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Online Master of Business and Technology Application Requirements & Deadlines

Applications for the Mitch Daniels School of Business must be completed using Purdue's Graduate School online application and will not be considered for review until all required materials have been received.

For more detailed information on how to submit your application, please review the steps to apply.

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Application Deadlines

We offer a rolling admissions process, with the application deadlines below. The first cohort will be accepted for Fall 2025 courses at the soonest opportunity.

Application Deadlines

Application Deadline
Fall Start August 1
Spring Start (Beginning 2026) December 1
Summer Start (Beginning 2026) April 1

Program Start Dates

Fall - August
Spring - January (Beginning 2026)
Summer - May (Beginning 2026)


APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

If you are an international applicant, please carefully review both the requirements and international applicant requirements below.

Requirements at a Glance

  • STEM undergraduate degree
  • 3.0 GPA
  • GMAT score or equivalent GRE score (may be waived for well-qualified students)
  • 2 Letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • 24 months of work experience
  • Resume
  • Academic statement of purpose
  • Personal history statement

Academic Statement of Purpose (ASOP)

The academic statement of purpose should not exceed two pages in length addressing the following prompts:

  • What are your professional plans and career goals? How will attending graduate school assist you in reaching those goals?
  • Describe your research, scholarly, or creative interests. What topics are of particular interest to you? Reviewers know that interests change over time but try to be as specific as possible.
  • Discuss how your experiences, skills, and abilities have prepared you for graduate study. Relevant topics may include coursework, work and research experiences, internships, presentations, exhibits, publications, and community service. If you describe a research or scholarly experience, include information on the topic, research mentor, your role, and outcomes.
  • Describe how your skills, preparation, and interests are a match for the program to which you are applying. Identify faculty who share your research and scholarly interests. Reviewers will want to know that you have researched the program, faculty, and key focus areas.

Personal History Statement (PHS)

Required of all applicants:

  • Describe how your background and life experiences contribute to your ability to be both persistent and resourceful in graduate school.
  • Describe how your life experiences have prepared you to contribute to an academic community where scholars with diverse research interests, abilities, backgrounds, and experiences are supported, respected, and valued.

Optional:

  • Please address concerns that you may have that your academic record does not reflect your true capabilities and discuss mitigating factors that have affected your academic record. Reviewers will be interested in understanding your accomplishments relative to your opportunities.

The Academic Statement of Purpose and the Personal History Statement are two of the most important documents in your graduate school application. Information in the Personal History Statement should complement but not duplicate information in the Academic Statement of Purpose.

  • Two online recommendations are required in order for your application to be reviewed.
  • No paper recommendations will be accepted. When submitting recommendations, we strongly prefer that they come from direct supervisors, faculty, or instructors who are able to provide an informed assessment based on close, current, and sustained observation of your work and qualifications. No more than two recommendations are needed.

Providing Official Transcripts

If you are admitted and choose to enroll at Purdue University, you must submit official transcripts to the Purdue University Graduate School. Once you submit official transcripts to Purdue University, they become property of the University and will not be returned.

The Office of Graduate Admissions accepts electronic transcripts from accredited colleges and universities sent via Parchment Exchange, the National Student Clearinghouse, or directly from the accredited college and university. The transcript must be sent to gradadm@purdue.edu in order to verify the authenticity of the documents.

An official transcript bears the original signature of the registrar and/or the original seal of the issuing institution. Transcripts and/or English translations may be mailed directly from a Registrar’s office to the Office of Graduate Admissions or you can choose to send the transcripts yourself.

Official documents may be mailed to:

Office of Graduate Admissions
Purdue University Graduate School
155 South Grant Street, YONG 170
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Uploading Transcripts into Online Applications (international applicants, see international section):

You must upload to the online application transcript(s) and/or academic document(s) for every institution of higher education you attended regardless of whether or not a degree was received. If a transcript and diploma/degree certificate are not in English, an English translation (certified by the college or university which issued it) must be uploaded.

The uploaded transcript and/or academic document may be from the official or unofficial version of the document. An official transcript bears the original signature of the registrar and/or the original seal of the issuing institution. An unofficial transcript printed from your current/previous institution(s) student system is not an acceptable document.

If personal identifying information such as a student identification number or social security number appears on the document, remove this information from your electronic version of your document or mark out the information in black ink before scanning your document.

All transcripts and/or academic documents uploaded to the online application system are considered unofficial. The Purdue University Graduate School reserves the right to require official transcripts and/or academic documents at any time during the admissions process. Transcripts will not be returned.

An official GMAT score of 655 is the preferred score for the Master of Business and Technology program. The Admissions Committee will consider the GRE in lieu of the GMAT if an applicant has already taken the GRE exam. The GMAT is also preferred in scholarship consideration.

We recommend applicants who plan to take the GMAT do so at least two weeks prior to your application deadline. Official test scores should be sent to the specific program you have applied to and must be received by the stated deadline. Admission decisions are not finalized until official scores are received. (Visit www.mba.com for complete information regarding the test.)

The name of the program you are applying to is the 'code' required for reporting your GMAT score. GRE scores must be reported to Purdue University, institutional code 1631.

Note: Applicants should submit their application only after test scores are provided. It is recommended that you submit only the scores you intend to have reviewed by the Admissions Committee.

GMAT/GRE may be waived for international, domestic and/or US military applicants with:

  • STEM degrees from top tier US STEM universities and have a 3.3 or better with demonstrated quant competency.
  • STEM degrees from international universities and have a 3.0 or better with 2 years of professional work experience.
  • Applicants with non-STEM degrees must take the GMAT/GRE exam.

Once you have started your application, contact the master's office at POApply@purdue.edu to receive more information about whether you qualify for GMAT/GRE waiver.

International Applicants:

Applications for the Daniels School of Business must be completed using Purdue’s Graduate School online application. International applicants must follow a slightly altered application process.

Any individual who is not a permanent resident or citizen of the United States is classified as an international applicant. If you are a permanent resident, non-U.S. citizen, please upload a copy of your alien registration/green card within the online application. Permanent residents who do not provide a copy of an alien registration number will be reclassified as an international student for admission consideration and fees.

English language assessment requirements are waived for Daniels School of Business Online Programs.

If you were educated outside the United States, and the native language of the country where you were educated is not English, you must upload both a certified official transcript in the original language of instruction and a certified official English translation (certified by the college or university which issued it).

*You must also upload a certified official copy of your diploma/degree certificate in the original language of instruction and a certified official English translation. A Provisional Certificate does not meet this requirement.

In order to be considered for admission to the Daniels School of Business, international applicants holding a 3-year degree from India are expected to complete the Part 1 exams of a university master's degree to be eligible for graduate consideration. Post-graduate diploma programs offered by universities are also acceptable to complete the 4-year requirement. Professional programs offered by external agencies, organizations or non-university groups are not acceptable.

The Daniels School of Business does not require proof of financial capability until after a student has been admitted. We ask that you not include it when submitting your application. Upon an offer of admission, students will work with the Office of International Students and Scholars (ISS) to demonstrate eligibility for a Certificate of Eligibility (I-20 or DS-2019). 

Application Fee & Waivers

The Daniels School of Business waives the program application fee for:

  • Domestic applicants who are permanent legal residents of the United States
  • Applicants who have successfully completed a Purdue University or Purdue Global baccalaureate degree
  • Active service members and veterans of the U.S. military
  • Individuals who participate in special programs (see full list as determined by the Purdue University Graduate School)

International applicants are subject to a non-refundable $75 application fee.

For additional information about tuition and program costs, please contact the program specialist for details.

Note: If you pay the application fee before the fee has been waived, it is non-refundable.

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