Personalized admission
Merit, experience, and motivation
Individual merit and experience are more important than certificates. We do not require GMAT.
The admission process is highly personalized and includes an in-depth interview used to identify the merit, experience, and motivation of candidates.
Tired of talking to sales staff? In our admission process, all candidates have the opportunity to speak with academic members of the MBA management team.
Admission is highly selective and based exclusively on merit.
Identification of the best candidates
At the UC3M MBA Program, we believe that individual merit and experience are more important than certificates. According to this point of view, GMAT is recommended, but not required for admission to our MBA program. Because in an MBA program students learn as much from the faculty as from their peers, the admission process is rigorous and designed to identify candidates with high potential.
To ensure that students interested in our program receive accurate and impartial information, we do not rely on sales personnel during the admission process. Instead, once the application is received and throughout the process until a student is finally admitted, candidates are in contact with high-level academic staff whose main interest is to identify the best candidates and help candidates receive accurate, objective information about the program. As a public university, we operate on a non-profit basis and our main interest is to develop a high-quality program.
Admission process
The admission process includes an exhaustive interview with the Deputy Director of the MBA, which gives candidates the opportunity to receive information about the MBA program at the highest level. The MBA program takes into account not only academic merit, but also the quality of work experience and the candidate’s motivation and personal goals. Correspondence with the mission of the MBA Program is also important.
Because the quality of the student group is very important, we require all students to have at least three years of relevant postgraduate work experience. In addition, we require each cohort to have an average work experience of at least five years. In addition to this, we value multicultural and international variety and therefore take into account the international composition of each cohort to decide which students are admitted.
You can find more information about the admission requirements here.