Chapter 6. Admission to the Program

6.1. After reviewing application materials and interview results, the Admissions Committee recommends successful applicants for admission to the Master in Public Administration program.

6.2. Applicants recommended for admission to the Master in Public Administration program will be notified by an offer-letter containing acceptance or rejection forms. Offer-letters will be prepared by the Secretary of the Admissions Committee of the School, signed by the Dean or designated substitute of the School, and distributed via electronic transmission by the Graduate Admission Department.

Rejected applicants should be notified by the Graduate Admission Department within 7 working days of the Admissions Committee’s decision.

6.3. The Admissions Committee shall place the applicants who fully meet admission requirements, but who were not admitted to the Master in Public Administration program due to limits in number of places open in the program, on a waiting list. Applicants on the waiting list will be ranked by the Admissions Committee. Should a place in the program become available before courses begin, the Admissions Committee will offer admission to the applicants, in order of rank on the waiting list, by an official letter of admission.

6.4. Upon receipt of the offer-letter from the University, the applicants should notify the University of their acceptance or rejection decision in writing within 5 (five) working days from the date of receipt of the offer-letter.

6.5. In the event that an applicant recommended for admission does not accept the offer, the admission offer shall be sent to next most highly ranked applicant from the waiting list.

6.6. Admissions will be formalized by the order of the Provost of the University or his designated person (the Order on Enrollment) based on the recommendations of the Admissions Committee and written notification of acceptance into the Master in Public Administration program from the applicants.

6.7. The Order on Enrollment shall specify the source of funding for each admitted applicant.

The sources of funding shall be determined as follows:

1) the state educational order;

2) a specific scholarship and/or sponsorship;

3) applicant’s own expense - for self-funded applicants or applicants whose costs will be covered by their employer;

6.8. Applicants who have already earned a Master’s degree under the state fund are not eligible for admission under the “state educational order’’ to a University’s Master’s program.

6.9. The number of admitted students shall not exceed the number of places allocated to the Master in Public Administration program.

6.10. In exceptional cases, a request may be made by the Admissions Committee to the Provost for applicants to be conditionally admitted. The Provost retains the right to deny conditional admission. Conditional admission is used in cases in which an applicant is a strong candidate for admission to the program, but has a deficiency able to be remediated. The basis for conditional admission must be completion of one of the criteria as described below. The minutes of the Admissions Committee will record: the reasons for granting conditional admission; the candidate’s area of weakness; a timeline for the fulfilment of the terms of conditional admission and the means by which this information will be communicated to the applicant.

The minutes will also specify which of the following three options will be acceptable for progression to full admission: either, satisfactorily completing a University non-credit intensive English course prior to the start of the academic program (Academic English Preparatory Module – AcademEng600); or satisfactorily completing a University non-credit English language course during the first semester of coursework in the academic program along with the normal academic curriculum (Academic English Module – AcademEng601); or retaking and achieving a sufficient score on the IELTS or TOEFL by the end of the first semester of the degree program.

In the event of failure to fulfill the terms of conditional admission, the student will be dismissed from the Master in Public Administration program.

6.11. Deferred admission can be granted for 1 (one) academic year by the Admissions Committee with the approval of the Dean of the School.

6.12 Issues not covered by these Rules shall be resolved by the Admissions Committee independently.