Admissions

 

The Ross School of Business Global MBA Program is a challenging academic program and admission is selective. Corporate Sponsorship Applicants to the program must be corporate sponsored. Companies interested in sponsoring employees in the program must submit a Corporate Sponsorship Application prior to or along with their nominee's individual admission application.   Application Submission Nominated candidates must submit admission applications individually. The individual admission application is available at the downloads section of our program website. After a thorough review of the candidacy of the applicant, judged through the application materials and a personal interview, the sponsor company and the candidate will be notified of the admission decision.   Application Requirements Applicants must have completed the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor's degree. Applicants must also take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) if the applicant's native language is not English, including the writing test. The TOEFL may be waived if the applicant earned a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or if the applicant has two or more years of full-time US work experience where communication is exclusively in English in the past five years. In lieu of the TOEFL, the school may offer the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) to evaluate English proficiency.   Admission Criteria Each applicant's candidacy is assessed through the application documents, essays, résumé and work experience, recommendation letters, interview, and test scores.

Global MBA Class of 2010 Application Schedule   Early Admission Application received:   March 1 - September 30, 2008 Interview:    Within two weeks of application submission Decision notification:   Within two weeks of the interview The Admissions Committee will make an early admission decision for applicants whose sponsoring company requests a decision earlier than the regular admission schedule. Applicants must score 600 or higher on the GMAT and 100 or higher on the TOEFL internet-based test (250 on the CBT and 600 on the PBT) for early admission consideration.    A phone interview will be arranged for applicants who have submitted all admission requirements including test score reports. The total number of early admissions may not exceed 30 percent of the available seats.   Regular Admission     - Standard Admission Application due:   November 14, 2008 Interview:   December 1 – 12, 2008 Decision notification:   Beginning December 19, 2008 Up to 80% of the students will be admitted through the standard admission round. Interviews will be arranged by the school and are typically conducted face to face. Applicants who fail to submit all admission requirements including test score reports by November 16 will be automatically moved to the extended admission round.   - Extended Admission Application due:   December 18, 2008 Interview:   December 3 – 24, 2008 Decision notification:   Beginning January 7, 2009 Applicants applying in extended admission round will be considered for the remainder of the seats. Interviews will be conducted primarily by phone and will only be arranged once all application requirements are met.