To earn a Vanderbilt MBA in conjunction with a BS in Engineering, the student spends three undergraduate years as an engineering science major at Vanderbilt School of Engineering and two years at the Owen Graduate School of Management.
Acceptance into the five-year program is extremely competitive and requires transfer credit earned in undergraduate courses. The engineering undergraduate takes a full load of required first-year courses at Owen during the fall semester of the fourth year to fulfill the student’s elective requirements for the BS in Engineering. Therefore, undergraduate training in statistics, financial and managerial accounting, intermediate macroeconomics, and intermediate microeconomics is essential. Students pay tuition to the undergraduate school for the fall semester of their fourth year, after which all tuition is paid to Owen. Successful students receive the BS from the School of Engineering after their first year at Owen and the MBA from Owen the following year.
Students should meet with the Owen Academic Programs Director in the spring of their sophomore year, before fall registration, to plan their coursework accordingly. They must apply to Owen for admission to the five-year program during their junior year. Applicants are subject to competitive Owen admission requirements, and no student is assured of admission to the MBA program. Students who are accepted to Owen will be registered with Owen for the final three semesters of the five-year program even though they actually begin their management studies in the fall of their senior year. Students pay tuition to the School of Engineering for the fall semester of their fourth year, after which all tuition is paid to Owen. Successful completion of the undergraduate curriculum in engineering science does not ensure admission to this extremely competitive joint-degree program at Owen.
For more information, contact the admissions department at Owen.
