In order to graduate you must complete all of the following requirments.

Units and Course Loads
Core Courses
BILD Experiential Learning Courses
Minimum Grade-Point Average (GPA)
Academic Residency
Payment of Fees

If you leave the University without having completed one or more of these graduation requirements, you have seven years from the date you started the program to complete them.  However, you may have to be readmitted and pay full fees for a semester (including out-of-state tuition, if applicable) in order to complete the outstanding requirement(s) and graduate.

You must complete 51 units of course work to graduate.  Click here for limits on certain types of Haas courses. Click here for limits on certain types on non-Haas courses.

You must enroll for at least eight units each semester. You may not take more than 16 units in a semester unless you obtain permission from the MBA Program Director.

You must pass all core courses in order to graduate.

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Students entering Fall 2010 or later must pass one BILD experiential learning course in order to graduate.  The following courses satisfy the BILD experiential course requirement:

MBA 237– Haas Investment Fund*
MBA 247A – Design and Development of Web-Based Products and Services
MBA 265 – Advertising Strategy
MBA280 – Real Estate Investment Analysis
MBA290N – Managing The New Product Development Process
MBA290T – Cleantech To Market
MBA 292N – Social Sector Solutions
MBA 292C – Strategic CSR and Projects
MBA 292T – Haas Socially Responsible Investment Fund **
MBA 295T – Lean Launchpad
MBA295T – Startup Lab
MBA296 – Haas@Work
MBA298 – International Business Development

*Entire two-semester sequence must be completed to fulfill BILD requirement.
**Entire three-semester sequence must be completed to fulfill the BILD requirement.

You may take no more than three BILD experiential learning courses during your time in the MBA program and no more than two in any single semester.

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You must maintain an overall cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better in order to graduate.  Click here for details on grades and grading policies in the MBA program. 

If your GPA falls below the 3.0 minimum, you will be placed on academic probation by the Graduate Division.  This can affect your eligibility for exchange and certificate programs, and other activities.

Students who do not bring their grade-point average up to the minimum may be dismissed. The MBA Program Director and the Director of Academic Affairs are available to help students in academic difficulty develop a study plan to improve their grades.

The full-time MBA program extends over two academic years. You must register for a minimum of eight units and pay registration fees in both the Fall and Spring semesters of each academic year (for a total of four semesters) in order to graduate.

You must complete all work within two years from starting the program, unless you receive approval to withdraw for one or more semesters, or are enrolled in a concurrent degree program.

If you fall below the normal load of units, either because you fail a course or choose to take a lower load, you will need to take an overload in a subsequent semester.

Summer Session courses can be used to meet your 51-unit graduation requirement, with permission from the MBA Program Director.  However, registration in Summer Session cannot be used to satisfy the four-semester academic residency requirement.

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You must have paid all fees in order to graduate.  This includes tuition and registration fees, as well as fees for other University services such as housing, library, telecommunications, etc.
   
Registration fees are due (either in full or the first installment) no later than August 15 for the Fall semester and January 15 for the Spring semester. Late payments are subject to a late payment fee. Failure to receive a billing statement does not relieve you of the responsibility to pay your fees on time.

First-year student exception: During the Fall semester of your first year, you may pay your registration fees during Orientation Week and you will not be charged a late payment fee.

The Deferred Payment Plan allows you to pay your fees in five equal installments of 20% each semester, with the first payments due August 15 and January 15. A non-refundable participation fee will be assessed to your account. Please do not pay the participation fee until it is billed. Any financial aid you may receive cannot be credited to your account until you are enrolled for classes and have cleared any holds.

For more detailed information on fee payment, please go to: http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feepaymentinfo.html.

If you are receiving federal loans or Haas scholarships and have questions about paying your fees, see the Haas Financial Aid Administrator or go to http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MBA/finaid/. Other questions can be directed to the MBA Program Office.