Campuses

College Park

The Robert H. Smith School at College Park is the University of Maryland's flagship location, offering four-year undergraduate degrees in eight academic majors: Accounting, finance, information systems, international business, management, marketing, operations management & business analytics, and supply chain management. Students can also choose to minor in Business Analytics, General Business, or Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Students at the College Park campus have the exclusive opportunity to be involved in the Smith community through Fellows Programs such as Strategic Design Fellows and Smith Business Leadership Fellows, as well as join a Top 25 AMA Chapter at UMD AMA.

The Universities at Shady Grove

Shady Grove is an innovative partnership of nine University System of Maryland schools offering qualified transfer students, who have completed a two-year program, the opportunity to earn an undergraduate degree at the Shady Grove campus in Montgomery County. Today, over 300 full-time undergraduate students are enrolled in one of three business majors offered in the Robert H. Smith School of Business program at Shady Grove. Each fall semester, admitted students enroll as part of a cohort group to major in accounting, marketing, and management with a specialization in entrepreneurship. Students complete their degree over four consecutive semesters as full-time students and graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree. The program follows a cohort course format with a pre-set class schedule to assure students complete their degree in four consecutive semesters.

Both the Shady Grove and College Park programs are Limited Enrollment Programs (LEP), with competitive admission requirements. Shady Grove has a maximum of 360 students majoring in BMGT. Both the Shady Grove and College Park programs share the same outstanding faculty and offer state-of-the-art classrooms, customized academic support, career advice, and student leadership/engagement opportunities. Smith School Shady Grove students earn the same degree that Smith School students earn at College Park.

Prospective Freshman

College Park

Current high school seniors who want to apply to the Smith School of Business as a Marketing major must complete the Common App application by November 1st and mark Marketing as their intended major. Admission to the Smith School of Business is competitive, with admitted students having an average weighted high school GPA of 4.5.

1. Start Common App application in early August
2. Select Marketing as intended major
3. Submit application by November 1 (priority deadline)
4. Commit by May 1

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Rising high school sophomores through seniors who are interested in Marketing are encouraged to apply to summer programs to explore their career interests and get a feel for life at the Smith School.

Summer programs

Universities at Shady Grove

Admission into the Shady Grove campus is only open to students who have accumulated 60 credits prior to entering.

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Transfer Students

External Transfer

If you have completed part of your undergraduate education at a different institution, you can apply to be a Marketing major at the Smith School of Business as an external transfer. Not only will you be a part of the tight-knit Smith Marketing community, but you’ll also have full access to our Fellow Programs, Business Honors program, Smith Office of Career Services, and Smith advisors. The Smith School of Business admits between 30 to 130 external transfer students per semester, with an average GPA of 3.600 and above.

Internal Transfer

If you are already a fellow Terp but want to join the Smith community, you can apply to be a Marketing major as an internal transfer. Not only will you be a part of the tight-knit Smith Marketing community, but you’ll also have full access to our Fellow Programs, Business Honors program, Smith Office of Career Services, and Smith advisors. The average GPA of an admitted student over the past few semesters has been at least a cumulative 3.6 GPA. As a reminder, we follow a holistic admissions process, and academic performance is only one aspect of the review.

Starting in Fall 2023, students with a 3.600 GPA who meet all eligibility requirements will be granted automatic admission into the Smith School of Business.

Double Major

The world we live in today is multifaceted and interconnected. No single discipline can be fully understood without incorporating elements from others. That’s why the Smith School of Business encourages students to pursue an interdisciplinary education through double majors. Nearly half of all marketing undergraduates choose to double major, with some of the most common pairings in supply chain management and operations management/business analytics.

If you are currently a student within the College Park Smith School of Business and wish to add Marketing as a double major, please visit go.umd.edu/major and follow the outlined steps.

If you are currently a student within USG, please contact Luke Glasglow at smithugradsg@rhsmith.umd.edu to explore the possibility of double majoring within one of the three majors offered at the USG campus.

If you are not a student in the Smith School of Business and wish to add Marketing as a double major, please complete the internal transfer process.

For further information, please contact a Smith School academic advisor.