SPECIAL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: MADIGAN

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Madigan Army Medical Center residents complete all MPH coursework during their first four quarters (Summer - Spring) and spend their second year at MAMC performing thesis research and clinical practice.

Commonly, Madigan residents will apply to a number of programs in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Note that every department you wish to apply to must receive their own UW Application for Graduate Study, including the fee.



Deadline: January 1, 2009

Step 1: Review Program Prerequisites
Before submitting an application, please review the admission prerequisites for the MPH program. Please disregard the section regarding additional requirements for applicants to the UW OEM residency program. An applicant with exceptionally strong qualifications, but who does not meet all of the prerequisites, may still be considered for admission.

Step 2: Prepare and Submit Application Materials
Apply with the UW Application for Graduate Study. Choose "summer quarter" and the program the "Environmental and Occupational Health Sci - Occ and Env Medicine (MPH)".

  • Application Fee: A $50 application fee is required when submitting the online Application for Admission to the Graduate School. A limited number of need-based application fee waivers are available for U.S. citizens, Permanent Residents and Immigrants only.
  • Supplemental Application Form. This application includes questions not present on the UW application. It exists as a link within the application.
  • One set of transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions you have attended (including community colleges).

    We accept unofficial transcripts for the review process, which may be uploaded into the UW Graduate School Application. If your school does not provide unofficial transcripts, officials must be submitted to the department at:

    University of Washington
    Environmental & Occupational Health Graduate Program Office
    Box 357234
    Seattle, WA 98195-7234

    If you are accepted and enroll, you must submit official transcripts showing conferred degrees to the Graduate Admissions Office before arriving. Ask the Registrar of each institution you have attended to mail copies directly to Graduate Admissions:

    University of Washington
    Office of Graduate Admissions
    PO Box 84808
    Room 301, Loew Hall
    Seattle, WA 98124-6108

    Transcripts are not considered official if the Registrar's seal is broken or tampered with.
  • A narrative goal statement (1-2 typed pages) describing background information you feel is pertinent.

    Your statement is your voice and your introduction to the Admissions Committee. A well written goal statement should convey your reasons for pursuing graduate work in environmental and occupational health sciences, why you feel passionate about the discipline, any particular area of research interests, faculty you would like to work with, and why you want to come to the University of Washington. Spend time writing this statement and make sure that it conveys who you are and what you want. You don’t need to know exactly which researcher you wish to work with or what project you wish to work on, but your statement should convey that you have some interests, ideas and goals and have thought about how our program can help you fulfill them.

    A poorly written statement can convey that the applicant doesn't understand what environmental and occupational health is or has confused it with another discipline (e.g., thinks it’s ecology or environmental sciences). It also indicates that the applicant has not spent time researching our department or faculty. The statement may read like a generic statement that has been used for several graduate school applications in different disciplines or at different universities.

    We welcome applicants from culturally diverse backgrounds; if you wish, you may include information concerning cultural and educational opportunities (or lack thereof), social and economic disadvantages that you may have had to overcome, and the ways in which these experiences affected you.
  • Three letters of reference from people familiar with your academic goals and potential for achieving those goals. There is no form for letters of recommendation, but the letters should discuss your potential for successfully completing your chosen program. Once you name them within SOPHAS or the UW Graduate School Application system, your recommenders will be sent detailed instructions for submitting their letter online via email. Note that many email accounts filter out messages from computer systems such as these. Encourage your recommenders to monitor their spam inbox as to not miss the instructions for letter submission.
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae

Step 3: Mail Required Documents to the Department
Few documents must be sent via postal mail to:
University of Washington
Environmental & Occupational Health Graduate Program Office
Box 357234
Seattle, WA 98195-7234

  • Online application summary printout, with signature
  • Transcripts, if you are unable to supply unofficial copies within the online application