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Incoming IMBA Student Information

Orientation for Incoming IMBA Students


IMBA Orientation Summer II

IMBA-Orientation_03All Language and Global Trackers will be on the Columbia campus for the beginning of the business portion of the program starting the first week of July. The first day of Orientation will be June 30th. Orientation week for all students is mandatory and will be held in the Lumpkin Auditorium, 8th floor, Moore School of Business.  During the comprehensive overview, you will be greeted by the Dean of  the Moore School and the Executive Director of the International MBA Program.  You will be introduced to key staff members and be instructed on general rules and regulations that you will follow during your time in the program. Please bring or wear business attire with you as your photograph will be taken during orientation. Students participate for the first week in the Moore Professional Series, offered by the professional staff of the Moore School of Business Office of Career Management.

Click Here To View The Orientation/Career Management Schedule of Mandatory Activities

Your core classes will begin the following week  - please refer to your daily core schedule.  IMBA-Orientation_02Check VIP to to make sure you have registered yourself for the correct section and follow that section schedule for the entire semester. Also, be aware that your tuition program fees must be paid by the first day of class (each semester) - see paying fees for instructions to complete this process.

Please make sure that you have sent your offical GMAT test scores and all official transcripts (with degree posted) to:

The Graduate School
USC, Byrnes Building
Columbia, SC 29208

International students  entering the Moore School of Business International MBA program must arrive on campus the week before the IMBA orientation for a mandatory orientation with the IMBA office as well as the International Student Services Office. (specific information to follow with I-20 from International Student Services)

If you have received a Fee Reduction/Work Grant from the Moore School, please see Scott Kaplan in room 517 in the Moore School at the beginning of orientation week to obtain the form needed to secure a Social Security Number, so that your hiring paperwork can be completed.

IMBA Fall Information

Please register for your Fall courses as you did for summer.  Be aware that you may have been allowed to register for summer session II courses while still lacking the required immunization form or an official GMAT and/or undergraduate transcript - that will not be the case for Fall registration - all required forms must be submitted in order for you to register for the Fall. Fee payment for the Fall semester is due on the first day of class (refer to your schedule).  There will be no formal fall orientation.

This orientation page will be updated as information changes .