Graduate School of Management
MBA/JD Information
Application Process
- Application – on-line at www.Marquette.edu/GSM click on Apply Now
- Essay questions from application
- Official transcripts from all previous college education other than Marquette
- Resume
- Official GMAT scores
- You do not need to pay the application fee.
Admission letter is send directly to student.
Advising letter is sent to accepted students with a program flowchart.
Registration
- Seek LAW and BUAD advising
- If foundation courses are required, recommend starting with them.
- Foundation waiver exams, if preferred, must be taken within the first year of GSM studies.
- Review the GSM schedule of classes available via our website under Timetable and Calendar
- Fall Schedule - posted in January
- Registration begins in April
- Spring Schedule – posted in September
- Registration begins in November
- Summer Schedule – posted in October
- Registration begins in March
- Fall Schedule - posted in January
- Identify class preferences
- Send list of classes via email to Cheryl Nelson (Cheryl.Nelson@Marquette.edu) at the beginning of the above mentioned registration cycle.
- Prerequisites will be verified
- Permission numbers are sent to the student
- Permission numbers will save a seat in the BUAD class and allow LAW student registration access during the LAW registration cycle.
Completion
Prior to start of final semester of GSM studies
- Apply for GSM graduation via the GSM website
- Apply for Law School graduation
- Deadline for graduation mid-September
- More information is available at: http://law.marquette.edu/current-students/graduation-requirements
- Graduation application deadline dates:
- May graduation deadline – first week of February
- August graduation deadline – first week of February
- December graduation deadline – first week of October
- Complete Transfer of Credit form
- Form is available on GSM Website
- Include the 12 law school credits transferrable to the GSM degree. This includes the 3 credit
approved computer law or the internet law course and three core LAW classes related to business.
- Include the 12 law school credits transferrable to the GSM degree. This includes the 3 credit
- Form is available on GSM Website
Law students taking GSM courses
NOT pursuing MBA or GSM degree
- Law students are eligible to take a maximum of 9 credits in the GSM. Please complete the consent form: “Permission for Undergraduate to Enroll in Graduate Class” form.
- All prerequisites for BUAD courses must be satisfied prior to registration for the course.
- Obtain signatures as appropriate and forward to the Graduate School of Management.
- Once approved by the GSM, permission numbers are emailed to the student.
- If the student is unable to register using the permission numbers, forward the email consent to Dean Thomson of the Law School and request assistance with the registration process.

