Letters of Recommendation

Note for Applicants 

Two (2) letters of recommendation are required as part of your application. One of the letters needs to be from a Professor/Instructor.

Recommendations should be completed by individuals who can speak to your academic ability, professional experience, leadership potential, work ethic, and/or readiness for graduate study.

Appropriate recommenders include:

  • Professors or instructors
  • Current or former supervisors or employers Academic advisors
  • Mentors or professional colleagues

Letters from family members, friends, or personal acquaintances are not accepted.

After you submit your application, your recommenders will automatically receive an email with instructions and a link to complete a brief online recommendation form. Please notify your recommenders in advance that they will receive this email from the CSUN MPH Program and ask them to check their Spam/Junk folder if they do not receive it. We also encourage you to follow up with your recommenders to ensure their recommendations are submitted by the application deadline.

Submitting Letters of Recommendation - This is information for recommenders 

The letter upload emails/collection forms are only for applications to the CSUN Master of Public Health Program and can receive letters of recommendation for students applying for an (recommenders need to know what concentration they are recommending for because there are separate links):

  • MPH in Community Health Education
  • MPH in Applied Epidemiology

Only recommenders are allowed to submit letters of recommendation. The recommender must provide an institutional or organizational email not a personal email. This may be used to confirm the validity of the letters of recommendation. Applicants will NOT receive a copy of the letters of recommendation or any scoring data from the recommenders.

You will need:

  • The applicants first and last name
  • Information about yourself
  • Information about how long you have known the applicant and in what capacity
  • A letter of recommendation in PDF form on letterhead (See guide below)
  • To submit to the link at the base of this page

Please note: a copy of your letter or your evaluation will NOT be provided to the applicant. 

  1. Must be specific to the MPH program at CSUN (addressed to the MPH Admissions Committee)
  2. Written on official department or institutional letterhead
  3. Answer the following questions:
    1. How long and in what capacity do you know the applicant?
    2. Based on your interactions with the applicant, what are your personal impressions of his/her intellectual capacity, character, professional skills, and ability to do academically succeed and advance their career?
    3. Provide concrete example(s) 
  4. Submitted directly to the link provided below

Please title the file with the "StudentLastName" "StudentFirstName" "Recommendation" "YourLastName"

Example: SmithJohnRecommendationRogers.PDF

Ready to submit?

Recommenders will receive an email when the students applies and provides your email. If you have not received an email and you believe that you should have please email mph@csun.edu or hsci@csun.edu and we will check back.