MBA Business Administration: Management Science and Quantitative Methods at University of Texas at Austin

Programme overview

Graduate study is offered in the following areas: accounting; business, government, and society; finance; information, risk, and operations management; management; marketing; and technology commercialization. Students in the full-time program may concentrate their coursework in one of these areas by choosing from among 22 available concentrations of elective coursework. This program is classified as STEM Designated Degree Programs by the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes of the 24-month STEM optional practical training extension.

Faculty: Red McCombs School of Business | Duration: 62 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Austin, TX, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 62 semester credit hours. The full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a two-year program taught in Austin. Students enter the program in the fall and graduate at the end of the second spring semester. At least 15 hours of coursework are required each semester. A one-hour career management course is required in the first semester.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate admission (applies to the programme): Several scheduling options are available to students seeking the MBA: full-time, executive, and evening programs in Austin; alternating weekend programs in Dallas and Houston. Admission decisions for all programs are based on the applicant’s academic and professional background, letters of recommendation, and other factors such as a pre-recorded or live interview. With the following exceptions, all applicants must submit a valid score from the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Executive Assessment (EA) or the Graduate Records Examination General Exam (GRE). The admissions committee may consider waiving the GMAT/GRE/EA requirement for MBA programs when one of the following conditions is met: a general merit-based test waiver is approved prior to application submission.

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 entry terms are summer and fall; each graduate program sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application fees: $65 for U.S. graduate applicants and $90 for international graduate applicants; MBA (and dual programs with MBA) $200; MPA $125. Each graduate program sets its own application deadline. Fee waivers are available only to U.S. citizens/permanent residents applying for a first graduate degree (not MBA or MPA).

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/admissions/apply

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