McCombs School of Business

Admissions Prerequisites & Requirements

In addition to the general requirements for admission as a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin, the following items must be addressed prior to your enrollment for classes:

Bachelor's Degree: Applicant must have the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. The Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees from India and Pakistan are three-year programs and are not considered equivalent to the U.S. bachelor's degree. If you hold one of these three-year degrees you are not eligible for admission to graduate school. Partial completion of the master’s program will not make you eligible for our graduate programs. To obtain further clarification of this equivalency requirement please contact GIAC directly by phone at (512) 475-7391 or fax (512) 475-7395.

Work Experience: Students are strongly encouraged to have at least two years of full-time work experience. Work experience is highly valued and desirable, but the admissions committee looks at each case on its merits with an eye to developing influential business leaders. Applicants with wide and varying backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

GMAT: Texas accepts either the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions) or the GRE (Graduate Record Examinations). All applicants are required to submit official GMAT or GRE scores from ETS. Texas has no minimum score, but test scores are an important component of each application. Candidates should address this application component aggressively. GMAT and GRE scores are valid for five years. You are encouraged to test early in your MBA application process so that if you do not perform as well as you would like, you have the ability to retake the exam prior to any deadlines. Applications are not considered complete -- and will not be evaluated for a final decision -- until official test scores have arrived at UT Austin. You may take the test as often as you wish. Texas will only consider your highest score -- the Texas MBA does not average scores. The admissions committee recommends that you go ahead and submit the online application even if you have not taken either test- you can take on a later date. This enables you to get into our system so that we may contact you with admissions updates.

The Texas MBA for Working Professionals GMAT code: 396-44-40.
The Texas MBA for Working Professionals GRE code: 6882.

English Language: Students whose native language is not English are required to demonstrate English language proficiency through acceptable TOEFL and GMAT (verbal) scores. (The TOEFL score is valid for two years from the exam date.) Applicants will be granted an automatic TOEFL waiver if they have earned an undergraduate degree in a country whose official language is English.

UT Austin TOEFL code: 6882

Interview Policy:

McCombs utilizes an invitation-only interview system. This means that the Admissions Committee will review applications and invite selected candidates to interview. The Program Office will contact applicants via email to set up the interview.

In order to determine whether or not an interview will be scheduled, the Texas MBA for Working Professionals Program Office must be in receipt of at least the following application items**:

  1. Online Application
  2. Resume
  3. Transcripts (a photocopy will suffice for interview scheduling, although the official copy will need to be received in order for an admissions decision to be made). Please email or fax unofficial transcript directly to the Texas MBA for Professionals Program office (see “Contacts” section below).
  4. GMAT or GRE Score (a photocopy of the unofficial GMAT score can suffice for interview scheduling, although the official copy will need to be received in order for an admissions decision to be made). Please email or fax unofficial score directly to the Texas MBA for Professionals Program office.

**Essays and recommendation letters can be sent on a later date, upon completion. Please note, only fully completed files, including all of the required items listed in this document, will be reviewed for admissions decision.