How and when are decisions made?
In early- to mid-February, a committee consisting of several faculty members and a graduate student reads the application files and then meets to discuss them. The committee creates a list of its top candidates and invites those candidates to participate in our Graduate Visitors’ Day, which is usually held in late March. (Unfortunately, because of the expense involved in bringing applicants to campus we are unable to invite overseas applicants to Visitors’ Day.) Visitors’ Day allows our candidates to see the university and department at first hand, and to meet faculty members and graduate students. Please note that being invited to Visitors’ Day does not guarantee an applicant a place in our program, and that not being invited does not guarantee that an applicant will not obtain a place. Graduate recruitment is a fluid process and much can change before final decisions are taken. For example, the exact number of assistantships the department will have to allocate to the incoming cohort
