GSB-MBA - Business Administration (MBA)

To earn an MBA, a student entering the 2025-2026 academic year must be in good academic standing and fulfill the following list of requirements:

• Successfully complete (with passing grades) 90 units of academic credit at Stanford University

  • At least 70 must represent GSB units taken for a letter grade;

  • At least 80 units must be completed at the GSB (no more than 10 non-GSB units); and

  • At least 80 units must be completed for a letter grade (not on a Pass/Fail, +/U, or CR/NC basis; no more than 10 pass/fail units)

• Successfully complete (grade of LP or better, or +, when applicable) all Core Curriculum Requirements in the first year including:

• Four Leadership Foundations Requirements

• Five Analytic Foundations Requirements

• At least 15 units of Management Foundations Requirements with courses from a minimum of three of the five categories.

• Achieve a cumulative grade point average (GPA) for all GSB courses, not less than 2.65.

• Complete an approved Global Experience by the start of the Winter Quarter of the second year of the program.

• Complete the Engaging with Differences Requirement (EDR) by the start of the Winter Quarter of the second year of the program.

• Enroll for six quarters, excluding summer, of full-tuition study at the GSB.

Students are expected to complete these requirements according to the timeline stated above and in six consecutive quarters, excluding summer. A different timeline requires approval from the MBA Program and is unlikely to be granted except for students who have received approval for a leave of absence, childbirth accommodation, or a joint or dual degree. Students who do not meet the requirements according to the timeline stated above and do not have approval from the MBA Program for a different timeline, are disqualified and subject to immediate dismissal.