Program Highlights

• An interdisciplinary program that combines the study of operations management with information systems to enable the graduate to enhance an organization's efficiency and effectiveness.
• Opens doors to a wide range of careers including financial services, high technology, healthcare, manufacturing, insurance, finance, and sports.
• Study business processes that utilize technology to make those processes more productive, practical, and purposeful.
• 33 credit hour flexible program designed for working professionals.
• Ability to choose one of the following tracks: business analytics, information technology management, operations and supply chain management, or operations and technology management. 
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Graduate School Application 

Admission Requirements

• Statement of Goals
  • Essay prompt: Please provide a 200-300 word narrative of your academic and/or professional goals. The importance of your intended degree program in the pursuit of these goals should also be made clear.
• Current Resume
• Two Letters of Recommendation
  • The online application will prompt you to provide email addresses for two references.  A request will be sent directly to your references and they can upload a Word document or PDF letter.

Alternatively, completed letters of recommendation may be emailed as a signed attachment to gradschl@up.edu or sent via mail to ATTN: Graduate School, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland, Oregon, 97203, directly by the reference.  

• Official Transcripts (from all previously attended academic institutions)
  • Must be submitted directly from the institution or in a sealed envelope given to the applicant directly from the academic institution
  • A bachelor's degree or its equivalent from an accredited college or university recognized by the University of Portland is required

International Applicants: All foreign degrees will be evaluated by International Student Services prior to an admissions decision  

International Applicants: Transcripts from foreign universities must follow the above guideline as well as be in English or be accompanied by an English translation certified as authentic. 

• Official test scores
  • Optional: GMAT or GRE
  • Quantitative score in the 55th percentile and verbal score in the 50th percentile

International Applicants: an official English proficiency exam score is required from TOEFL (minimum score of 88), IELTS (minimum score of 7.0), or Duolingo (minimum score of 110).

• Undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
• Undergraduate degree in business or foundational business coursework including: accounting, marketing, and finance 
• Students who do not have a business background will be required to successfully complete two online tutorials: Accounting and Finance
• M.S.O.T.M. candidates who do not have an academic or professional OTM background will be required to take BUS 505 (Introduction to OTM)

International Applicants: Proof of financial support will be required to attend the University of Portland, but not required for application review 

4+1 Program & Requirements

• Open to UP Juniors and Seniors who complete the above application requirements 
• Please note that a conditional offer of admission is given until a degree awarding transcript with GPA verification is submitted to the Graduate School

Application Timeline

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the following priority deadlines: 

Fall Semester: July 15

Spring Semester: December 15

Summer Semester: April 15

Program Contact

Melissa McCarthy | mccarthy@up.edu | 503.943.7225

International Applicants

Please note the additional application requirements listed above in the "Admission Requirements" section

For additional information, please visit International Student Services