Admission Requirements
The admissions objective of The Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy is to identify and recruit well qualified candidates who are committed to pursuing careers in healthcare or health-related fields; and to foster a well-balanced, interdisciplinary GPHAP student body.
GPHAP is a certificate program, which operates in conjunction with the graduate master's programs of the participating University of Chicago graduate schools: School of Social Service Administration (SSA), Graduate School of Business (GSB), or the Harris School of Public Policy Studies (HPPA).
GPHAP candidates must:
1. Be accepted as a first-year student at one of the aforementioned participating schools (one can apply to GPHAP concurrently while applying to the graduate school of choice).
2. Have previous experience in a health-care field or an expressed commitment to pursue a career in health care.
3. The ability to meet academic, co-curricular and field experience requirements.
Admission Process
Complete applications must be submitted to the GPHAP Program Director by July 15, 2008, either by email or regular mail. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis after the July 15th deadline, but only as space permits.
A complete application includes:
1. Completed application form, available here in [MSWORD] and [Adobe PDF] formats,
2. a resume or curriculum vita, and
3. a 2-3 page personal statement describing: a) past experience in the health-care field, b) areas of interest in health care, including future goals, and c) how GPHAP will help the applicant to achieve his or her goals.In addition, students who are interested can be considered for the Ray E. Brown Recruitment Fellowship. One fellowship for each of the participating schools is awarded each year. <<MORE>> Please note: application instructions for the Brown Recruitment Fellowship are attached to the GPHAP general application above.