Transcript:
Transcripts.All applicants are required to upload one electronic or scanned transcript from each post-secondary institution attended. The School of Graduate Studies online application instructions explain how to do this. Admissions decisions will be made on the basis of the scanned transcript; however, if you accept an offer of admission, you will then be required to send, or arrange to have sent, official paper transcript(s) to the Philosophy Department.
Personal Statement:
The Statement of Interest is a statement of about 300 words, indicating your areas of interest in philosophy at the graduate level. If there is information about you that you would like the committee to have, but that cannot be included elsewhere in the application, you may include it here. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR STATEMENT OF INTEREST IN PDF.
Recommendation Letter:
Letters of Recommendation. Please note that you will need to provide contact information for at least two, but preferably three, referees who have indicated to you that they are willing to write a recommendation. Upon completion of the application form (including payment), the University of Toronto online system will generate an email that will be sent to those referees, requesting letters from them. (As letters of reference are due at the same time as all supporting materials with the application – by the next deadline of January 5, 2018 – it is important to request them from your referees as early in the process as possible. Email addresses for referees must be institutional emails – not personal email addresses like @gmail.com or @hotmail.com).
Writing Sample:
The Writing Sample is a piece of your written work in philosophy (in English or French), such as a term paper. It need not be on a topic in your proposed research area. Submit one writing sample only, preferably not exceeding 15 pages double-spaced. The writing sample should be as recent as possible and should provide evidence of your ability to do philosophy at an advanced level. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR WRITING SAMPLE IN PDF.