DIVERSITY
Prerequisites | Application Instructions | Funding | Diversity | Nonmatriculated Admission
The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences recognizes the value of diversity within the student body and in the environmental and occupational health field.
We strive to provide an environment that encourages participation by students from a wide range of backgrounds. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our graduate program
applicant pool and admissions to our degree programs. The department welcomes students who have varied cultural experiences or educationally or economically disadvantaged
backgrounds. Diversity contributes to the intellectual and social enrichment of the department.
Information about how personal background factors including diversity or social and economic
disadvantages may be included in your application through an additional personal statement, or within your academic statement of purpose.
All regions of the country, including the Pacific Northwest, are becoming more diverse in racial and ethnic make-up. As the problem of environmental justice continues to grow, policy-makers
and the general public increasingly look to public health professionals to address these urgent and unacceptable circumstances. Because we are the only accredited school of public health west
of Minneapolis and north of Berkeley, it is particularly important for us to be up to the challenge.
Equal Opportunity
The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. For information or to request disability accommodation contact Disability Resources for Students at (206) 543-8924 (Voice), (206) 543-8925 (TTY), (206) 616-8379 (FAX), or e-mail at: uwdss@u.washington.edu.
The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran in accordance with University policy and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations.
