How to Apply
This page and the Common Application Questions page will provide you with the information you need to complete your MI application. If you have any questions after reviewing the website please contact SIM's Administrative Assistant (sim@dal.ca).
*Important notes regarding our admission process – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY*
- Currently staff are working mostly from home and are not on-campus every week. Therefore, we ask that ALL application documents be submitted electronically. We do not recommend mailing paper documents unless this is the only option. Please note that processing times will be slower for mailed/paper documents. Please refer to "Application Elements & Submission Instructions" below for specific instructions.
- All electronic documents must be sent to sim@dal.ca. Do not send application documents to the Registrar's Office, Graduate Studies, or other department. Tracking down these documents can waste a lot of staff time and potentially delay the processing of your application.
- Please be patient. Our email volume is high and it will likely take 5-7 business days for staff to respond and to update the online system. If you have contacted us multiple times and have not heard back, please check your email junk folder and ensure sim@dal.ca is marked as "safe" so that you don't miss our emails.
- Please email sim@dal.ca if you have any questions or concerns. COMMUNICATION IS KEY! Ultimately, it is up to you as the applicant to ensure documents are submitted properly AND to let us know if you are having issues. As long as you provide notice, we can usually be flexible. Do not wait for SIM staff to contact you to submit your items.
- Complete 2023 applications will not be sent to the Admissions Committee for review/decision until January 2023. It will likely be late January before we begin to send out decisions.
- Our office will be closed and staff unavailable from 4pm Dec 20th until 8am Jan 4th. There will be no correspondence or documents processed during that period.
Application deadlines
The MI program has a Fall (September) intake.
January 31 | International applications |
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March 1 | Scholarship consideration |
August 1 | Canadian applications *note: although we will accept Canadian applications up to August 1st, we recommend applying early and no later than April 1st, if possible* |
Mailing address for application elements:
School of Information Management
Dalhousie University
6100 University Avenue, Suite 4010
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Application Elements & Submission Instructions
After You Apply: Tracking Your Application
You can log into DalOnline (using the username and password you applied with) to see which application elements have been received. Questions about your application elements can be directed to the Administrative Assistant (sim@dal.ca).
Once your application is complete, it will be forwarded to the MI Admissions Committee for review.
Please note: incomplete applications will not be processed.
If you are accepted into the MI program, SIM will send you an informal offer via email, and a recommendation of acceptance to the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS). FGS reviews all recommendations. The formal acceptance letter will be sent from the University Registrar.