Application Process

Your Application Advisor will work with you to ensure that your application is not only complete, but presents you and your qualifications in the best possible light.

Admission Requirements

We recognize that individual applicants often have unique strengths, and those strengths can be given special consideration in the admission decision.

We consider the following criteria:

1. Your management experience
2. Your references
3. Your previous academic experience
4. Your QMAT or GMAT score
   (Highly-qualified individuals may be exempt. Please speak to an Application Advisor.)
5. A personal interview

QMAT is a diagnostic tool that is used to assess candidates' preparedness for the program and to ensure a minimum standard for all participants.

Application Advisors

Application Advisors will work with you through every step of the application process. They will offer a preliminary assessment of your qualifications and suggest helpful ways to strengthen your résumé and cover letter. To speak with an Application Advisor, call 1.613.566.EMBA (1.613.566.3622).

Information Sessions

Information sessions provide an opportunity to learn more about the program and the videoconference learning technology. They also provide the opportunity to speak with a Professor or Application Advisor. Program alumni and current participants often attend these sessions and can provide first-hand accounts of the program.

For dates and times, please call 1.613.566.EMBA (1.613.566.3622) or check our information session schedule.

Application Procedure

Applications for admission to the program must include:

1. Application Form: Application forms can be completed online or downloaded or call an Application Advisor at 1.613.566.EMBA (1.613.566.3622).
2. Cover Letter: A cover letter that outlines current responsibilities and assignments, career accomplishments, reasons for applying to Queen's Executive MBA, and professional and personal goals and plans.
3. Résumé: A current résumé that includes academic experience, work experience, memberships in professional associations, and volunteer and community activities.
4. QMAT Diagnostic Tool: Most candidates are required to write the QMAT. Highly qualified individuals may be exempt. GMAT results are also accepted.
5. Two References: You are required to submit an evaluation form completed by your immediate supervisor, and an evaluation form completed by a colleague. These evaluation forms are available online. Please note that evaluators must send these forms directly to Queen's Executive MBA Admissions Committee.
6. Official Transcripts: A certified transcript from each post-secondary institution you have attended, sent by the Registrar of that institution to Queen's Executive MBA Admissions Committee.

There is no application fee for Queen's Executive MBA. Admission to the program is competitive. Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as space and academic scholarships are limited. Applications are reviewed immediately upon receipt of completed files and admission decisions are rendered as soon as reference checks are completed.

Admissions Committee

Please send all application materials to:

Queen's Executive MBA, Admissions Committee
Ottawa Classroom
Queen's School of Business
350 Albert Street, Suite 220
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1A4

We hold all application materials in complete confidence.