Application Procedure

Application Deadline

Picture of UTM campusFebruary 1st

Application Instructions

Please follow these instructions carefully. At the end of the instructions is a link to an online application form but you will need to return to this website for supporting document templates and mailing instructions.

Applicants to the Graduate Department of Geology must first pay the application fee to the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) through the online admissions application, to be considered. The application is housed on a secure server in the University of Toronto.

The Geology Department will consider your application only after you have entered your personal and academic information in the online application, and mailed a complete package of your supporting documentation and a printout of your application information to:

Department of Geology,
c/o Lynn Slotkin,
Graduate Administrator,
22 Russell Street, ES1066,
Toronto, Ontario,
M5S 3B1.

Once you access the SGS online admissions application and enter your contact information an applicant identification number and a password will be emailed to you. You can leave and return to your application at any point until you move to the payment stage. At that point you can return to check on the status of this application including whether we have have received your supporting documents.
Payment of your application fee must be received by the School of Graduate Studies before we will consider your application. You may pay online by VISA or Mastercard. This payment method is secure as the transaction is handled by Mirapay, a third party authorized by VISA and Mastercard. Mirapay provides the School of Graduate Studies with payment confirmation only. SGS and the University of Toronto will not have access to your credit card information. Please note that the process requires that popup blockers on your web browser be disabled.

If you are unable to pay by credit card you may print an invoice from the application and mail it with a certified cheque to the School of Graduate Studies.

You may proceed to the SGS online admissions application

Once you have entered your information and paid for the application, please use these links to access the required supporting document templates. Remember to enter your SGS applicant ID on the documents. We require these as a reference so we can enter them in the system as they are received. It is your responsibility to check the system frequently to verify that the documents have been received.

Documents Required

  1. Official transcripts from all  post secondary schools attended MUST be in their own, official sealed university/school envelopes, with the university seal on the closed flap, and send directly to Lynn Slotkin. Transcripts may be included in the general application package, but only if they are in their own, official sealed university/school envelopes with the university seal on the closed flap.
  2. One page statement of research interest and proposed plan of study. You must note the specific area of interest of the following five:
    • Earth and Planetary Materials
    • Geodynamics
    • Sedimentary Geology
    • Environmental Geoscience
    • Geobiology
      One of these areas must be listed on the application under "Proposed Area of Study"
  3. Two letters of recommendation.  Preferably, these letters are submitted directly by the referees on-line; where the name and contact information of the referees are entered by the applicant during on-line SGS application process.  Alternatively, the applicant may arrange for hard copies of current letters of reference to be sent directly to the Geology Department with the referee's signature on the sealed flap of the envelope.
  4. Proof of English Proficiency

 For more details on admission please refer to:  http://www.gradschool.utoronto.ca/Admission_Requirements.htm