McCombs School of Business

FULL-TIME
The Full-Time MBA program helps students gain experience with individually-tailored structures to help them with their career goals.

WORKING PROFESSIONAL
Working professionals can also fulfill their dreams of an MBA with alternating weekends in Dallas and Houston or weekday evenings in Austin.
Evening MBA
MBA at Houston
MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth

EXECUTIVE
The Executive MBA for experienced professionals is alternating weekends in Austin.

For more information, visit: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/MBA

Texas McCombs understands that pursuing an MBA is a big investment and thus, they award financial assistance to many MBA students to help cover tuition and living costs.

Texas McCombs MBA students have their own financial aid team to assist in the process of securing funding. Thus candidates must reach out to the dedicated McCombs Financial Aid Team with all the financial aid questions. The various offerings are as follows:

Scholarships and Fellowships

• US Citizens & Permanent Residents
• International
• Current MBAs
• Other Scholarships

Other Scholarships

While McCombs Financial Aid Team does not take part in the selection process of Admissions Recruiting Awards, candidates must apply for scholarships from other organizations like Fastweb, Sallie Mae’s Scholarship Search, or Juno’s MBA Scholarships list.
Currently, the various scholarships available can be found here.

Loan Options

Education loans are important as it helps cover a candidate’s MBA education. In Texas McCombs, loans can only be awarded one academic year at a time. If a candidate is applying from a private lender, they must keep in mind that the maximum certification periods applicable to your program will be fall/spring for a single academic year. The various loans available are:

• Federal Loans
• International Student Loans
• Private Loans

Teaching & Research Assistantships

Assistantships within McCombs are identified by the individual academic departments. McCombs therefore, encourages incoming students to connect with the academic departments directly upon arrival to campus to identify these opportunities.

Candidates should note that MBA students cannot take on teaching or research assistantships for more than 15 hours per week and not gain in-state tuition. Before considering any assistantship, it is important that students should also keep in mind that their mandatory 15-hours-per-semester course load.

Veteran Benefits

The McCombs School of Business welcomes veterans, active-duty members, and their families. For interested candidates kindly review our benefits information, or contact the Student Veteran Services Office at the University.

For further information, visit: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/MBA/Full-Time/Tuition-and-Financial-Aid

There are several career resources available at McCombs, let us get to know them.

Career Advising
Career consultants are available throughout the year to provide students with professional guidance and insight. Students will also be paired with a Peer Advisor, who is a second-year Texas MBA student.

Coaching
Students will gain access to communication and seasoned experts, ready to work individually on students to help them refine their skillset.

Education
Students have a subject in their first semester termed “BA 181 – Strategic Career Planning,” which focuses on identifying and helping students develop their professional goals.

Connect With Employers
Almost 400 different employers participate in McComb’s recruiting events which offer countless ways to interact with student’s future employers.

Texas McCombs requires one recommendation from a person who has supervised the candidate’s work and assessed their performance. The Admissions Committee limits each application to one letter of recommendation and cannot accept additional recommendations.

While completing the recommendation form, the recommender will have to assess specific competencies and traits and answer the following three questions:

• Please provide a brief description of your interaction with the applicant and, if applicable, the applicant’s role in your organizations. (50 words)
• How does the performance of the applicant compare to that of other well-qualified individuals in similar roles? For example, what are the applicant’s principal strengths? (Recommended word count: 250 words)
• Describe the most important piece of constructive feedback you have given the applicant. Please detail the circumstances and the applicant’s response. (Recommended word count: 250 words)

The recommender will have the option to upload a response to the optional question: “Is there anything else we should know?”

Here are some tips for the letter of recommendation:
Who can give a recommendation: You will have to provide details of one recommender who can be your reporting manager/ previous manager/ senior colleague/ current client/ previous client/ business partner/ supplier/ auditor etc.

How a letter of recommendation should be written: The recommender should add specific instances/examples of the candidate’s professional work together.

How to send the letter of recommendation: The recommender should send the recommendation from the official email id only. If the recommender does not have an official id – then proof that you reported / or was supervised by this person should be attached.