Full-Time MBA

We call it the Cox MBA Advantage. You’ll call it a rare and tremendous opportunity to achieve your career goals. No other business school in the nation offers a degree with our combination of corporate interaction and networking, innovative and up-to-date business training, and hands-on learning.

Being in the heart of a world center for commerce and culture — Dallas, Texas — and having the opportunity to leverage a large network of corporate connections while you’re a student…these are advantages you certainly won’t find at most business schools. 

The full-time Cox MBA Program will give you amazing access to top companies and executives throughout the nation and around the world.

If you want to be a player in a competitive economy, there is no place better than Dallas. And if you want the best connections to a successful career, the Cox MBA makes smart business sense.

The full-time Cox MBA is designed for individuals dedicated to investing 21 months of their professional career to full-time academic study, leadership training, mentoring, and career development.

Application Process / Checklist

Your application, supporting documents, and personal interview are very important in the selection process. We hope that you will provide us with the most complete and honest picture of yourself. After candidate applications are completed, submitted, and reviewed by the Cox MBA Admissions Committee, evaluative interviews are conducted by invitation only.

Your complete application will contain the following components:

•   Application forms found in the online application
•   Professional résumé
•   Essays (Two specific topics are required; you may submit a third supplemental essay ONLY to
    address issues not covered in required essays)
•   GMAT score taken within the last five years
•   Degreed undergraduate transcripts
•   If applicable, TOEFL or Pearson Test of English score taken within the last two years (see International
    Applicants section for more information)
•   Two professional references (names and contact information only, no letters) - people who can speak
    to your work-related skills and abilities

While we can accept unofficial copies of scores and transcripts, if offered admission to Cox, you are required to submit official GMAT scores, official TOEFL/PTE scores (as applicable), and official transcripts within 30 days. The GMAT school code for Cox MBA is HWG-KN-06. Cox reserves the right to rescind an offer of admission should any misrepresentation occur.

For additional admissions criteria and tips on completing the application process, please visit Admission Criteria & Tips
 

Re-Applicants

Candidates who wish to re-apply and have submitted an application within the past year should contact the admissions office at mbainfo@cox.smu.edu before beginning the process. The admissions team will confirm possession of your previous application file and determine the submission requirements you will need.