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Double-Check Your Application

We highly recommend doing a self-assessment to ensure you sent all required application elements. Below are few of the common areas that may need to be reviewed/updated post-submission. This list is not comprehensive, so you should review your application requirements fully:

  • Ensuring your letter of recommendation is received by the recommendation deadline. While the SIEML application is due January 7, 2026 at 11:59PM PST, your recommender will have until Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:59PM PT to submit materials. If your recommender runs into any issues uploading your letter, they can email it to the SIEML mailbox at sieml@ucop.edu. Their email will need to come from their professional email account.  If you need to swap out a recommender, please email the SIEML mailbox the name, email, title and employer for your new recommender. Note: the team will be unable to make any updates December 24 - January 4, 2026.
  • Checking your transcripts meet all requirements and are fully complete. 
    • Official transcripts are preferred but unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they show the school name/logo, and are one continuous document directly from the school that shows letter grades for all coursework taken to date.
    • If you have transfer credits, please make sure to release documentation that show letter grades.
    • If submitting before current fall grades are in, please email updated transcripts with fall grades to sieml@ucop.edu.
  • Additional requirements for seniors:
    • Seniors applying to the program should be enrolled through the end of Spring 2026 and also include a transcript that shows their 2026 spring course schedule with their application or via email to sieml@ucop.edu. We understand students on the quarter system will not register until after the application deadline closes. Please email sieml@ucop.edu your spring course schedule as soon as it is available. 

Decisions Are Announced in March

Applicants will be notified of the admissions committee’s decision via email in early March. It is important for applicants to check the email address they provide on their application, and respond to emails from the SIEML program office in a timely manner.

As you await your decision, we highly recommend attending our four-part webinar series to help prospective students better understand our programs, what the experience looks like, ways to prepare, application tips as well as funding opportunities. This series provides interested students with a chance to hear directly from admissions representatives throughout the University of California system.  This webinar series is open to the public, and highly recommended for SIEML 2026 applicants. Register for the hour-long session (s) that best meet your interests:

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Master of Management Degrees at the UC | Wednesday, January 21 at 4:00 pm PT/7:00 pm ET
  • Technical Business Specialty Masters at the UC (Master of Finance, Master of Financial Engineering and Master of Science in Business Analytics) | Wednesday, January 28 at 4:00 pm PT/7:00 pm ET
  • Masters of Professional Accountancy at the UC | Wednesday, February 11 at 4:00 pm PT/7:00 pm ET
  • PhDs at UC Graduate Business Schools | Wednesday, February 25 at 4:00 pm PT/7:00 pm ET

What happens when I’m accepted?

  • You will receive a letter of admission along with a packet containing additional information and forms that require your signature. In order to accept the offer of admission, you will have approximately one week to sign the required forms and submit a headshot photograph.
  • You will be sent program materials including lodging details, a recommended packing list, and a schedule of the program. Scholars need to be fully present and onsite for all programming without exception.
  • We will arrange and pay for your transportation to and from SIEML within the US.

If I’m not accepted into the program can I reapply next year?

Since we receive more qualified applicants than we can accept, we encourage students to reapply if they will be eligible during the next SIEML application cycle. Visit the Who Can Apply Page to learn more about eligibility.