MBA Admissions
How to Apply
Thank you for applying to the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. We use a self-managed application process. To avoid processing delays, you must follow the directions carefully and submit all necessary application components by the appropriate deadline.
You will apply online, but you must then submit, in one envelope, all remaining application components. Please send the self-managed envelope to:
University of Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
MBA Admissions Office
276 Mervis Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Application Components
The admissions committee considers the entire application when making an admission decision. Therefore, it is essential that you submit all application components to allow the admissions committee to make an informed decision about your application. Admission components include:
- Application data form (online)
- Application fee (online)
- Personal essays (online)
- Recommendation forms (PDF)
- Current résumé (online)
- Official transcripts/academic documents (submit in self-managed envelope)
- GMAT score (have the official score sent to us using Pearson VUE; use GMAT® Program Code DPZ-M5-46 for the Full-Time MBA Program and DPZ-M5-66 for the Part-Time MBA Program)
- (For students whose native language is not English) TOEFL score (have the official score sent to us using ETS Code Number 2927-02)
Download a copy of the application instructions (PDF).
Notification of Receipt
You will receive an email indicating that your online application data form has been submitted. Receipt of the self-managed envelope will be acknowledged via e-mail once the submitted documents are inventoried. The inventory process is done in chronological order based on our receipt of the self-managed envelope. Following the inventory process, you will receive an e-mail notification advising you that your application is either complete or incomplete.
You can expect to receive this e-mail within three weeks of the application deadline you meet. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to acknowledge receipt of your application materials before this three-week timeframe.
All documents submitted to the University of Pittsburgh and the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business become the property of the University of Pittsburgh and cannot be returned to the applicant.
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