Admission Requirements

An official and competitive GMAT or GRE score, no more than five years old by date of application (there is no exception to this requirement, except for those individuals who have a doctoral degree, such as a PhD, MD, Juris Doctor, etc.).

• There is no waiver of GMAT or GRE for applicants who have earned other Masters degrees.
• The school’s current admitted average GMAT score is 600. Please review the list of GMAT Program Codes.
• The average admitted GRE score is 320 (1240 based on the old scoring system). Our GRE School Code is R6897.

Local applicants must submit official transcripts from all U.S. based colleges and universities attended including any graduate program in which the applicant was enrolled are required for admission. These transcripts must be certified, signed or stamped official by the university’s Registrar Office. Transcripts must be mailed to the Office of Admission and Enrollment Services at the address below or may be transferred electronically between the institutions and UT Dallas.

International applicants and U.S. citizen and permanent resident applicants with an international degree can submit a copy of their diploma, certificates and transcripts for review and admission, at least one of these academic documents must show conferral of a degree. (For a list of examples of academic documents needed, please click here).

Once the applicant has been officially admitted, they will have one academic semester to have an official or attested copy of their diploma, transcripts etc. sent directly from their college or university overseas to the Office of Admission and Enrollment Services. There is no exception to this requirement. Please see the address below.

The applicants GPA from their last 60 credit hours will be used as a part of the admission committee’s review for competitiveness for admission. Currently, the average admitted GPA is a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.

For all international applicants, an official English proficiency exam score, no more than two years old from the date of application, from one of three testing services is required. We accept the TOEFL (minimum 80 IBT), IELTS (minimum 6.5), and the Pearson Test of English (PTE, minimum 67). Our institutional TOEFL code is 6897.

There are only two waivers of this requirement for international applicants:

• International applicants who have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a college or university in the United States is waived from submitting the English proficiency score.

• International applicants that are from a country whose official governmental language is English AND whose education has been entirely in English. Please see the list of countries whose citizens meet the waiver criteria for English proficiency.

A detailed resume of all work history. This may be submitted with the online application, or you can submit a hard copy by mail, email, or fax at the address below. For admission to the MS degrees or the PMBA, we do not require work experience.

Three letters of recommendation from current or past employers, community leaders, current or former professors, etc. are required. Applicants are also welcome to use more than one individual from a workplace or organization.

Letters of recommendation may be submitted through the online letter of recommendation system in the online application, or you can submit a hard copy by mail, email, or fax at the address below. We do not require a specific recommendation form or format, however, you can use the format that is provided by the admission office.

A one page, double spaced, typed essay outlining the applicant’s academic interests and goals. This may be submitted with the online application, or you can submit a hard copy by mail, email, or fax at the address below.

If not electronically submitted with your application or mailed in with your transcripts, please email your letters of recommendation, resume, and/or personal statement to som-grad@utdallas.edu. Please include your application ID with your email.