Graduate Diploma in Public Administration

Dalhousie University

ResumeStatement of Intent (interest). In a 23 page double-spaced essayTell us your career goals and how the MPA will help you achieve themTell us what strengths you would bring to the MPA Program and to the professionBriefly discuss what it means to be an ethical public servantExplain any gaps or deficiencies in your academic record or any other factors you wish to have taken into account. The online applicationTwo academic reference letters either through the electronic reference system in the online application or by paperIf using the e-reference system Dalhousie University will only accept university email addresses i.e. not Yahoo Gmail Hotmail business or government addresses. Please allow 5 business days for your referee(s) to be contacted by our system.If you are submitting a paper reference letter it must be in a sealed stamped envelope endorsed across the back seal by the referee and mailed to the address indicated on the form. If a referee is reluctant to follow this procedure please provide himher with a stamped envelope addressed to the department to which you are applying and have himher mail the letter directly. If the reference is given to the student directly do not open the envelope.One Official Transcript from each post-secondary institution