Public Health Graduate Program Application

Apply to Our Master of Public Health (MPH) Program

A comprehensive Master of Public Health program application should capture not just academic credentials, but also the real-world experience, research interests, and commitment to improving population health that makes candidates stand out. This Public Health Graduate Program Application template is designed specifically for universities, colleges, and public health schools seeking to streamline their MPH admissions process while gathering the detailed information needed to evaluate applicants holistically.

Why This MPH Application Template Works

Public health programs attract diverse candidates—from recent graduates to mid-career professionals seeking to pivot into health policy, epidemiology, global health, or community health practice. This application form is built to accommodate that diversity by collecting:

• Concentration selection across all major MPH tracks (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Policy & Management, Environmental Health, Global Health, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Community Health)
• Field experience documentation that goes beyond a resume to capture the nature, impact, and learnings from previous public health work
• Global health interests including countries, populations, and health issues candidates are passionate about
• Capstone proposal outlines that help admissions committees assess research readiness and alignment with program strengths

By gathering this information upfront, admissions teams can more efficiently review applications, identify strong fits for specific concentrations, and match applicants with appropriate advisors and research opportunities.

Built for Public Health Schools and Graduate Admissions Teams

Whether you're managing admissions for a large school of public health, a specialized MPH program within a medical school, or a public health department at a liberal arts college, Paperform makes it easy to create an application experience that reflects your program's values and rigor.

The document-style editor lets you weave in your program's mission, concentration descriptions, faculty highlights, and compelling imagery—turning what could be a sterile form into an engaging landing page that reinforces why candidates should choose your program. You can embed videos from program directors, showcase student testimonials, and link to concentration-specific pages, all within the application itself.

Conditional logic ensures applicants only see questions relevant to their chosen concentration or career stage. For example, if someone selects "Global Health" as their concentration, you can show follow-up questions about language proficiency, international experience, and specific regions of interest. If they're a working professional, you can ask about current employment and how the program fits their career goals.

Streamline Review with Integrations and Automation

Once applications are submitted, you need them flowing into your existing admissions workflow—not sitting in a disconnected tool. This template integrates seamlessly with the platforms higher education institutions already use:

• Google Sheets or Airtable for quick collaborative review and scoring
• Slate, Salesforce Education Cloud, or other admissions CRMs to keep all applicant data centralized
• Slack or email notifications so admissions committee members are alerted immediately when priority applications arrive
• Stepper workflows (stepper.io) to automate the post-submission journey—send confirmation emails with next steps, trigger transcript requests, schedule interviews for highly qualified candidates, and update application status in real time

With Papersign (papersign.com), you can even collect eSignatures on enrollment agreements, FERPA waivers, or program commitment forms after acceptance, keeping the entire admissions-to-enrollment pipeline connected.

AI-Powered Insights for Admissions Decisions

Reviewing dozens or hundreds of MPH applications means reading through extensive personal statements, capstone proposals, and field experience narratives. Paperform's AI Insights can help your admissions team quickly summarize:

• Common themes across applicant motivations and career goals
• Geographic and topical diversity in global health interests
• Trends in field experience backgrounds (clinical vs. policy vs. community-based)
• Emerging research areas candidates want to explore in capstone projects

This doesn't replace the nuanced judgment of admissions committees, but it speeds up the initial screening process and helps identify patterns that inform cohort composition and program planning.

Flexible for Any MPH Program Model

Whether your program is full-time residential, part-time evening, online, or hybrid, this template adapts to your needs. You can add questions about:

• Modality preferences and scheduling constraints
• Funding expectations (assistantships, scholarships, self-funded)
• Visa status and international student support needs
• Prior coursework in biostatistics, epidemiology, or social sciences
• GRE scores (or test-optional statements if applicable)

And because Paperform supports multi-page layouts and Guided Mode, you can present the application in whatever format best serves your applicants—whether that's a traditional section-by-section form or a conversational one-question-at-a-time experience that feels less overwhelming.

Trusted by Higher Education Institutions

Paperform is used by universities and graduate programs worldwide to manage applications, course registrations, event signups, and student services requests. With SOC 2 Type II compliance, data residency controls, and robust security, it meets the standards higher education institutions expect. Role-based permissions ensure that faculty reviewers, admissions staff, and program coordinators see only what they need to see.

Start Accepting Better MPH Applications Today

This Public Health Graduate Program Application template gives you everything you need to launch a professional, mobile-friendly, on-brand application experience. Customize the questions to match your program's specific concentrations and priorities, connect it to your admissions stack, and start making data-driven decisions faster.

Paperform's generous free plan lets you test the template and workflows before upgrading, and all paid plans include unlimited forms—so you can use the same platform for other admissions processes, internal forms, and student-facing services.

Ready to modernize your MPH admissions? Get started with this template and see how Paperform helps higher education teams work smarter, not harder.