Business Administration - Specialization Business Analytics

You may apply for admission for the Fall, Spring or Summer semesters. Students admitted before the semester starts may take classes in either of the two eight-week terms (term A or term B) offered that semester. If you miss the semester deadline, you will be considered for admission in the following semester. Application deadlines are July 1 for the Fall semester, November 1 for the Spring semester, and April 1 for the Summer semester.

Bachelor\xc2\x92s degree, 3.0 GPA recommended

• Official transcripts are required for admission.

GMAT or GRE score

• A GMAT score of 600 is highly recommended. Alternatively, a comparable GRE score will be considered. Scores must be from the last five years.
• Applicants to the MBA program who hold a Ph.D., JD, MD or Pharm D, or are currently enrolled in medical school, do not have to submit a GMAT or GRE score. MBA applicants who have been admitted to the Nebraska College of Law do not have to submit a GMAT or GRE score.
• If you have 7 or more years of significant managerial, operational or decision making experience and an acceptable undergraduate GPA, you are not required to submit a GMAT score. You must, however, submit as a reference your current supervisor who can verify your work experience. Please include this person as one of your references in section 3 below. In the first part of your Personal Statement, you should include your request for the GMAT waiver based on your work experience. All GMAT waivers will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. To be considered for a GMAT waiver, candidates must start an application.
• If you choose to take the GMAT, please have your results forwarded to UNL (school code S40-HW-48). Once you take the exam, enter your unofficial scores into GAMES. GMAT scores more than five years old will not be accepted. Please visit the official GMAT website for more information and to register for the test.
• If you choose to take the GRE, please have your results forwarded to UNL (school code 6877). Once you take the exam, enter your unofficial scores into GAMES. GRE scores more than five years old will not be accepted. A comparison tool is available to see how your GRE scores compare to our recommended 600 GMAT. Please visit the official GRE website for more information and to register for the test.

Three reference names and contact information

• Three individual reference names are required when applying. All three contacts must be former or current supervisors or professors. The references will be contacted only if the committee deems it necessary. No recommendation letters are needed.

Personal Statement

• All applicants are required to submit a personal statement through GAMES. The statement is evaluated on content, sentence structure and grammar. The word limit is 750 words or less. It should include the following:
• Briefly describe your past professional experience and relevant skills.
• What would you contribute to our MBA program?
• What are some of your short and long term professional goals?
• How would a University of Nebraska\xc2\x96Lincoln MBA assist you in achieving your goals?

Professional Resume

• A professional resume should be submitted through GAMES. Please include the following: relevant work experience, skills and involvement and education.

TOEFL exam (required for international students)

• TOEFL score (minimum score of 550 written, 213 computer based or 80 iBT)
• Alternatively, international students may submit IELTS scores. A score of 6.5 is required.

Prerequisites for MBA program

• Statistics
• Calculus

International Applicant Requirement

• International applicants must score at least 550 (213 computer-based) or 80 iBT on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A score of 6.5 is required on the IELTS English proficiency test.