Admission Requirements

Applicants must satisfy the general requirements established by the Graduate School for admission to a graduate certificate program. Applicants must provide one official transcript indicating the awarding of an MBA degree from an AACSB-accredited institution or equivalent, one official transcript indicating the awarding of an accredited bachelor’s degree, along with the Graduate application and application fee. (Graduates from the MBA program at UNC Charlotte are not required to send an official transcript.) Applicants will not be required to retake the GMAT.

Completion Requirements

The MBA PLUS Certificate requires completion of twelve or more credit hours of 6000-level courses. At least nine hours must be electives. One 3-hour course may be a repeat of a course previously taken. A student may repeat more courses, but only one such repeated course will be counted toward the certificate. The twelve-hour elective requirement of the MBA PLUS corresponds to the twelve-hour concentrations in the MBA program.

It is expected that most students will use their twelve hours or more to gain a concentration in a particular functional area of interest. However, a broader program that draws from a number of areas may be pursued.

Transfer credits are not accepted in the MBA PLUS Certificate program. To receive the certificate, students must complete all courses with a grade of B or above within four years from the time of enrollment in the first certificate course.

An Application for Candidacy for a Graduate Certificate (candidacy form) and an Application for Certificate should be completed prior to the last semester of MBA PLUS coursework. Consult Graduate School published deadlines.