Management Ph.D. Application and Admission
Application deadlines
To be considered for Fall semester, all materials must be received by February 1.
Application procedure
The Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management) program is governed by University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno Graduate School requirements. All material should be submitted online through the Graduate School.
Applicants should submit the following:
- All required application materials as required by the Graduate School admissions requirements, including official transcripts from all previous educational institutions and GRE or GMAT scores. Applicants already possessing a Ph.D. are waived from the GRE or GMAT requirement.
- Three letters of recommendation from people familiar with the applicant's academic record and potential for doctoral work in management.
- Optional: Prospective students may elect to submit resumes and short examples of written work (articles published and/or working papers).
Candidates seeking assistantships should indicate their preference for teaching versus research assistantships in the University's application for graduate school admission.
Admission criteria
Students are admitted based upon a holistic review of prior degrees, grade point averages, test scores (GMAT or GRE), and most importantly passion for research and alignment with faculty research streams. Prospective applicants are encouraged to review faculty publications and to discuss potential areas of interest/overlap in applicant letter of intent. Competition for graduate assistantships is high and successful applicants will have above average scores.
FAQ's
Average undergraduate GPA:
- 2021 - 3.54
- 2022 - 3.8
- 2023 – 3.54
- 2024 – 3.0
Average graduate GPA:
- 2021 - 3.78
- 2022 - 3.85
- 2023 – 3.72
- 2024 – 3.4
Average GMAT/GRE Verbal and Quant percentiles of admitted students:
- 2021 - 75%/45%
- 2022 - 86%/70%
- 2023 – 31%/77%
- 2024 – 65%/73%
Applicants each year:
- 2021 - 44
- 2022 - 28
- 2023 - 19
- 2024 - 21
Students admitted:
- 2021 - 2
- 2022 - 5
- 2023 - 4
- 2024 - 2
Graduate assistantships awarded:
- 2021 - 2
- 2022 - 3
- 2023 - 2
- 2024 - 2
Number of countries represented:
- 2021 - 2
- 2022 - 3
- 2023 – 3
- 2024 - 2
Gender distribution:
- 2021 - 0% males/100% females
- 2022 - 80% males/20% females
- 2023 - 50% males/50% females
- 2024 - 50% males/50% females
International students
The TOEFL is required of international students: minimum score of 550 (paper), or 65 (Internet-based version), or 6.5 on the IELTS (must be academic version) test. International students must fulfill all University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno Graduate School requirements.
For international student information, please consult the Office of International Students and Scholars.