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The Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering and the Edwin L. Cox School of Business offer a two-year, dual degree in Master of Science in Engineering and Master of Business Administration, with as few as 68 credit hours. The program is intended for full-time graduate students with Bachelor degrees in engineering or science. The program is offered on-campus, although some of the engineering courses may be taken by means of the Lyle School鈥檚 distance learning facilities. This program is geared toward recent graduates as well as early-career professionals employed in the engineering and technology sector who desire to broaden and deepen their skills to further their career opportunities and become leaders in technology with the appropriate business and management acumen.
This program takes advantage of the 50-credit hour Full-Time One-Year M.B.A. degree offered by Cox School and double-counts up to 6 credit hours of M.B.A. courses as electives in the 30-credit hour M.S. in Engineering degree programs making it possible to obtain two degrees with a total of 74 semester credit hours (24 credit hours of engineering and 50 credit hours in M.B.A. program). Students first complete the 24 credit hour of required courses for the specific M.S. in Engineering degree sought during the fall and spring semesters of the first year. Students then start the year-long One-Year M.B.A. (starting with the summer term and continuing in the fall and spring terms) completing both degrees at the end of the second academic year. At the conclusion of the dual degree program, students obtain an M.S. in the specific engineering degree and the M.B.A.
The overall educational objective of the dual M.S. in Engineering/M.B.A. program is to impart the necessary breadth and depth in business and in technology for those individuals preparing for leadership roles in technology firms. The program provides a reduction of 6 credit hours from the total credits that would be required for a student earning the two degrees separately (one of the M.S. in Engineering degrees listed below and the One-Year MBA) and reduces the time to complete both degrees to two years, including a summer semester.
Students in this dual-degree program combine technical expertise with business and leadership skills, providing momentum in their careers. The first year of the program is based at Lyle in the master鈥檚 in Electrical Engineering. The second year is spent at Cox working on a one-year MBA program.
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September 2025
Southern Methodist University - Lyle School of Engineering
3101 Dyer Street,
Dallas,
Texas,
75205, United States
Completion of a bachelor鈥檚 degree from a U.S. college or university accredited by a regional accrediting association or completion of an international degree that is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor鈥檚 degree from a college or university of recognized standing. Each program has additional information on appropriate academic backgrounds required for admission into that program.
A minimum GPA of 3.000 on a 4.000 scale for all previous undergraduate and graduate studies.
We require an undergraduate degree for all MBA applicants and find our students come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. The admissions committee prefers candidates with a minimum of two years of full-time work experience; however, most admitted students have between three and six years of work experience after completing their bachelor's degrees.
All international students whose native language is not English and who have not graduated from an American university must submit a minimum TOEFL English language proficiency test score before being considered for admission, as follows:
550 鈥� paper-based examination.
213 鈥� computer-based examination.
80鈥� Internet-based examination overall score
A score of 6.5 on the IELTS English language proficiency examination is acceptable in place of the above scores for the TOEFL examination.
Duolingo - 110 out of 160
All international students use the following dates: May 15 for fall admission, and September 1 for spring admission.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Based in Dallas on the Southern Methodist campus, The Lyle School of Engineering has an innovative and practical approach to teaching.
