Application Checklist

Click on the application requirement to learn more about what is required and expected by the MPH Admissions Committee.

1.Start an Application through the Schools of Public Health Application Service (SOPHAS)

• All application materials must be submitted through SOPHAS.
  • If you are interested in multiple concentrations, only select one; you can change and finalize your concentration after admission.
  • The SOPHAS application deadline is 10 days prior to the MSU supplemental application deadline.
  • If you are nearing the application deadline, it is not recommended to select the Professional Transcript Entry option as it extends the processing time of your application up to 10 business days.
  • Step 4 of this checklist (MSU supplemental application) cannot be completed until the SOPHAS application has been verified.

2. Submit: Support Documents

• Required for all MPH and Graduate Certificate Applicants: 
  
  • Three letters of recommendation
    
    • Graduate Certificate Applicants: Two letters of recommendation
  • Personal statement
  • Resume or CV
• Required for Graduate Dual Enrollment
  • Letter of support from other program
• Required for Undergraduate Dual Enrollment at MSU:
  • Undergraduate Enrollment Status Form
• Optional for All Applicants:
  • Academic statement 
    
    • This is highly recommended for academic situations that need to be explained to the MPH Admissions Committee (e.g., low GPA, individual courses/semesters with poor grades, multiple withdrawals, etc.).
  • Graduate or professional school test scores (GRE, MCAT, DAT, GMAT, etc.) 

3. Request: Official Transcripts/Test Scores

• Official transcripts
  • For MSU transcripts, be sure to follow the submission instructions here.
• Official English language proficiency test scores (e.g., TOEFL, IELTS, MSUELT, etc.)
  • For international students only

4. Start Application: MSU Supplemental Application

• Master of Public Health Program
• Graduate Certificate

5. Apply for the MSU Application Fee Waiver

• Complete the Application Fee Waiver Request Form
  • Application fee waivers are not need-based; anyone can submit a request.
  • Application fee waivers do not cover application fees required by SOPHAS.
  • Please do not pay the application fee upon submission of your application if you are applying for a fee waiver
  • Paid application fees cannot be refunded
  • Waivers will be approved after the application process is complete

6. Finish: Submit the MSU Supplemental Application

• If applying for an application fee waiver:
  • Click "Finalize application and pay" and close out browser when prompted for payment
  • DO NOT PAY

Questions?

• Application Questions
  
  • Melissa Meier, MPH Admissions Counselor

• Issues with SOPHAS
  
  • SOPHAS Customer Service
  • SOPHAS FAQs

• General Questions
  
  • Keosha Corder, Recruitment and Practicum Coordinator
  • Book a prospective student appointment