Admission Requirements

Application and all support documents, including official transcripts, official GMAT or GRE, essay, resume, three email addresses of recommenders or recommendation letters; if applicable, transcript evaluation and TOEFL, must be submitted by the application deadline.

Admission decisions will be made after all official support documents have been submitted. Support documents should be taken to the UCF College of Graduate Studies, Millican Hall, Room 230 or mailed to:

UCF College of Graduate Studies
P.O. Box 160112
Orlando, FL 32816-0112

Once an admission decision has been made, the College of Graduate Studies will notify you by email with your admission decision. If admitted, you will also receive a welcome letter in the US mail from the College of Business Administration Graduate Programs Office with details about your program.

To apply to any of our master's and certificate programs, please complete the items below. View application deadlines. You can also view admission requirements for our doctoral programs.

Application Form

Note: For questions on the application, application payment or required documents, please contact (407) 823-2766 or send an e-mail. The application form must be completed online. Please be sure to submit your application fee of $30.00 USD. This fee is required of all applicants for each application submitted.

Official Transcripts

If you are not a graduate from UCF, official transcripts from each college or university attended must be sent directly to the UCF College of Graduate Studies. The minimum requirement for acceptance is a 3.0 GPA in undergraduate course work for all programs except the One Year MBA, which requires a minimum 3.3 GPA in undergraduate coursework.

For international students only, send one copy of each transcript to an accredited service for evaluation on a course-by-course basis (World Education Services, Inc. or Joseph Silny).

Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Records Exam (GRE)

For information on the GMAT and to register to take the GMAT, visit their Web site. For information on the GRE and to register to take the GRE, visit their Web site. If a student has earned an advanced graduate degree, admission tests other than the GMAT will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Below are minimum GMAT and GRE scores by program.

Essay Question

Required for all programs except Accounting and Taxation. You must write an essay of no more than 1000 words addressing the following questions:

• Why are you applying for admission to the graduate program at the University of Central Florida?
• What are your five- and ten-year career objectives, and how will this degree assist you in obtaining these objectives?
• What alternatives to this degree have you considered?

Current Resume

Provide a current resume documenting your professional work experience.

Three Letters of Recommendation

Required for all programs except Accounting and Taxation. Provide three email addresses of recommenders in your application from academic and/or professional sources. The recommenders will be e-mailed a link to complete and submit a recommendation letter online.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (For international student only)

This test is required of all applicants whose native language is not English, or if an applicant's bachelor's degree is not from an English-speaking-only institution. Learn more about TOEFL. A minimum score of 577 paper-based, 233 computer-based, or 90-91 Internet-based is required by the College of Business Administration.