- Fill in the on-line application carefully and completely. Make a checklist to keep track of items you still need to provide. In particular, fill in your citizenship and residence status correctly, as this affects potential tuition and fee charges, as well as funding considerations.
- A curriculum vitae should provide adequate information for the review committee. See Guidelines for the DISE Academic C.V., a PowerPoint Presentation, available at the DISE PhD website.
- A research statement is a 1000-word response to the four prompts listed on the required documents website. You may situate your research in the in the scholarly literature and as such, you should use a consistent, appropriate bibliographic format such as APA. Although of course your research will undergo changes, you should have a good idea of what the problem is that you are interested in researching, why it is relevant, why you are the right person to conduct this research, and why you should do this work in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.
- The research summary is a 200-word summary of your statement that will be distributed to prospective supervisors. It should succinctly summarize your research goals, your relevant experience, and why you wish to do this research in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education.
- Reference letters: two are sufficient. At least one should be academically oriented; the other can be academic or employment-based.
- Deadlines are to be respected. It can take quite a while to receive transcripts from some universities, to take necessary language tests, to arrange for reference letters – make sure you start enough ahead of time to allow for these.
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