Pre-MBA Program

Students are admitted to this program when preparing for admission to the CSAAA accredited Masters in Business Administration at CSU East Bay. The length of program depends on their needs - one to three quarters of study are possible (three to nine months).

A typical three month program consists of:

• One graduate level MBA Fundamental course for credit (4 quarter credits) in Accounting, Information Technology or Management
• Graduate Writing and IELTS Preparation Workshops (9 hours per week)
• GMAT Preparation Workshops (5 to 10 hours per week)
• One undergraduate Math or Statistics course if required by College of Business

Requirements for admission are:

• A degree satisfying the undergraduate degree requirements of the MBA, including no less than a GPA of 2.5 in the final two years of study. Meeting this requirement to be confirmed through screening of the transcript by International Admissions, following guidelines to be set by the College of Business.
• IELTS 6 or TOEFL 71

Students must have already applied to the MBA before beginning the program or apply during their first quarter. A GMAT score is a requirement for continuing from first to second quarter in the program.

After completion of the Pre-MBA program, students have usually satisfied all of the international student requirements to enter the CSU East Bay MBA program, namely:

GMAT + last two year's undergraduate GPA x 200 = 1050
Both GMAT Verbal and GMAT Quant scores over 20^th percentile
IELTS 6.5. or TOEFL 79

For further information please contact:
Kelly Pan, Pre-MBA Coordinator, at: kelly.pan@csueastbay.edu.