicants will not receive a link unless they have fully submitted their application, and have submitted the $60 Kira fee payment.
Step 8: You will be contacted if there are any issues with your application. Please do not email about the status of your application. Applicants will be contacted once a decision regarding the application has been made.
- Please note that if you are accepted to one of our programs, you will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit. This deposit is non-refundable if you withdraw your acceptance.
Important Notes:
- Applications will not be reviewed until all required documents are uploaded, the referees have responded, and the Kira online interview has been completed. All applications must be completed in full in advance of the application deadlines in order to be considered.
- Official transcripts are not required unless an applicant is granted an offer of admission. Documentation sent via post will not be considered for your application.
- Applications will not be considered until we receive copies of transcripts noting grades up to at least Term 7 of your undergraduate studies.
