Candidates for admission to the MEd program must have demonstrated high academic standing and potential for self-directed, sustained research. Normally, the basic requirements are:

1. An undergraduate or graduate degree from an approved university with an average of 70% or higher in the last 20 courses (60 credit hours). An applicant lacking a degree, or an applicant possessing a degree with an academic average under 70%, may be considered for admission under exceptional circumstances. In such cases the Graduate Studies Committee must be satisfied that the student has the capacity to complete graduate work. This capacity could be demonstrated through extensive and relevant professional experiences, leadership, research and publications.

2. at least two years of successful professional experience.

Application for Admission 

All documents pertaining to application for admission are to be sent to the Office of the Registrar. All application materials must be received no later than January 15 of the year for which admission is sought. Late applications are reviewed only if seats are still available after all those meeting the deadline have been considered.

(Note: When January 15 falls on a weekend, deadline moves to the first business day following)

Application Checklist

Graduate Programs Application Form

Personal Statement Form (word)

Reference Forms (Professional) & (Academic)

Transcripts:

Official transcripts of the applicant's complete undergraduate and graduate (if any) record to date are to be sent to the Office of the Registrar. Applicants from outside North America are strongly urged to attach official statements of the grades obtained and the subject matter included. When such transcripts or statements are in a language other than English, a notarized translation of the document must be submitted, in addition to the original document.

Reference Letters:

Letters of reference from two professors, under at least one of whom the applicant has taken a significant proportion of academic work, are to be sent by the professors directly to the Office of the Registrar. An acceptable alternative to one such letter is a letter from the Chair or Dean on behalf of the department or Faculty in which the applicant has studied, or from the employer where the applicant has recently been employed.

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English Proficiency:

Students are expected to be proficient in the use of English, both written and oral, when they begin their studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. The University requires that certification of such proficiency be presented by international applicants whose first language is other than English or whose normal language of instruction throughout their education was other than English.

Tests of proficiency acceptable to the University, and the minimum scores that must be obtained, are listed under the Admission Requirements for All Programs section of the Calendar. Such students should make arrangements to take the test at least three months before the semester opening date.

Refusal of Admission

Limitations of funds, space, facilities or personnel may make it necessary for the University, at its discretion, to refuse admission to an otherwise acceptable applicant.

Tentative Admission

Tentative Admission may be granted an applicant whose record to date is acceptable but whose application is incomplete. If the documents are satisfactory when received, the student's admission is confirmed. If unsatisfactory, admission is denied.

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