New PhD Student Checklist

  1. Accepting the offer of Admission

    • You will receive your offer of admission by email. 
    • Accept your offer of admission by completing and returning the School of Graduate Studies Confirmation Form by uploading the form to your application. 
    • We will email you to confirm receipt. If you run into problems uploading the form or if you have questions, please reach out to us (connect.nursing@utoronto.ca).

  2. Clearing admission conditions

    • If your offer of admission has conditions, these will be outlined in your offer letter. 
    • You are required to clear all conditions by the date indicated on your offer of admission letter. Failure to clear outstanding conditions may jeopardize your entry to the PhD Program. 
    • Typically conditions will require that you submit a document (e.g. final transcript, letter, diploma) to show that you have fulfilled the condition.

    Please submit documents to:

    PhD Admissions
    Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
    155 College Street
    Toronto, ON, M5T 1P8.

    We will email you to confirm receipt of documents and to indicate the condition has been cleared.

  3. ACORN – Your Student Account System

    • If your offer of admission has conditions, these will be outlined in your offer letter. 
    • You are required to clear all conditions by the date indicated on your offer of admission letter. Failure to clear outstanding conditions may jeopardize your entry to the PhD Program. 
    • Typically conditions will require that you submit a document (e.g. final transcript, letter, diploma) to show that you have fulfilled the condition.

    Take some time to explore ACORN. ACORN is where you will do many important things including enrol in courses, monitor your student financial account, print your tuition invoice, and obtain tax documents.

  4. Get your TCard, UofT email and UTORid

    • Your TCard is your University of Toronto student card and is your key to many services and activities at the University and off-campus. 
    • Once you have obtained your TCard, you will be able to set-up your UofT email account and you will be assigned a UTORid.
    • Visit the TCard Office for more information.

  5. Fees, Registration, and Enrolment

    • A breakdown of your tuition and supplementary fees for the coming year is typically posted in ACORN in mid to late July. 
    • You can login to ACORN to monitor your student account and to print out your tuition invoice, once it is available.
    • You are considered registered as soon as you have paid tuition and incidental fees or have requested to register without payment (i.e. fee deferral). 
    • For information on registering without payment (i.e. fee deferral), visit the Graduate Fees section of the SGS website.

    Full details on enrolling in courses will be emailed to all students by the Registrar.

  6. Paying your tuition

  7. Orientations

    • The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) holds an orientation session during the first week of September. SGS will email you with full details over the summer.
    • Bloomberg Nursing hosts a welcome luncheon typically on the first Monday of the academic year for all newly admitted PhD students. Full details will be emailed to new students over the summer.
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