Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

The GMAT is not required for all applicants. If you have been requested by the EMBA Office to complete the GMAT,  your application will not be evaluated before the official GMAT score has been received. We will not accept photocopies or faxed score reports. GMAT scores are valid if written within the last five years. You must arrange to have the official results sent directly from the testing service organization to the EMBA Program Office at UBC. The GMAT exam should be taken no later than 4-6 weeks prior to the EMBA application deadline.

Applicants to the UBC EMBA Program that have been asked to complete the GMAT are required to complete all sections (Quantitative, Verbal and Analytical Writing Analysis) of the GMAT.

There is no minimum GMAT score requirement. However, in order to be competitive, a score of 550 or better, with at least 50th percentile in each section, is recommended.

More information on the GMAT exam is available at mba.com.

English Language Proficiency
Successful applicants must be able to speak, comprehend, and write fluently in English. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), an IELTS (Academic), or a MELAB is required for all candidates whose degrees are from a university outside Canada or the USA in which English was not the official language of instruction, or who have not demonstrated English language proficiency in another way.

English Language Proficiency exams should be taken no later than 4-6 weeks prior to the EMBA application deadline.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
TOEFL offers a computer-based test, an internet-based test and a paper-based test. All three tests are acceptable. Scores arrive in our office approximately three weeks after the computer-based test or internet-based test has been written and between four to six weeks after the paper-based test has been written. The three tests are marked on different scales. A minimum TOEFL score of 250 is recommended on the computer-based test. On the paper-based test, a minimum score of 600 is recommended and a minimum score of 100 is recommended on the iBT. TOEFL scores are valid if written within the last two years. You must arrange to have the official results sent directly from the testing service organization to the MBA Programs Office at UBC. (Code 0965).

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
IELTS is offered in most countries at least once a month. Scores arrive in our office approximately three weeks after the test has been written. A minimum overall Band Score of 6.5 is recommended together with a minimum score of 6 in each of the four modules. Admission is based on the "Academic" Reading and Writing Modules, not "General Training". IELTS scores are valid if written within the last two years.