Open to all students; the Two-Year MMPA can help students with any 4-year undergraduate degree make the jump into management.
Advanced Standing
For students with a non-business undergraduate degree, this program pairs their previous studies with robust business and accounting capabilities. These students are required to complete a 3-month foundation term to ensure they have a solid introduction to the topics covered in the program.
To be eligible for the Two Year MMPA without needing to complete the 3-month foundation term, students must meet the Advanced Standing Requirements below.
Advanced standing is available to students who have completed all the required courses in the first MMPA academic term while completing their undergraduate or graduate degree. A grade of B- or better is required in each course put forward for exemption, and all courses considered for exemption must have been completed no more than five years before the date of the application. Courses can only be considered if taken at an accredited university. Courses obtained through a Diploma/Certification are not considered.
To be considered for the Two Year MMPA Advanced Standing, a student must by the start of the program, completed all 6 advanced standing courses. To apply a student must have taken (or is currently taking) a minimum of 5 out of the 6 of the below courses and achieved a minimum of a B- grade in each. Any outstanding course would need to be taken prior to the start of the MMPA program:
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Financial Accounting Introductory
- Managerial Accounting
- Marketing
- Statistics
In addition to the standard requirements, advanced standing applicants must also submit the following for assessment:
- Full course outlines must be submitted for each course submitted for exemption assessment (University of Toronto courses do not require a submitted outline)
- If course outlines can not be obtained a student must write the outline themselves following the EXAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE, or obtain an outline from an alternate year if the outline is the same as the year they took the course; along with the Self-Assessment Form.
- Applicants who cannot provide their original course outlines must (in addition to providing the above alternate material) provide a self-assessment that includes: all of the information required above and must include the Self-Assessment Form found HERE.
- Note that simple course descriptions are not satisfactory. Applicants who do not provide full course outlines and/or a signed self-assessment that provides all of the requested information will not be considered for advanced standing. This could result in an incomplete application.
To complete all requirements for the MMPA degree, the student must complete all of the courses in the remaining academic and work terms plus any courses from the exempted terms that were not covered in their previous studies.
Admissions Requirements
The following basic criteria are used in assessing applicants. Due to the competitive nature of admissions to the program, successful candidates tend to exceed the minimum requirements.
- A 4-year university undergraduate degree in any field
- International degree equivalency can be found here
- Minimum mid-B average (73-76% or 3.0 GPA) in the final year of a four-year bachelor’s degree
- Minimum grade of a B- in the required six advanced standing courses (only for the 2-year stream)
- Applicants are required to upload a copy of their university academic record, unless they are a student from the University of Toronto. University of Toronto academic records will be verified directly
- For Canadian universities, please visit the OLSAS Undergraduate Grading System Conversion Table to help guide you in determining whether you meet the minimum GPA requirements for our program.
Note for International Degrees:
The University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies establishes degree & GPA equivalencies for international degrees. Please consult the School of Graduate Studies Admission Requirements to determine your country of study's equivalency to the four-year bachelor's degree requirement and mid-B GPA requirement.
Applicants applying to the Master of Management & Professional Accounting program must have taken and obtained a satisfactory score on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) within the past 5 years, if required (please see waiver options below). The GMAT test results must be submitted by the application deadline. GRE is not accepted
The GMAT can only be waived for the following:
- Students who have studied for 4 years at an accredited North American university and graduated or will graduate with a four-year degree are not required to provide a GMAT
- Any applicant graduating from one of the following:
- University of Toronto Mississauga’s BCom (Accounting Specialist Program);
- The Rotman School’s BCom (Accounting Specialist);
- The University of Toronto Scarborough’s BBA (Specialist in Management & Accounting)
Minimum scores required:
Old Classic GMAT Test:
- Total Score: 570
- Verbal: 46%
- Quantitative: 46%
- AWA: 4.0
- There is no minimum for the Integrated Reasoning section
GMAT Focus Edition:
- Total Score: 545
- Verbal: 46%
- Quantitative: 46%
- There is no minimum for the Data Insights
The MMPA Program Code is BTD-88-76. Please ensure to request your scores be made available to the “The MMPA Program”.
The GMAT is offered as the Computer-Adaptive Test. Further information is available, and tests can be scheduled at the Official GMAT website.
English Proficiency Test
You will need to provide evidence of your English proficiency if:
- English is not your first language (i.e., is not the first language you learned at home as a child);
- You have not completed at least four or more years of full-time study at a recognized Canadian school that teaches in English;
- You have not completed at least four or more years of full-time study in an English language school located in a country where the dominant language is English;
- Your first language is not French, and you have not completed four or more years of full-time study at a recognized Canadian school
Proof of English language proficiency must be provided by satisfactory performance on one of the following tests:
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) [Institution Code — 0982];
- Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (offered through a number of locations, for example MELAB.ca);
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS);
- The Certificate of Proficiency in English (COPE)
- Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL)
- The Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Test measures the English language proficiency of students planning to study at Canadian universities and colleges.
Minimum scores required:
- TOEFL: Total: 100, Writing: 22, Speaking: 22
- IELTS (Academic Version): Overall 7.0 and 6.5 in each component
- COPE Required Score: 76 (with at least 22 in each component and 32 in the writing component).
- CAEL Required score: 70 minimum total score with at least 60 in each part.
To review the School of Graduate Studies English proficiency exemptions in full, please click here.
Two professional and/or academic reference contacts with institutional email addresses
One brief 500-word essay
Summary of the applicant’s academic and professional work history
All candidates will be interviewed before they are offered admission to the program. Interviews are by invitation only.