Master of Science in Management Studies

Admissions

The Master of Science in Management Studies program is open to applicants who have completed or are in the process of completing an MBA or equivalent degree program at a non-US institution. Applicants from our international partners and cooperating schools are especially encouraged to apply.

Applicants will be evaluated based on performance in their MBA or equivalent degree program, recommendations, application essay, and other criteria. To be considered, applicants must demonstrate stellar undergraduate and graduate school grade point averages as well as GMAT, GRE, and/or TOEFL scores.

Apply

• Application Form
• Recommendations
• Academic Records (Transcripts)
• Essay
• Test Score(s)
• Résumé

A complete application consist of the following:

Application Form

The application form for fall term 2010 will be available in late Fall 2009. Please keep checking the website for updates. MSMS 2010 intake applications will be due on February 19, 2010.

Recommendations

Please obtain three recommendations on your behalf. Two should be from faculty members who are able to speak definitively of your academic achievement and potential. The third recommendation should be from an individual, e.g., work supervisor or manager, who is able to speak with certainty about your professional achievement and potential.

Please choose recommenders who are able to provide specific answers to the following questions:

• How long and in what capacity have you known the applicant?
• How does the applicant stand out from others in a similar capacity?
• Please give an example of the applicant's impact on a person, group, or organization.
• Please give a representative example of how the applicant interacts with other people.
• Which of the applicant's personal or professional characteristics would you change?
• Please tell us anything else you think we should know about this applicant.

Recommendations should be up to two pages each. Recommenders may submit recommendations either by e-mail or through the mail. Please allow sufficient time for your recommenders to write your evaluation and ask them to e-mail or mail it to the MSMS Program Office. Please advise your recommenders to use your formal full name as it is entered on the application, not your nickname, so that we can match it with your application.

Academic Records (Transcripts)

You should mail in your official academic records or transcripts to the program office (see Contact Us section for address information). Submit transcripts from all universities where you received undergraduate and graduate degrees. Transcripts need to be in English and should be accompanied by an explanation from each university of their grading scale for the program office to easily interpret.

Essay

We are interested in learning the reason why you are choosing to pursue an advanced degree at MIT Sloan School of Management, given that you will likely attain an MBA degree from your home institution, and what your concentration area will be to earn this degree. For the essay, please describe what topic of management studies interests you and that you want to study and write a thesis about (see Curriculum section for details). Please limit the essay to 1,000 words or less.

Test Score(s)

The GMAT or GRE is required of all applicants and must be taken before submitting your application. Once your application is submitted, we will not allow replacement of your test scores. The MIT Sloan MSMS Program codes are:

GMAT code: X5X-QS-24
GRE code: 3935

TOEFL
The TOEFL is not required, but you may report your score if desired. The MIT Sloan MSMS Program school code for TOEFL is 3935.

Résumé

Please prepare a business résumé that includes your employment history in reverse chronological order, with titles, dates (include month and year), and whether you worked part-time or full-time. Your educational record should also be in reverse chronological order and should indicate dates of attendance and degree(s) earned. Other information appropriate to a business résumé is welcomed and encouraged. The résumé should not be more than two pages in length.

Timeline 2009-2010

NOTE: We are no longer accepting applications for 2009-2010. There is only one intake of students per year. Students begin in September and graduate in June.