Re-Enrolling Student

If you have been away from the university for one or more semesters, you need to complete a re-enrollment application to reactive your status.

Criteria for Re-Enrollment:

  • Students must have earned a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.50 at Rutgers University to be re-enrolled into one of the following majors: Accounting, Finance, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, or Supply Chain Management.
  • Students must indicate on their application if they left Rutgers under review for disciplinary action or due to academic dismissal. Students academically dismissed or under disciplinary suspension/review must be reviewed by the Scholastic Standing Committee prior to submitting an application for re-enrollment and are not guaranteed re-admission.
  • Admission into Rutgers Business School: Newark Undergraduate Program is subject to space availability and is not guaranteed.
  • For more information regarding Re-Enrollment, please contact Kevin Collazo at Kcollazo@business.rutgers.edu

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Only previous Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark students and graduates from other Rutgers divisions may apply for re-enrollment. Re-enrollment students are accepted for fall and spring semesters. Students interested in applying for re-enrollment to the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark must submit their online application for admission by the following dates:

  • Fall Semester – August 1
  • Spring Semester – December 20

Criteria for Admission

I. Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark returning students

  1. Residency and Credit Requirements
    • Disciplinary Status: Students must indicate on their application if they are currently under review for disciplinary action, judicial sanction, or a violation of the academic integrity policy.
    • Academic Status: Students must indicate on their application if they are in good academic status or withdrew while on academic probation.
    • 7-Year Rule: Students have 7 years from the time of admission to complete their degree. Therefore, any business course taken 7 or more years ago must be retaken. Students must earn a C or better.
    • Curriculum changes: Readmitted students are required to meet all current curriculum requirements at the time of re-enrollment.
  2. Grade-Point Average
    • Minimum Cumulative GPA: Students applying for re-enrollment must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 prior to submitting the re-enrollment application.

    • Students with a cumulative GPA below 2.5: Students applying for re- enrollment whose cumulative GPA was below 2.5 and were on probation during their last enrolled semester must indicate it on their application.

    • Missing Grades: Grades of NG, TF, TZ, or INC will be calculated into the cumulative GPA as “F” for the purposes of determining admission. Students are expected to have completed all coursework and be issued final grades prior to submitting the re-enrollment application.

    • Business Courses taken 7+ years ago: Business courses taken seven or more years ago will not be counted towards the completion of the degree requirements.

    • Academically Dismissed Students: Students applying for re-enrollment that were academically dismissed from the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate– Newark must submit an appeal letter to Assistant Dean Benjamin Lohmann at blohmann@business.rutgers.edu

  3. Transfer Credits

    • College credits earned after the last semester of enrollment will be reviewed. Transferable credits must have been completed with a C or better. Students who previously transferred from community college with 65 credits and students who previously transferred from a 4-year college with 90 credits are ineligible to transfer additional credits.

    • Comprehensive Statewide Transfer Agreement (Lampitt) waiver: The Comprehensive Statewide Transfer Agreement (Lampitt) general education course waiver will not be granted to any previously enrolled Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark student who withdrew and earned an associate’s degree from a New Jersey community college. Transfer credits can be used to satisfy the general education courses but all Newark College of Art and Sciences general education courses must be completed to earn a degree from the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark.

Proceed to Part IV for information pertaining to all re-enrollment applicants.

II. Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark graduates and graduates from other divisions of Rutgers University

  1. Residency and Credit Requirements
    • Second-Degree Candidates: Second degree candidates must complete a minimum of 30 credits to earn a second degree from Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark
    • 7-Year Rule: Students have 7 years from the time of admission to complete their degree. Therefore, any business course taken 7 or more years ago must be retaken. Students must earn a C or better.
    • Curriculum changes: Readmitted students are required to meet all current curriculum requirements at the time of re-enrollment.
    • Double Major: Students applying for re-enrollment cannot double major. Students can only complete one major.
    • General Education Requirements: Students applying for re-enrollment as a second-degree student are not required to complete the general education requirements.
  2. Grade-Point Average
    • Minimum Cumulative GPA: Students applying for re-enrollment must have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 prior to submitting the re-enrollment application.
    • Missing Grades: Grades of NG, TF, TZ, or INC will be calculated into the cumulative GPA as “F” for the purposes of determining admission. Students are expected to have completed all coursework and be issued final grades prior to submitting the re-enrollment application.
  3. Transfer Credits
    • College credits earned after the last semester of enrollment will be reviewed. Transferable credits must have been completed with a C or better. Students who previously transferred from a community college with 65 credits and students who previously transferred from a 4-year college with 90 credits are ineligible to transfer additional credits.

Proceed to Part IV for information pertaining to all re-enrollment applicants.

III. Students from other Rutgers divisions are eligible to re-enroll into the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark.

Students looking for admission to the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark must re-enroll to their previous school of affiliation and submit a school-to-school transfer application. Please see the school-to- school transfer admissions guidelines and criteria.

IV. General Information

  1. Conditions
    • Admitted students are subject to all academic policies of the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark.
      1. All previously earned degree credits and grades will be reviewed in compliance with the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark academic policies. Students should be aware that the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark may decline credits that were previously approved by their present college.
      2. Once admitted to the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark, all students must remain in compliance with the policies of the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate– Newark.
      3. Additional conditions will be noted in the notification message sent to admitted students. Students are responsible for compliance with any conditions specified.
  2. Graduation Requirements
    • All Rutgers Business School–Newark students must:
      1. Complete a minimum of 120 degree credits.
      2. Complete all Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark core and major requirements.
      3. Maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.000.
      4. Complete all business core and major course requirements with a minimum grade of C.
      5. Must successfully satisfy all academic, disciplinary, and financial obligations to the university.
  3. Application Deadline/Procedures and Notification Schedule
    • Students interested in applying for re-enrollment to the Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate–Newark must submit their online application for admission by:
      1. Fall Semester – August 1
      2. Spring Semester – December 20
    • Applicants will receive notification of their admissions decision via email from the college by:
      1. Fall Semester – August 18
      2. Spring Semester January 6