The Anderson Graduate School of Management

APPLICATION DEADLINES

• Apply early. The class may become filled over time, as students are notified of their admission on a continuous basis throughout each deadline period.
• Fellowships are offered to highly qualified candidates until all available funds are allocated. Early admission gives you a better chance at receiving a fellowship over a later applicant.

For MBA Application Questions, please contact us by email at mba@ucr.edu or by telephone at (951) 827-6200

APPLICATION FORM

Information and Forms for Graduate Admissions

HOW TO APPLY

All students must apply electronically. However, please read the following instructions and the "application requirements" section first. When you choose to apply, you will leave the MBA web site and you will be automatically linked to our UC Riverside Graduate Division application web site.

In addition to the application forms required when filing an electronic application, you must also complete our "MBA Questionnaire/Teaching Assistantship Request" form and submit it electronically. Please send your official transcripts to the following address:

Graduate Advisor
A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521-0208

All applicants (domestic and international) must submit the following items:

• UCR graduate application form (electronic).
• A non-refundable MBA application fee by credit card.
• Personal Resume including your work experience history (please note that although work experience is encouraged, it is not required for MBA admission consideration).
• MBA Questionnaire/Teaching Assistantship form (pdf 64K).
• Applicant Statement of Purpose and Personal History Statement.
• Three letters of recommendation. These letters can be submitted electronically by your recommenders. If hard copies are submitted instead, please note that all individual letters must be signed and submitted on official company or university letterhead. Each of your letters must  received in separate sealed envelopes.
• Two sets of official transcripts for all college or university courses attended beyond high school (transcripts must be in the official sealed envelope issued from the University).
• Official GMAT score report (only the GMAT exam score is accepted for MBA admission consideration). When requesting that ETS send a copy of your official GMAT score to the University of California-Riverside, please use institution code: 346-VD-62.
• For GMAT test information, you may contact Educational Testing Services (ETS) by telephone: (609) 771-7330 (USA); e-mail: gmat@ets.org; or go to their web site: www.mba.com to apply electronically.
• Please note that International MBA applicants must provide financial verification in the amount of US $55,180.50 (this amount includes an additional professional fee of US $18,306 for the MBA Program only).
• International Applicants for the MBA program must submit the following financial form:  International Student Confidential Financial Statement with their MBA application materials.

• International applicants whose first language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). This exam is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and offered in nearly every country abroad. This exam must be taken within two years of the time you intend to enroll at UCR. 550 is the minimum acceptable score for the written TOEFL exam; 213 for the computer-based TOEFL exam; and 80 for iBT exam.
• For TOEFL test information, you may write to them at the Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6151, Princeton, NJ 08541-6151, (USA) telephone (609) 771-7100; by e-mail: toefl@ets.org; or by visiting their web site: www.toefl.org
• Permanent residents (non-US citizens) whose first language is not English and do not have an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited institution where English is the exclusive language of instruction, must submit a recent score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A minimum 550 score on the paper-based exam is required (minimum 213 for computer-based exam or minimum 80 for iBT exam).
• TOEFL exam score. To request that your scores be sent to the University of California-Riverside, use institution code 4839 and department code 02.

• For MBA Application Questions, please contact us by email at mba@ucr.edu or by telephone at (951) 827-6200