McIntire’s innovative specialized business graduate degrees and its hallmark undergraduate program are designed to create a wealth of opportunities for students. Immersive, hands-on courses offer transformative educational experiences that provide immediate value. Our faculty-led certificate programs provide key business skills and fluency in specific business areas.
McIntire faculty inspire students to lead with integrity and purpose when confronting today’s grand challenges in business. Our bold and brilliant professors are also committed scholars who conduct cutting-edge research through seven active centers that serve as the School's nexus of collaboration and interdisciplinary exploration.
In addition to the lifelong benefits that come from an innovative McIntire business education, Commerce School students enjoy an enhanced UVA experience on Grounds and around the globe. From insightful student services that help connect you with your passion to specialized career support that provides real-world employment opportunities, there are countless ways to make the most of your present while investing in your future.
B.S. in Commerce
At McIntire, we believe that learning about commerce starts with a solid liberal arts foundation. Our Bachelor's in Commerce is an integrated, highly applied two-year program that creates business leaders who go on to positively impact industry all over the world. Our dynamic community is home to diverse points of view, and provides you with a broad understanding of global business by developing skills applicable to any industry.
We’re looking for students who have explored and learned about the world through a liberal arts education, people who will bring this mindset and perspective into their understanding of business.
We want our applicants to bring a diversity of experience, background, and skills; possess intellectual curiosity; be academically prepared; highly engaged with UVA, Charlottesville, and the global community; and demonstrate emotional intelligence.
Your success in McIntire’s innovative business education program and long-term professional development is built upon a strong liberal arts background. By completing a minimum of two academic years of liberal arts and business prerequisite courses before you enroll, you’ll be prepared to excel in whatever direction commerce takes you. We require you to complete a minimum of 54 cumulative credits in your first two undergraduate years before applying, but recommend 60-63 credits for most students.
At McIntire, we are intentional in our recruitment of underserved and underrepresented students within the context of the business landscape. We seek to admit students with a diversity of thought, backgrounds, and experiences, and we offer dedicated programs and resources to help foster an inclusive student community.
