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Admissions/Deadlines

Requirements for Graduate Program

  • Bachelor's degree: Earned from a regionally accredited college or university or an equivalent degree from a comparative foreign institution
  • No specific undergraduate degree is required
  • GREs or the GMAT are not required

Application Deadlines

Program

Fall Application
Deadline

Spring
Application
Deadline

Summer
Application
Deadline

ISD Master’s

July 1st

Dec 1st

April 1st

Certificate
(CISD, CIT, CDE)

August 1st

January 1st

May 1st

Complete application packets (e.g. all application forms, transcripts, supporting materials, fees, etc.) must be received by the dates listed for students to be considered for admission.

Students who miss the Master’s application deadline may still take courses as a Certificate or non-degree student and apply for formal admission the following semester. Students who miss the Certificate application deadline may still take courses as a non-degree student and apply for formal admission the following semester.

To apply online, go to the UMBC Graduate School Online Application site.