A minimum of two years of professional, full-time work experience is required for admission consideration. Military experience is also considered as professional work experience. Work experience raises the caliber of learning in the classroom through thoughtful and extensive team projects and discussions of real-world situations and solutions. A business background is not required as we have students from diverse professional backgrounds ranging from business to the sciences, engineering, non-profits, etc. Corporate recruiters prefer to see significant pre-MBA work experience when hiring for summer internships and post-MBA positions. We accept both the GMAT and GRE exams. We do not utilize cut-off scores. However, strong test scores are expected. Middle 50% GMAT scores typically are between 600 and 680, and the middle 50% of total GRE scores are between 307 and 315.

The University of Connecticut requires that all applicants to graduate programs hold a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from a regionally accredited college or university. We do not consider 3 year bachelor's degrees from India, Canada, or Australia to be equivalent to a US bachelor's degree. However, additional graduate level course work after earning a 3 year bachelor's degree may be considered for equivalency.

A minimum cumulative GPA (grade point average) of 3.0 on an applicant's four-year Bachelor's degree or the final two-year GPA is expected. A 3.0 or higher on any Master's level completed coursework or degree is expected. You may still apply if your GPA falls below the required minimum.

Receiving minimum scores of 79 (Internet-based test – iBT), 550 ( Old Paper-based test – PBT) or 22/30 on each of the Listening, Reading, and Writing sections (''New'' Paper-based test- PBT) or higher on the TOEFL test.
Receiving a minimum score of 6.5 or higher on the IELTS test.