Admissions
Metropolitan College Policy
Undergraduate: For application materials, visit the MET admissions page, call 617-353-6000, or email met@bu.edu.
Graduate: For application materials, visit the MET admissions page, call 617-353-6000, or email met@bu.edu.
Undergraduate Admissions
A complete undergraduate application for admission must include:
- A completed Application for Undergraduate Admission
- Official transcripts from high school or GED
- Official transcript(s) from each college attended
- A nonrefundable $80 application fee for undergraduate degrees
Please note:
- SAT/ACT exams are not required
- Metropolitan College does not issue visas to international students for full-time on-campus study in undergraduate programs (degree or nondegree)
Graduate Admissions
Applicants for master’s degree programs and certificates must have an earned bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution prior to enrollment.
A complete graduate application for admission must include:
- A completed Application for Graduate Admission.
- Transcript(s) from each college and graduate school attended. Unofficial transcripts can be uploaded to your application. Official transcripts will be required upon matriculation.
- A current résumé/CV.
- Application fee:
- On-campus programs—a nonrefundable application fee ($85 for master’s degree application, $25 for graduate certificate applications).
- Online programs—no application fee.
Letters of recommendation are not required for master’s degree and graduate certificate programs, except for the following: MS in Administrative Studies, MS in Applied Business Analytics, MS in Enterprise Risk Management, MS in Financial Management, MS in Global Marketing Management, MS in Insurance Management, MS in Project Management, and MS in Supply Chain Management. Two letters are required for the MA in Gastronomy, Master of City Planning, and Master of Urban Affairs.
International Graduate Applicants
Applicants whose native language is not English, and who have not received a degree from an institution where the primary language of instruction is English, should submit an English Proficiency Exam score (TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo). For more information, visit MET’s English Proficiency page.
After being offered admission to a program, international applicants must submit the following materials by MET’s I-20 processing deadlines:
- Score from Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
- International Student Data Form
- Authorized financial statement from a bank (original, shown in US dollars)
- Copy of current I-20 and I-94, both sides (if applicable)
- Letter of financial support from sponsor (firm, government, parents, etc.)
- Notarized English translations of all documents not in English