MS Marketing at University of Illinois Chicago

Programme overview

The MS in Marketing is a coursework-only master's programme of 32 semester hours (16 required, 16 elective) delivered through the Liautaud Graduate School of Business, with Digital Marketing and Customer-Focused Marketing concentrations.

Faculty: College of Business Administration | Department: Department of Marketing | Duration: 32 semester hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Required courses are Introduction to Marketing, Marketing Management, Marketing Analytics and Marketing Research I; four electives may form a concentration in Digital Marketing or Customer-Focused Marketing.

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Entry requirements

Programme: bachelor's degree in any field; at least 3.00/4.00 for the final 60 semester hours; GMAT, GRE or EA not required but optional; two letters of recommendation; personal statement; resume. University of Illinois students or alumni within three years with a 3.25 GPA are guaranteed admission if other requirements are met. Deadline is the Graduate College deadline. International applicants: minimum English scores TOEFL iBT 80 (reading 19, listening 17, speaking 20, writing 21) for exams before 21 Jan 2026 or 4.5 overall on the new scale, IELTS Academic 6.5 (6.0 each section), PTE Academic 54, Duolingo 130.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both. Applications are made through the UIC graduate application or a centralized application service for some professional programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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