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Part-Time MBA - Application Process

Application Process

The UVA Darden Part-Time MBA program offers frequent deadlines for working professionals. Learn more about the Darden School's Application Process. 

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View the application guidelines for more information on best practices for test waivers and how to earn an application fee waiver. 

Below, find a step-by-step guide to Darden's Part-Time MBA program application process. Please contact us at ptmba@darden.virginia.edu or schedule a conversation at the link above if you need to discuss the specific content or timing of your application. 

 


Application Process


Core Data:

The Darden MBA application begins with a request for demographic information, address, education, professional history and so on.

In order to meet regulatory, accreditation, and other reporting requirements, the Darden School asks applicants to report their race/ethnicity, as defined by U.S. Department of Education standards, as part of the application process. This individual applicant information on race/ethnicity is not available to anyone involved in the evaluation process while an applicant being considered for admission to the school.

The residency section of the application requests information related to verification of residency to establish in-state status for Virginia residents. Residency status is assigned by the Virginia Status Office at the University. Visit the Virginia Status Office at the University or call +1-434-982-3391 if you need more information.

We expect that the information provided in and for an application will be valid and will accurately represent your qualifications for admission to Darden. If articles contained within the application are ascertained to contain invalid information or misrepresent your qualifications, sanctions will be taken, up to and including the revocation of the MBA degree.

Reapplicants:

If you applied in our prior admissions cycle for any format of the Darden MBA (Full-Time MBA, Executive MBA, Part-Time MBA), we would be happy to copy your application over to our new application period. To request this action, please complete and submit our Reapplicant Request Form

Reapplicants will need to provide answers to any new questions, and it is always a best practice to review previously submitted information for accuracy. In addition, all reapplicants are required to submit a new recommendation with their application.

Deadlines:

We offer a series of Part-Time MBA application deadlines, and we will continue to accept applications until our class fills. Each deadline is focused on a single enrollment date, and as the Deadlines page indicates, each deadline functions as a discrete round within our broader admissions cycle. 

Application Review Process:

Interviews are offered on an invitation-only basis, and the initial application review determines interview invitations. Most applicants are notified of their interview invitation within a day or two of application submission, but interview invitations can be extended until the decision release date for the round.

The second and "final" application review is more extensive, and it involves multiple levels of evaluation. 

There is a target release date for each round, and all Admissions decisions and most scholarship decisions (admitted applicants only) are released for the round in question on the designated date. 

All applications are under consideration, and therefore eligible for an interview invitation, up to the official decision release date for the round in question. An interview is required for an applicant to be eligible for an offer of admission.

Decision Outcomes

We have four decision outcomes in our Part-Time MBA application process: 1) Admit 2) Conditional Admit (additional action required - for example, quantitative coursework) 3) Waitlist 4) Deny

Candidates who receive a conditional offer will need to take some action - for example, earn a B+ or better in two online courses in the area of Accounting or Finance - to receive a full offer of admission. 

All admitted students are evaluated for all available scholarships. Candidates who receive a conditional offer will be evaluated for a scholarship award once they satisfy their offer condition.

English Language Proficiency

Darden’s MBA program is built upon an immersive learning experience that requires public speaking, group discussion and active class participation. To succeed, students must possess a highly developed proficiency in written and oral English. Darden will accept English testing scores from either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the Pearson Test of English (PTE). Use the following guidelines to determine whether or not you need to take one of these exams:

  • Not Required: Candidates who received their bachelor's degree from a university where the medium of instruction was English are not required to take an English language assessment test.
  • Required: Candidates who received their bachelor's degree from a university where the medium of instruction was not English are required to take an English language assessment test.
  • Strongly Recommended: Candidates who received their bachelor's degree from a university where the medium of instruction was not English, but received a master's or Ph.D. from a university where the medium of instruction was English, are strongly encouraged to take an English language assessment test.

Darden does not have a minimum score requirement, but the average TOEFL is 106. TOEFL scores are valid for two years from the test date.

Candidates who are required to take the TOEFL, IELTS or PTE must have received at least their unofficial scores prior to submitting their application. Both overall and component test scores must be reported on the application form. All applicants must request that ETS (for the TOEFL), IELTS and/or Pearson send official copies of their scores to Darden.

Darden's code for TOEFL is 5820 Dept. 02 and the code for IELTS is 5099.


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Deadlines

We offer a number of deadlines throughout the year, and we encourage you to target the deadline that best aligns with your plans. Find the deadline that is right for you.

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