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GATEWAY AND ACCELERATED PROGRAMS


Undergraduate students have an opportunity to get a head start on earning a business master's degree, which can provide a strong foundation at the start of their careers. Rutgers Business School has designed two paths for undergraduate students to be seamlessly admitted into graduate-level programs that lead to a master's degree: Gateway and Accelerated programs. By enrolling in a master's program as an undergraduate student, you can save money on graduate tuition.

Gateway Programs for current Rutgers Business School students 

The following programs follow the admissions process detailed below. 

  • Gateway to Master of Accountancy in Taxation

  • Gateway to online Master of Accountancy in Governmental Accounting

  • *Gateway to Master of Accountancy in Accounting and Analytics

  • Gateway to online Master of Supply Chain Management

  • Gateway to Master of Science in Supply Chain Analytics

  • Gateway to Master of Science in Healthcare Analytics and Intelligence

  • Gateway to Master of Science in Marketing Analytics and Insights

  • Gateway to Master of Science in Business of Fashion 

  • Gateway to Master of Quantitative Finance

  • Gateway to Master of Financial Analysis

*Staring in Summer 2024, the Master of Accountancy in Accounting and Analytics program will be in effect and replace the Master of Accountancy in Professional Accounting and Master of Accountancy in Financial Accounting programs.

If you are a junior or senior considering a head start toward any of the master's degrees listed above, we welcome your application to the Gateway program. This will allow you to take up to nine (9) credits while you are still an undergraduate student at Rutgers Business School. We recommend that you start your application to the program three semesters before you graduate.

When you apply, you will apply to the semester term following your undergraduate graduation. For example, if your graduation date is May 2025, you should select the summer or fall 2025 term.

Upon acceptance to the Gateway program, you will work with your undergraduate academic advisor and a graduate Program Coordinator to select your course(s). The best part is that you do not need to pay the graduate tuition for the nine (9) credits while registering them with your undergraduate courses.

Contact the Office of Graduate Admission for more information: 973-353-1234 or gateway@business.rutgers.edu.

*Must have an overall GPA of 3.00 for consideration.
*Ask your UG academic advisor if any of the nine (9) credits will double count toward your undergraduate curriculum.

Gateway to Future Leaders MBA

Gateway to Future Leaders MBA is designed for ambitious juniors and seniors at RBS to provide them with an early advantage on their path to the MBA Program.

Early Access and Financial Benefits: Like the Gateway Program for our Specialty Master's degrees, you can take up to nine credits of selected MBA courses while in the fourth year of your undergraduate program to satisfy the undergraduate credit requirements. You also pay undergraduate tuition rates for up to nine (9) graduate credits.

Following your undergraduate graduation and contingent upon securing a full-time job offer, you will need to forward the Employment Offer Letter to the Office of Graduate Admissions before you are able to start the MBA portion.

Who is eligible to apply?

In order to be eligible for the Gateway to Future Leaders MBA program, you must:

  • Be a junior or senior at Rutgers Business School

  • Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better

**Note that meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance into this program.

How to apply?

For more information, please contact us at rutgersmba@business.rutgers.edu.

Accelerated Programs:

Accelerated M.B.A. Program for Rutgers (B.A./B.S.) Undergraduates

The Accelerated MBA program is designed specifically for undergraduates who are interested in an accelerated M.B.A. program. This joint-degree program in science, engineering, and business is designed to open up doors to leadership jobs and careers.

Designed specifically for undergraduate science and engineering majors such as:

  • biology

  • business

  • chemistry

  • engineering

  • environmental science

  • physics

As a student in the program, you can investigate a wide range of professional opportunities in the sciences and business, many of which you may not be aware of. You'll take part in professional development workshops and develop the skills that will give you a running start in your career.

Students in the program earn their undergraduate degree as well as an M.B.A. from Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick. During your first three years, you will follow the typical undergraduate degree track. In the fourth year, you'll begin taking courses toward your M.B.A., completing your course of study in as little as five-and-a-half to six years.

How to apply?

For more information, please contact us at rutgersmba@business.rutgers.edu.

Accelerated Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science / Master of Information Technology and Analytics

Rutgers Business School offers undergraduate students majoring in either Business Analytics and Information Technology (BAIT) or Management Information Systems major (MIS) to combine their bachelor's degree with the Master of Information Technology and Analytics (MITA) graduate program and earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree within 5 years.

Students in the Accelerated MITA program will be given the option to substitute up to 6 undergraduate BAIT or MIS credits with 6 MITA graduate credits, in selected MITA courses in their senior year, and have them count towards their BAIT/MIS undergraduate degree as well as the MITA degree. Subject to approval of the MSIS department chair and the MITA program director, the 6 BAIT/MIS credits can come either from MITA graduate electives, or a list of specific courses.

How to apply?

For more information please contact mita@business.rutgers.edu.