will the university contact my recommenders?

[silex7]

Hi, I am applying for a Grad. program abroad, I got my two letters of recommendations, one of them is Academic and the other from my workplace, and both of them left their contact details like; email addresses, tel..etc. I want to know if the university i am applying for would contact my recommenders for any cause?

 

or do they just value the contents of letters and the level of recommenders ?

 

Thank you for help in advance,

Edited November 24, 2014 by silex7

[peachypie]

They may.  I do not believe that any of my recommenders were contacted but one of my classmates had one of her recommenders contacted since they had a few questions before making their final decision.  Not sure if it matters based on masters or PhD but you can anticipate that if they have some questions they'd like answered they may contact them.  Highly unlikely though, and it sounds like it is more of a case by case basis. 

[silex7]

Thank you so much for your reply!