Admissions

Application Deadlines

Applications are accepted for Fall, Spring, and Summer II terms during the following timeframes:

• Fall: March 16– Aug. 1Spring: Aug. 2– Jan. 1
• Summer II: March 16–June 1

APPLY ONLINE to this graduate program.

After you submit your application with your demographic information, you’ll receive a checklist of supplemental materials that will include the following.

• Official transcripts. Submit transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended. Electronic transcripts are preferred and can be sent to maub@temple.edu to the attention of Catherine Averill. Paper transcripts can be addressed to

Attn: Catherine Averill
Center for Urban Bioethics
3440 N. Broad St., Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19140

• Letters of recommendation. Submit two to three letters of recommendation from college or university faculty members familiar with your academic performance and/or from professional supervisors familiar with your professional experience, accomplishments and potential for success in a graduate program.
  • Students already matriculated into a graduate program at Temple University who are applying for a dual degree may
    • upon permission of their recommenders and their home school, use their home school letters of recommendation for the Urban Bioethics MA application; and
    • ask the Urban Bioethics program administrators to request a transcript from the home school.
• Baccalaureate degree. A baccalaureate degree is required for admission to the MA program, but the major studied for the undergraduate degree is not specified.
• Résumé or CV. A current résumé or CV is required.
• Statement of Goals. Submit a statement of goals that addresses how you see the MA in Urban Bioethics as integral to your current education and future career goals. We ask that you speak to your experience in one of the following competencies: community engagement, healthcare experience, research experience and/or interdisciplinary study.
• Standardized test scores. Submit your standardized test scores.

• GRE: This is optional for applicants graduating from traditional undergraduate programs. Note that applicants for the dual degree and those already holding an advanced degree are not required to submit GRE scores.
• Applicants who are foreign nationals and earned their baccalaureate degree from an institution where the language of instruction was other than English, with the exception of those who subsequently earned a master’s degree at a U.S. institution, must report scores for a standardized test of English that meet these minimums:
  • TOEFL iBT: 79
  • IELTS Academic: 6.5
  • PTE Academic: 53

Dual Degree Applicants

• MD/MA Applicants: After you have been admitted to the MD program by the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and have formally accepted your offer by matriculating into the program, you can submit your application to the MA here. Incoming M1 students are encouraged to apply by June 30, though later applications are considered.
   
• MA or PhD Philosophy/MA Applicants: Students must apply to both programs and indicate their interest in both degrees in their application. Programs make independent admissions decisions and students must be admitted by both programs. We follow the College of Liberal Arts calendar for dual degree applicants. You can submit your application to the MA in Urban Bioethics here.
   
• MA or PhD Sociology/MA Applicants: Students must apply to both programs and indicate their interest in both degrees in their application. Programs make independent admissions decisions and students must be admitted by both programs. We follow the College of Liberal Arts calendar for dual degree applicants. You can submit your application to the MA in Urban Bioethics here.
   
• DPT/MA Applicants: After you have been admitted to the DPT program and are at least in Spring semester of your first year, you can submit your application to the MA in Urban Bioethics here.

Instructions for Dual Degree Applicants

Shortly after you submit the application with your demographic information, a checklist of supplemental items will be created. You will need to upload:

• A statement of goals that addresses how you see the MA in Urban Bioethics as integral to your current education and future career goals. We ask that you speak to your experience in one of the following competencies: community engagement, healthcare experience, research experience, and/or interdisciplinary study.
• After you have submitted your statement of goals, email Catherine Averill with permission to request your official transcripts, letters of recommendation, and current résumé or CV from your primary program. If any of these items were not submitted as part of your application to your primary program, you will need to attach them to your MA in Urban Bioethics application.

A note for applicants who are foreign nationals: All foreign national applicants will see an automatic supplemental item prompting submission of a TOEFL or other English language score. If you attended an undergraduate institution where English was the language of instruction, this required item will be waived when your application is reviewed.

Certificate Applicants

Apply online to the Graduate Certificate in Urban Bioethics

Shortly after you submit the application with your demographic information, a checklist of supplemental items will be created. You will have the option to request 1 to 3 letters of recommendation, which you can request through the application system.

All certificate applicants are required to submit official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended. Electronic transcripts are preferred and can be sent to [click-for-email] to the attention of Catherine Averill.

Paper transcripts can be addressed to:

Attn: Catherine Averill
Center for Urban Bioethics
3500 N. Broad St., Suite 324 
Philadelphia, PA 19140

A note for applicants who are foreign nationals: All foreign national applicants will see an automatic supplemental item prompting submission of a TOEFL or other English language score. If you attended an undergraduate institution where English was the language of instruction, this required item will be waived when your application is reviewed.