Admission and Fees

Students must apply to the program by June 30 (for fall admittance) in the year they wish to begin the program. Applicants with a bachelor’s degree from any accredited college or university, and a minimum 3.00 GPA may apply for admission to the URI MBA @ PFIZER. Those who do not have the minimum GPA may be required to submit scores from the GMAT or GRE.

The application will be completed partially online (BusinessCAS). The online portion of the application includes submission of the following items:

  • Brief statement of purpose (please state in essay that you are applying to The URI M.B.A. @ PFIZER)
  • Biographical information
  • Application fee (paid online)
  • A letter of recommendation from your supervisor completed online – you will list their name/email and they will get an email directly from URI. URI asks for a second letter so please put NA for the second one and use your home email (or whichever email is not listed as your main contact email in the application).
  • Current resume – upload to system
  • Upload unofficial college transcripts from all institutions attended . International applicants must show equivalency to a U.S. bachelor’s degree by an evaluation from WES or other translation company. International applicants can click here for details.
  • If accepted, please contact each institution and have them send the official transcript directly, either electronically or a paper version via the following:
    • Official paper transcripts sent to: BusinessCAS Transcript Processing Center, PO Box 9221, Watertown MA, 02471
    • Official electronic transcripts may be sent via Credentials Solutions, Parchment, and National Student Clearinghouse.  When using Parchment, please be sure to select  BusinessCAS.
  • Applicants who graduated from URI do not need to send in the URI official transcript but do still need to upload the unofficial copy. 
  • For RI Residents Only-RI Residency Application or Certificate of Residency for RI residents or qualified regional applicants. The form will need to be emailed as a pdf to the URI Graduate School at urigrad@etal.uri.edu . Although the tuition for this program is not dependent on residency, if you take a class in Kingston or Providence
    the tuition charged will be based on your residency at the time of application.
  • If English is not your native language, you’ll need to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores (taken within the last two years). A minimum score of 91 for TOEFL under the new IBT-Internet Based Test or 575 under the paper-based testing, and a minimum score of 6.5 on the IELTS is required. The URI Designated Institution Code for TOEFL is 3919.

Transfer Credits

URI allows transfer credits from AACSB accredited M.B.A. programs. If you believe you can transfer a course, please contact Lisa Lancellotta before the start of the program to review your transcript.

Tuition

The tuition is $2,000 per class. You will be required to purchase the books yourself for each class. The book list will be given to you well in advance of the start of the
class. If you are eligible for Pfizer educational reimbursement with this program, be sure to follow Pfizer requirements from EdAssist.

Facility Access

Students will have full access to URI services and facilities at the Kingston, Narragansett and Providence campuses. While it is not necessary to visit the campuses, the close proximity to Kingston is an added benefit for those wishing to use the facilities and services. Facilities include the campus library (which is also online), computing center, student ID, tutors, counselors and cultural events. If you are unable to take a course  during the rotation, you can take the evening class with our traditional evening M.B.A. students, subject to URI tuition and fees. If another cohort at Pfizer is started in the future, you can enroll in the missed class with the new cohort.

Contact

For more information about the Pfizer M.B.A. program, please contact Lisa Lancellotta at mba@uri.edu or 401.874.4241.