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Admission Requirements

General Admission Requirements:

All students entering this program must normally satisfy the general requirements for admission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. These include:

  • Completion of a four-year bachelor's degree (or equivalent) at a recognized university with a GPA at or above the minimum required by the program
  • If English is an additional language, demonstrate abilities through a language competency test. You may request this requirement be waived if you completed your degree at a recognized university where the language of instruction is English and English is one of the official languages of the country where you completed your studies.
  • For doctoral studies, completion of a thesis-based master's degree or it's equivalent, or meet the requirements for direct admission/transfer into the doctoral program.

Program Admission Requirements:

Admission into this program is subject to the following minimum requirements:

  • Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.3 (B average) in the last 60 credit hours (2 years) of study
  • If required, TOEFL iBT scores of at least 92, or IELTS (Academic) scores of at least 7.

Admission into this program is competitive. Meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.

Since this department usually accepts full-time graduate students only if it can fund them, standards are very high.

The PhD program presupposes an acquaintance with English literature of different periods and nationalities. Applicants with other strengths but with limited historical coverage might still be accepted; however, it might be required to remedy deficiencies with one or even two of their graduate courses.

It is strongly recommended that applicants apply for external funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and University-level funding through Dalhousie's Harmonized Scholarship Process.

Additional information on the application process, deadlines and supplementary material requirements can be found on the program's website and through the Faculty of Graduate Studies.