Discover what success means to you. And the responsibility that comes with achieving it. An undergraduate business education should prepare you for a career. At Notre Dame, it also prepares you to consider what that career can contribute to your life, to the lives of others, and to the world you’ll help shape.
You’ll come to Notre Dame with a unique set of interests, ambitions, and ideas about what you might like to do. Some things will become clearer. Some will change completely. That’s part of education.
Founded over a century ago to become a force for good in society, you’ll build a rigorous foundation in business at Mendoza, while also studying across a University created to educate the whole person. You’ll explore disciplines beyond business, learn alongside people who see the world differently, and have room to pursue the questions and opportunities that matter most to you. Because knowing how business works is important. Understanding the people, communities, and consequences behind the decisions organizations make is invaluable.
The Notre Dame Difference
Explore the rankings, outcomes, and distinctions that define the Notre Dame undergraduate business experience.
#9
Undergraduate Program
Poets & Quant' Best Undergraduate Business Schools (2026)
#4
Global Alumni Network
Financial Times (2024)
97%
Career Placement
ND First Destination Report (Class of 2025)
I think what sets Notre Dame apart is its focus on cultivating people’s character. There has always been an emphasis not just on what we learn, but on the purpose of it, how it will help us find fulfillment and improve the lives of other people.
Allison ElshoffBusiness Analytics Major; Class of 2026 Salutatorian
Program Distinctives
Build an education around who you’re becoming. You don’t have to arrive at Notre Dame with your future figured out. Your undergraduate experience gives you space to explore your passions, deepen your strengths, and discover new ones.
The Undergraduate Business Core curriculum provides opportunities to specialize in a secondary discipline and add minors to customize your studies according to your career interests.
Step outside of the classroom to apply analytical rigor and ethical leadership to undergraduate research, global business competitions, and immersive treks.
Get hands-on experience and collaborate with others on challenges that ask you to think deeply about real-world problems with real-world consequences for humanity.
The people you meet at Notre Dame — classmates, teachers, mentors — can change how you see yourself, and your future. These relationships don't end at graduation.
See where possibility can lead. What will you learn about yourself? And what will you do with what you discover? Meet current students and graduates who are combining interests, testing ideas, and crossing disciplines.
Cleveland Sellers spent his time at Notre Dame doing more than excelling in the classroom and on the field. He’s been building organizations, uplifting communities, and driving social change.
Admissions
The admissions process varies by your student status — select the option that applies to you for details.
First-Year Applicants
Upon application to Notre Dame, all students are asked to make a non-binding indication of the college or school, and specific major or discipline they intend to pursue. Applicants who indicate an intent to enroll into the Mendoza College of Business will be informed at the time of admission whether they are approved to do so. Those who are accepted by Notre Dame, but not approved for Mendoza, may pursue any other college and major and avail themselves of the transfer application processes noted below if their interest in business continues. Students approved to major in business who change their minds, are free to major in any other college or school at Notre Dame. The timing of the switch may have consequences, however, that should be carefully considered.
Internal Transfer Opportunities
First-Year students at Notre Dame who were not previously approved for Mendoza have an opportunity to apply for transfer into the College of Business during their first year. First-Year students who are interested in pursuing business are encouraged to let their FY advisor know so they can advise them on course selection in the first year. Transfers into Mendoza will not be considered outside of the application window in the first year, and all internal transfers must be accepted into Mendoza prior to the start of their sophomore year. The application process is highly competitive.
Applications for external transfer to Mendoza from another university occur in the spring of the freshman year and are contingent upon successful completion of one year at another institution. This is a highly competitive process. External transfers must matriculate as a first-semester sophomore into the Mendoza College of Business.
All transfer students are expected to complete, at a minimum, a semester of Calculus and Principles of Microeconomics prior to the start of the sophomore year.
Contact Notre Dame Admissions
For questions about admission to the University of Notre Dame or Mendoza College of Business, contact the Office of Admissions at (574) 631-7505 or admissions@nd.edu.
What will you make your own?
Your Notre Dame business education begins with a strong foundation. Where you take it from there depends on the challenges you take on and the questions you want to answer.
Explore majors and minors that can help you build an undergraduate experience — and business career — distinctly your own.
