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Admissions Criteria

To qualify for the Executive MPA Program, students must meet the threshold requirement of 10 years of significant work experience in a combination of the public, private or nonprofit sectors.

This requirement will be assessed by examining your professional resume, application essays and letters of reference. In particular, the Admissions Committee will pay special attention to the following combination of criteria:

• Kind and amount of organizational experience
• Programmatic and/or management experience
• Line management responsibility
• Amount and scope of budgetary responsibility
• Potential value of program to advance participant to the next level of leadership responsibility

Your application materials will also be evaluated based on the unique attributes and experiences you can bring to the cohort learning experience.

Students must have the equivalent of a US four-year bachelor's degree and meet general university admissions standards to be considered for admission into the Executive MPA Program.