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Yes, all Jindal School undergraduates are required to complete at least one internship in order to graduate. An internship is a great way to learn additional skills and accumulate work experience.

There are two organizations offering professional certifications. The HR Certification Institute (HRCI) offers the Professional in Human Resources (PHR). It is available to candidates with a bachelor’s degree and two years of relevant experience. The Society for Human Resources (SHRM) offers the Certified Professional SHRM-CP. It is available to candidates with an HR-related degree and one year of experience OR to graduates of human resource management programs (during their senior year) recognized as being in alignment with SHRM’s curriculum guidelines. Because the Jindal School’s BS in HRM program has been recognized as being in alignment, our students can sit for the SHRM-CP exam during their senior year. To support this, the Jindal School offers as an elective the SHRM certification preparation course.

Both certifications are recognized within the profession as useful credentials. UT Dallas and the Jindal School have no preference for either and support students in their pursuit of one or both. The primary difference is that SHRM enables select students to take the exam while still in school, whereas HRCI does not.

HR professionals are expected to translate business strategies into people plans, ensuring the organization has the talent needed to execute the business strategy.

Additionally, HR professionals proactively interact with employees at all levels to understand their perspectives and ensure that their concerns are addressed in a fair and expeditious manner.

HR professional monitor the professional environment for new developments and trends in human resources that may affect the organization.

HR is responsible for ensuring that the organization is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations at local, state and federal levels.

HR professionals Lead efforts to acquire and develop talent in the organization, including recruiting, on-boarding, training and ongoing learning.

HR professionals develop performance measurement and total rewards systems that ensure employees are focused on priority activities and are appropriately rewarded for accomplishing those activities.

Lastly, HR is the principal change agent in the organization, leading and managing efforts to change and adapt to new threats and opportunities.

Human Resource Management (HRM) is the discipline that focuses on the people side of most organizations. HRM responsibilities include but are not limited to talent acquisition, learning and development, compensation and benefits, labor law, employment law, employee relations and change management.

Human Resources (HR) also is responsible for ensuring the organization is in compliance with applicable employment laws, labor laws and agreements.

Most notably, HR is responsible for ensuring that the organization assigns people in the precise numbers, with the required knowledge, skills and abilities needed. These assignments need to be closely correlated to execute the organization’s business strategy.

People are at the heart of every organization. Leaders confirm this, and share that HR is probably the most difficult area in the organization to get right. When HR gets it correct, the organization gains the opportunity to grow and prosper along with its employees, customers and communities.

The student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) at UT Dallas is a college-level affiliate of SHRM, a professional organization that serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the practice of human resource management. The SHRM at UT Dallas chapter is student managed and brings in HR professionals from the community to offer new insights into the practice of HR. SHRM at UT Dallas has been recognized for exemplary merit several times in the past few years. The SHRM at UT Dallas chapter supports mentoring programs with new career professionals, provides pro bono HR support to small organizations, and conducts fundraising events to support itself. Members of the SHRM at UT Dallas chapter attend SHRM Dallas chapter luncheons and attend SHRM national conventions.

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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.

Our GRE school code is R6897.

You have met the English proficiency requirement, and do not need to submit an English proficiency exam for admission, if:

Your native country’s primary language is English. View a list of countries that are excused from the English proficiency requirement through this page

or

Your bachelor’s or master’s degree (or its equivalent) was earned through instruction and examination in English

No. International applicants who have completed an undergraduate or graduate degree from a college or university in the United States are waived from the English proficiency requirement.

The applicant’s cumulative GPA 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.

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 for admission. These transcripts must be certified, signed or stamped official by the university’s Registrar Office.

International applicants and U.S. citizen and permanent resident applicants with an international degree must submit an official attested photocopy of academic documents such as a transcript, diploma, mark sheets, provisional degree certificate and or your final degree certificate, in a school sealed envelope with the school seal stamped on the back side of the envelope.

Overall, applicants must provide the following documents:

Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
Degree certificate if applicable (international students)
GMAT or GRE and TOEFL or IELTS scores from testing centers
One letter of recommendation (no specific format)
Personal objectives statement
Resume

Note: Resume, recommendation letters and personal objective statement, 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 JSOMGRAdvising@utdallas.edu. Please include your application ID with your email.

Yes, you may, once admitted and prior to enrollment you would need to provide official documents.

Fall Deadline: May 1
Spring Deadline: October 1
Summer Deadline: March 1

Late applications will be accepted up to the day prior to classes beginning https://www.utdallas.edu/academiccalendar/.

Yes, for available scholarships at Jindal school of management, please visit the scholarship page: http://jindal.utdallas.edu/student-resources/scholarships/

UT Dallas also provides scholarships. Please visit UT Dallas office of financial aid for more information: https://finaid.utdallas.edu/scholarships/

A GMAT/GRE score is not required, and students have the option to submit a test score if desired. A GRE/GMAT test score will only be used for admission purposes if one is provided by the applicant.

To indicate where the official GMAT score should be sent, please follow the list of GMAT program codes or, if submitting the GRE, use our GRE School Code, R6897. (No program code is needed.)

You may contact the JSOM office of scholarships via:
For undergraduate: jsom-ug-scholarship@utdallas.edu
For graduate scholarship: jsom-grad-scholarship@utdallas.edu

UT Dallas offers two different tuition plans. The variable tuition rate plan is based on a traditional plan that only locks tuition rates in for one academic year at a time. The rates on the variable tuition plan are subject to change each academic year.

The guaranteed tuition plan is a plan that locks tuition rates in for four consecutive years and protects the student against increases during those four years. This plan is designed to aid students and families in the budget and planning of college expenses.

All new incoming students will be automatically placed into the variable tuition rate plan, but will have the option to lock in their tuition rates for four consecutive years with the guaranteed tuition plan.

To make your tuition plan choice, please follow these instructions on this page https://www.utdallas.edu/finance/bursar/tuition/

Knowledge of calculus is required for the following graduate programs: MS in Business Analytics, MS in Energy Management, MS in Finance, MS in Management Science and MS in Supply Chain Management. Applicants who have not satisfied this requirement may take OPRE 6303 (Quantitative Foundations of Business).

You may contact the International Student Services for questions related to I20, international orientations and F-1 visa or other visa types.

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