Requirements & Deadlines

Your personal information includes contact information, citizenship, areas of interest and affiliations.

We expect most resumes to be one page (two pages maximum). Please include educational and employment history with titles and dates, in reverse chronological order.

We require transcripts of all academic work completed at the baccalaureate/undergraduate and graduate level. Unofficial transcripts may be uploaded to the online application for the purposes of application review, with official transcripts required upon admission and matriculation.

International candidates must have a college-level education equivalent to an American undergraduate or baccalaureate degree (the same as a first university degree). Generally this is a four-year degree. There are a number of universities around the world that offer three-year undergraduate programs. If you received a bachelor’s degree upon completion of one of these three-year undergraduate programs, you are eligible to apply to our program.

International applicants must submit copies of your academic record and the diploma, degree certificate or other document indicating the date and conferral of your degree. If the original language of the academic record and diploma is not English, you must submit a certified literal (not interpretive) English translation with the original document. If a certified copy of the original transcript is submitted, it must be certified by the institution from which the degree was received.

We require the GMAT or GRE from all applicants. Our school code for GMAT D40-HL-72 and GRE is 5046.

TOEFL, IELTS or PTE Academic is required if English is not your native language. Our school code for these tests is 5816. Applicants don’t need to submit a TOEFL, IELTS or PTE score if:

• They earned an undergraduate or graduate degree at a U.S. college or university.
• Their total education was conducted in English in a native English-speaking country.
• They earned an undergraduate degree or graduate degree from a university in India. We will request test scores from some Indian candidates as needed.

Applicants should self-report test scores on their application. Official scores are not required until after admission to the full-time MBA program. Our application processing team will attach your official scores during processing. Please disregard any “awaiting score report” warnings on your Application Checklist. If your official test scores are missing after you are admitted to the program, we’ll contact you via email.

Required Essay 1

Please respond to the questions below that will assist us in learning more about you (Required, 500 words):

• Tell us what your immediate career goals are and how you will benefit personally and professionally from earning an MBA at Kenan-Flagler Business School.
• As the business world continues to evolve, circumstances can change and guide you in a different direction. Should your goals that you provided above not transpire, what other opportunities would you explore?

Required Essay 2

Please select one topic below and respond to the prompt. (250 words)

• Topic 1: What is one thing that we do not know about you that you want us to know?
• Topic 2: Provide us an example of a time you were able to be creative with your work. What was exciting or difficult about it? Did you achieve the results you were looking for?
• Topic 3: Tell us about a time when you felt or witnessed someone being marginalized. How did you feel? What did you take away from the experience and how has it encouraged you to be an inclusive leader?

Optional Essay

Is there any additional information not presented elsewhere in your application that you would like the admissions committee to consider? (Optional, 150 words) Optional areas to address include:

• If you have not had coursework in the core business subjects (calculus, microeconomics, statistics, financial accounting), how will you prepare yourself?
• Inconsistent academics, gaps in work, or low standardized test scores
• Choice of recommenders

Optional Re-Applicant Essay

We appreciate your continued interest in UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The admissions committee requires a complete application in addition to a brief essay about how your application differentiates from when you applied last time. Please include new information pertaining to your application such as new test scores, recent promotion or other areas that demonstrate how you have strengthened your candidacy. (100 words)

The Admissions Committee requires two professional recommendations, preferably from supervisors. You will designate your recommenders within the application, which triggers an e-mail directly to the recommender with specific instructions and a link to the recommendation form. We use the Common Letter of Recommendation developed by GMAC to save you and your recommenders time and effort.

Recommendations are due on the same date as your application. It’s your responsibility to notify your chosen recommenders of this deadline. We offer a 10-business-day grace period past the deadline to receive recommendations, but this will delay the processing of your application.

To be admitted to the MBA Program, you must complete an admissions interview.

UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Full-time MBA Program offers two opportunities for interviews. During the Campus Open Interview Season, you can self-register for an interview to occur between September 16, 2019 and October 31, 2019.

You are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the Campus Open Interview Season since this is the only way to guarantee an interview. On-campus interviews can be combined with our Campus Visit Program — an excellent way to learn about UNC Kenan-Flagler and MBA Program. Learn more about registration for on-campus interviews and visits.

If you do not interview during this time, you will be considered for an interview after your application has been submitted, during our Invitation-Only Interview Season (starting November 1, 2019). To be admitted to the MBA Program, you must complete an admissions interview.

If you believe you qualify for in-state residency for tuition purposes, please review the Residency Information page for detailed information. The online MBA application includes preliminary residency questions. If a classification cannot be made based on the information within the application, you’ll be prompted to submit an additional residency form. Supporting documentation is required and should be e-mailed to Allison_Wooten@kenan-flagler.unc.edu (you may send your documentation prior to submitting the application).

The $150 nonrefundable fee can be paid by credit card. You may qualify for an application fee waiver if you are on active duty with the U.S. military or a veteran; are an active participant in Peace Corps, AmeriCorps or Teach for America.

Fee waivers are dependent on responses you provide in your application and will be applied when you submit your application. Supporting documentation may be required for a fee waiver. There are no refunds for application fees already paid.