Graduate Admission Requirements - Degree

Description: A degree student is any full-time or part-time student pursuing any of the following degrees:

• Doctoral
• Master of Science
• Master of Business Administration
• Dual Degree

Full-time students take 3-4 courses per quarter (5 courses with prior approval by Program Advisor) and part-time students take 1-2 courses per quarter. A degree student is a registered student who submitted an application for admission as a degree student, was accepted by an academic unit in a specific degree program, and received a formal letter of admission.

Application: The IIT Stuart Office of Admission must receive a completed application form and supporting documents in order to consider you as a degree-seeking student. We accept applications throughout the year, and part-time students may enter most programs at the beginning of any quarter.

Any applicants missing the deadline will be reviewed on a space-available basis.

As a degree-seeking applicant, please submit:

• A complete application and accompanying forms.
• Official transcripts.
• Official GMAT or GRE scores.
• Two letters of recommendation.
• Two essays.
• A current resume.
• $75.00 USD application fee, payable to Illinois Institute of Technology. If you have previously paid an application fee to Illinois Institute of Technology, the application fee is waived.

We have additional application requirements for certain programs:

• PhD applicants submit a total of three letters of recommendation.
• MBA applicants submit GMAT scores only.
• MS applicants may submit either GMAT or GRE scores.
• Master of Mathematical Finance applicants submit GRE scores only.

Additional application requirements for international applicants:

• An official TOEFL score
• Financial Affidavit of Support (required for students seeking F-1 or J-1 visa status)
• All documents must be in English.

Please refer to the application checklist to ensure that you have submitted the proper forms. If you are an international applicant, refer to the international applicant checklist for additional requirements.

Admission Requirements: Admission to IIT Stuart School of Business is based on a combined profile of:

• Undergraduate GPA
• GMAT or GRE scores
• Recommendations
• Essay responses
  
  NOTE: For the GMAT, the minimum score is 500 for MBA, 550 for MS in Financial Markets, and 600 for MS in Finance and  650 for Ph.D. For MS applicants submitting GRE scores, the minimum score for Marketing Communication and Environmental Management is 1000 (combined verbal and quantitative), the minimum score for MS Financial Markets is 1100, the minimum score for MS in Finance and Master of Mathematical Finance is 1200 and the minimum score for Ph.D. is 1300.

Applicants to all master's programs, including the MBA, must have, or are expected to have completed prior to enrollment, an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.

There are additional requirements for certain programs:

Financial Markets: Accepted students must take a Diagnostic Mathematics Exam (DME) through the Center for Financial Markets at IIT Stuart prior to starting classes. Students will be sent information about scheduling the DME near the start of the term. Based on the results of this exam, as well as the applicant's academic and professional background, some prerequisite courses may be required.

Environmental Management: Applicants will be assessed after admission to determine if they need to take two of the core courses: Fundamentals of Environmental Science (EM 500) and Applied Mathematics for Environmental Managers (EM 503). Typically, students who have not taken college-level chemistry courses or their equivalents take these two courses.

PhD in Management Science: Applicants must typically have completed a master's degree and the business core at either the graduate or undergraduate level. For applicants who have a master's degree but have not completed the business core, some prerequisite courses will be required.

Apply as a degree student

If you have any questions during the process, please call us at 312.906.6576 or email us at admission@stuart.iit.edu and we will be happy to assist you.