Admission Requirements and Procedures

Graduate Admissions Officer

Hillyard, H., BA (Dalhousie)

Faculty of Engineering
Graduate Admissions Office
5217 Morris Street, 4th Floor
Halifax, NS  B3H 4R2
Canada

If sending by courier, please note the following contact:
E-mail: gsr@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-8431

Masters and doctoral applicants should apply using the forms available at the Faculty of Graduate Studies website www.dal.ca/faculty/gradstudies/graduate-programs-admissions.html 

A complete application includes official transcripts, two confidential letters of reference, a C.V. (resume), English language competency test scores (if applicable), and a personal statement. Proof of financial support may be requested. 

In the personal statement you should present yourself as an applicant, explaining your motivation for pursuing graduate study, your educational background, and anything else which seems relevant to your application. You should explain why you think you would be a good fit for Electrical & Computer Engineering, and mention specifically faculty members with whom you are interested in working. If you have a specific idea for your thesis or project, you could describe it, but you should also explain what your research interests are more generally. 

* supporting documents must be sent directly to the Faculty of Engineering Graduate Admissions Office at the address above. 

In order to be admitted to an academic graduate program, an applicant must be accepted by a professor into their research program, in addition to meeting all the requirements for admission.