MARKETING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Marketing & Supply Chain Management

370 N. Business Complex
East Lansing , MI    48824

(517) 353-6381
msc00@bus.msu.edu

Admissions

All materials for application to the class entering in the Fall must be received by March 1st of year applying for. The department will begin reviewing applications after this date and will inform applicants of the admission decision and any associated graduate assistantship between March to May. In some cases where we are unsure whether a student is suitable for our program, we may arrange either a phone interview or, when practical, an on-campus interview. If we discover any missing items in your application that will materially affect our decision we will contact you by email January to secure the needed materials. Since we may need to contact you, it is very important that you list a valid email address in your application and in all other correspondence. All correspondence with our program should be made through the program email address; msc00@bus.msu.edu.

Required Application Materials:

  1. A completed application. All application forms are available from the graduate school http://www.msu.edu/user/gradschl/. The application fee should be paid online. Note that international students do not need to fill out the "Statement of Financial Proof" form as we expect that all admitted students will be offered graduate assistantships. For more information on these assistantships see the financial assistance link on our web page.
  2. Transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.
  3. A GMAT or GRE score that is less than 5 years old (GMAT is required for the Marketing Program).
  4. A TOEFL within the last 2 years for all students for whom English is not their native language. If you have earned a degree from a U.S. school, you are exempt from the TOEFL requirement. You should look at the web page for the graduate school to see the current TOEFL score requirements.
  5. Three letters of recommendation discussing your suitability for doctoral training in finance. A form to accompany each letter of recommendation can be found on the web page for the graduate school.
  6. A statement of purpose outlining your goals and motivation in applying to our doctoral programs in Logistics, Marketing, or Supply Chain Management
  7. Any additional supporting materials you believe will help the department evaluate your candidacy (e.g., a resume detailing work experience, copies of any publications, etc.).

Application form:

Your official application form must be submitted through the Graduate School's online graduate application system. The major codes for our departments for the application is 1331 - Logistics, 1235 – Marketing, 1350 – Operation Management. The application fee can be paid for online. For students from countries with no online access you can send a paper version of the application directly to the department along with all supporting materials.

Other application materials:

All materials except the application should be sent directly to the department at the following address:

Doctoral Programs in Marketing, and Supply Chain Management
370 North Business Complex
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1121

It is best to include all materials except the online application in a single mailing to the department at the above address if possible. If possible please also include a printout of the online application that you filled out. You can include in this mailing sealed copies of letters of recommendation (with signature across the seal on the back of the envelope), unofficial transcripts, and unofficial test scores. Official copies of transcripts and test scores should also be sent, but it aids us in evaluating your application if we have unofficial versions of these items included in your initial mailing to us. When ordering official GMAT scores our institution code is QH0-5P-02. For GRE scores our institution code is 1465. For TOEFL scores our institution code is 1465 and our department code is 02.