Master of Physician Assistant Studies Admission Requirements

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Admission Requirements for All Applicants

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. In addition, the MPAS Program has the following admission requirements:

Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Resident Legal Status required
A four-year bachelor’s degree from a recognized university with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. Candidates may apply in their final year of their four-year university degree, provided they have completed the prerequisite course requirements and provide proof of completion of the degree requirement no later than June 30 of the application year.
The prerequisite course requirements are that you successfully complete: min 0.5 FCE in human anatomy and min 0.5 FCE in human physiology.
Minimum of 350 hours of prior health care experience (PHCE). All forms of PHCE are considered toward the minimum requirement and can be obtained through employment, clinical placements as part of health care educational programs, or as a volunteer. Applicants are expected to provide information on up to two healthcare experiences.

For all admissions related inquiries, please contact the Admissions Department at admissions.pa@utoronto.ca

Supplemental Application

Part A: Please answer all related questions in the ‘Additional Information’ section in GradApp.

Part B: Applicants will receive a Kira Talent link invitation via email to do an Online Written Assessment once they have paid the supplemental application fee. This is Part B of their Supplemental Application. For more details please refer to Step 4 in Admissions Step page.

Please note: Your supplemental application must be an original piece of work. The Program will perform random checks of applicants' supplemental application for detection of possible plagiarism. Applicants will not be informed that their application has been submitted for comparison. Applications submitted will be included as source documents in the reference database, where they will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. To read more about academic integrity at the University of Toronto, please visit https://www.academicintegrity.utoronto.ca/

If you do not consent to your application being submitted please contact us by email at admissions.pa@utoronto.ca by January 31, 2027 (by 11:59 PM EST) to indicate this preference.

Letters of Reference

Three letters of reference are need to complete the application.

Referees must be professionals who have known the applicant for a minimum of 3 months; at least one must have been in a supervisory capacity in a professional setting with the applicant, and one must have knowledge of the applicant’s prior healthcare experience.

English Language Proficiency

Applicants whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English must demonstrate proficiency in the English language through the successful completion of one of the following English language proficiency tests:

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL):

a minimum score of 600 on the paper-based test and 5 on the Test of Written English (TWE); or
a minimum score of 100 on the Internet-based test and 25 on the writing and speaking sections.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS):

minimum overall score of 7.5 with at least 6.5 in each component.

Certificate of Proficiency in English (COPE):

a minimum total of 86 with a minimum writing score of 32, reading score of 22, and listening score of 22.
Test of Oral Proficiency assessment band = 7