MBA/MEng - Combined Degrees - Admissions - MBA | UVA Darden School of Business

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Combined Degrees

MBA/MEng

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Darden offers a combined program with the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, intending to develop leaders with business administration skills and solid technical expertise.

The MEng degree provides a foundation in engineering or applied science well above the normal undergraduate level. The MBA develops the functional areas of business by teaching the essential behavioral and quantitative sciences that apply to management, as well as the techniques of management decision making. The combined degrees provide the knowledge required for a wide range of business applications.

I came to UVA knowing I wanted to pursue the MBA/MEng dual degree — it was the only program I found that truly matched my interests. I’ve always had a technical mindset, and the engineering side helped me sharpen my analytical and systems-thinking skills, while the MBA provided me with the strategic and leadership tools to pivot into real estate and start thinking more broadly about economic development. The combination helped me connect the dots between land use, infrastructure, and long-term planning in a way I couldn’t have with just one degree.

Seiver Jorgensen

Class of 2025

Details

Admissions Process

A student must apply and be admitted to both degree programs and satisfy nearly all of the requirements for both degrees. Typically, the overall program length is reduced by one semester compared to the total time for attaining both degrees separately. In order to obtain this reduction in the number of credits, the student cannot stop after one degree but must finish both degrees. If the student decides to drop out of the joint degree program, the full requirements of one of the degree programs must be met.

Timeline & Curriculum

Students in the MBA/MEng program are required to complete 24 credits for the MEng degree in SEAS and 52.5 credits for the MBA degree at Darden. Of the 24 credits in SEAS, 21 credits will be normal course work and 3 credits will be a project course taken in an appropriately numbered course. A minimum of 12 credits of course work must be taken in the major department. None of the 24 credits may include a course taken in the Darden School. The project must have one advisor from SEAS and another from the Darden School.

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