Bachelor’s Degree Program
Build your understanding of marketing fundamentals and learn skills in communication, branding, analytics and more.
BS in Marketing
Master’s Degree Programs
Master the skills that empower you to understand customer needs and the competitive environment.
MS in Marketing
PhD with Marketing Concentration
Develop strong research skills that are especially relevant for students interested in an academic career.
PhD in Marketing
About the Field of Marketing
Marketing focuses on both the customers’ and the company’s objectives and is essential to running businesses and non-profit organizations. Good marketing decisions are made by understanding customer needs and the competitive environment. The field of marketing is vital for careers in general management, and further specializations include strategic marketing, product management, retail, advertising, market research and E-commerce.
The marketing academic area in the Jindal School of Management offers degrees including:
Marketing Resource Articles
Learn more about specific areas of marketing, career paths and available opportunities.
Capstone Senior Projects Provides Real-World Solutions for an Array of Clients
The Professional Program in Marketing (PPM) is a program that provides supplemental workshops and professional opportunities while also encouraging participation in rigorous courses. This elite program was the brainchild of a past Capstone Senior Project Marketing (MKT 4395) course.
How Our Marketing Students Land Over 150 Internships Every Year
The BS in Marketing program’s required internship is important for acquiring needed experience to land that first job. It’s also a crucial part of our trilogy experience, which includes completion of an internship, 100 hours of community engagement experience and a capstone senior project course.
What Does a Brand Manager Do?
Marketing Career Focus: Brand Management
A brand manager is responsible for the overall image of a product or person. Key elements of the job are researching the marketplace to determine where the product or client fits in.
Research Isn’t Just for Science Majors — It’s for Marketing Majors, Too!
While a BS in Marketing program student, Claudia Kwee had a chance to conduct a research project and present it at an educators’ conference in Houston.
What You Learn From Capstone Senior Projects
Capstone Senior Projects give students a taste of real-world situations. Students gain experience working with corporations in the community, showcasing their expertise and professionalism.
Now Is a Good Time to Help a Nonprofit Organization
By being part of the UT Dallas community, we know we are blessed with support, resources and connections — but most of all hope.
Students’ Work Played a Part in a Corporate Acquisition
In May 2019, Shannon Cotts won the DFW AMA Collegiate Marketer of the Year award for her outstanding data analysis provided to startup business Fixd, a Dallas-based home warranty and service repair business.
Marketing Blogs & News
Advice and resources for current or prospective Marketing students
JSOM to Prepare for Sales and Lead Development Jobs
For business school students, insight on the future of the job market is helpful, and we have the scoop. Entry-level sales roles are on the rise. Learn more about what you need to get one of these roles post-graduation.
Analysis for Consumer & Shopper Insights Jobs
Marketing Career Focus: Customer Insights
Customer insights is an emerging area for marketing professionals who are not modelers, statisticians or data scientists. They often work more on the analysis and recommendation side of the profession.
Phi Beta Lambda Turns in Strong Performance at Texas State Leadership Conference
Based in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, the UT Dallas chapter of the student organization Phi Beta Lambda brought home 26 first-, second, and third-place awards from the Texas State Leadership Conference.
Mentoring Sparks Undergrad’s Research Efforts
Positive mentoring experiences sparked a Jindal School marketing major’s curiosity and opened the door to her research. Since winning a UT Dallas Undergraduate Research Award, she has refined her work and presented her findings on and off campus.
Mentoring Course at Jindal School Now Offers Training Certificate
A Jindal School course that teaches leadership, management and communication skills to aspiring mentors now offers mentor training certification to those students who successfully complete the class.
JSOM Team Finishes Second in Adobe Analytics Challenge
A trio of JSOM graduate marketing students finished second and earned $14k in the Adobe Analytics Challenge, a business case competition. “Their win highlights the quality of our digital courses,” MS in Marketing Program Director Alex Edsel said.
What Does a Marketing Analyst Do?
Marketing Career Focus: Marketing Analytics
Overview of skills needed for marketing analytics managers and how these map to the courses offered at the MS or Master of Science in Marketing at UT Dallas. The marketing analytics track has 3 core courses covering database marketing, spreadsheet modeling and business analytics with either SAS or R, plus 15 electives.
‘Dynamic Duo’ Wins at International Collegiate Sales Competition
Jindal School seniors Katherine Reagan and Laura Su recently won the International Collegiate Sales Competition’s Sales Management Case Competition.
External Relations and Development Teams Earn Marketing Association Award
Efforts to make the Jindal School’s annual major fundraiser, Scholarship Breakfast, a success in 2020 despite COVID-19 were recognized with an award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Sales Students Score Top Wins at Annual Competition
The 2020 International Collegiate Sales Competition won the case-management contest and placed second in the World Cup of Sales.
Student Spotlight: Aaliya Mohammed
Aaliya Mohammed is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Marketing at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and she is expected to graduate in December 2024.
Double Degree Programs at Jindal School Offer Key Advantages
The academic experience at the Naveen Jindal School of Management is rich with opportunities for students looking to broaden their academic and professional horizons. Omer Ahmed Omer Ahmed is one of those students. He knows a degree from The University of Texas at Dallas will give him a competitive advantage in his career. As he […]
Marketing Career Focus: Product Management
What does a product manager do? In his book, Inspired, Marty Cagan, software engineer and founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group, defines the job of the product manager as “to discover a product that is valuable, usable and feasible.”
Digital Marketing Tips That Even Novices Can Try
Leave it to the pros to give you the best digital marketing tips and industry news. In this blog post, Jeanne Spreier was on the scene at the Digital Executive Summit and shares the latest tips even novices can try.
Super Bowl Ad Trends to Expect this Year
On Super Bowl Sunday, whether the game’s a good one or a great one, make sure you don’t miss the real game within the game — the commercials. Prof. Biswas gives us a sneak peek of what Super Bowl ad trends to expect this year.
Marketing Competition Offers Training — and Prize Money!
Learn more about the Morris Hite Center-IBM Marketing Customer Insights Competition on Saturday, May 7.
Senior Wins Student Entrepreneur and Collegiate Marketer of the Year Awards
A marketing senior recently brought home two major competition awards, one from Dallas Startup Week for her entrepreneurship and one from the DFW chapter of the American Marketing Association, which named her Collegiate Marketer of the Year.
Jindal Marketing Students Reap Success in Google Marketing Challenge
Coordinating their online marketing campaign with gardeners’ spring planting research sowed seeds of success for a Jindal School team that helped the National Gardening Association in the 2017 Google Online Marketing Challenge.
Wildfire Smoke Prompts Temporary Shift Toward Green Purchases, Jindal School Research Shows
Whether a campfire gets left unattended or lightning strikes dry brush during a drought, people caught in the resulting wildfires are changing their shopping habits — not just by putting on masks but also by shopping for greener products, at least for a while. Findings from a recent study by researchers in the Naveen Jindal […]
Adapting to Coronavirus Realities Critical to Sales Success, Marketing Profs Say
Bringing the market to customers is a new necessity for sales professionals who are using technological tools to overcome distance barriers and become more efficient in a COVID-19 world. JSOM’s sales faculty comment on the changes.
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Student Testimonials
Holly Lynn
UT Dallas has helped me immensely by giving me the tools and knowledge to start a career path in the world of marketing right here in my hometown. I have grown with confidence to become a leader thanks to the many ways of communicating that have opened up to me, meaning things that were learned will not be forgotten!
Brandon Borick, MS ’22
The M.S. in Marketing Fast Track Program was one of the most valuable opportunities I was able to take advantage of during my time at UT Dallas. In five years, I was able to attain both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, which has opened opportunities many entry-level business professionals don’t often receive.
Hema Shesha Sai Ganta, MS ’22
MS in Marketing at UTD is an incredible program. I thoroughly enjoyed pursuing the Marketing Analytics and Customer Insights track. The courses and unparalleled knowledge of professors helped me gain a better understanding of analytical applications in a real-world business setting. I highly recommend this program to anyone who is passionate about marketing.
John Walling, BS’21
Class of 2021
Being a part of the BS in Marketing program at UTD has been an enjoyable and adventurous experience for me.
Rahul Rai
My trajectory will always be changed by my time at UTD Naveen Jindal School of Management MS Marketing program. It surpassed all expectations and provided me with unique insight. I’m aware that investing in myself by enrolling in this program has been and will continue to be among the best choices I’ve ever made.
Pratiksha Tonpe, BS’21
Class of 2021
The MS in Marketing program at JSOM has offered so many fantastic opportunities where I could learn more about the industry and meet professionals.
Mahesh Jajoo
This program has helped me grow in different domains of marketing. It is one of the only programs worldwide that allows you to choose multiple courses between tracks. The amount of research that goes into preparing the material for the course is amazing, keeping the teaching material up to date with the changes in the marketing field. It also has taught me the best marketing principles and lessons through its core courses, which I will use throughout my marketing career. Overall, a program that has taken care of all the ever-changing dynamics of marketing that I was looking for and helped me grow as a marketer.
Allison Lutz Waldon
The MBA/M.S. Marketing program has allowed me to build and develop skills that I’ve been able to apply to projects in my current role. The flexible degree plan allows me to take classes while working full-time in marketing.
Michelle Bassil, MS ’22
The MBA & Master of Science in Marketing programs have provided me with the opportunity to gain a vast amount of relevant knowledge that is applicable to real-world business problems. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to further my education in a way that allowed me to pursue multiple interests simultaneously!
Alumni Spotlights
Kate Reagan, BS’15
Assistant Vice President, Business Development, Texas Capital Bank
In Reagan’s role at Texas Capital Bank, she leans on both degrees she earned at Jindal School – a bachelor’s degree in accounting and marketing.
Mindy Tiu, BS’14
GE, Commercial Leadership Program
Mindy Tiu, now living in Stamford, Conn, fully embraced her time at UT Dallas by taking part in a broad range of campus activities.
Glenn D. Lovelace, BS’81
CEO, Peñasco Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
Lovelace graduated from what was then the School of Management with a marketing degree and minors in computer science and finance.
Randall Tan, BS’13
Key Account Manager at Softlayer, An IBM Company
Randall Tan had plenty of success before launching his academic career at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Chanel Ebanks-Texada, BS’16
Watson Customer Engagement Account Executive, IBM
Ebanks-Texada has launched her career at IBM, where she is prospecting and generating business in the public sector.
Paulina Jesionek, BS’13, MS’15, MBA’15
Marketing Program Specialist, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Jesionek graduated cum laude in Fall 2013 with two undergraduate degrees – Global Business and Marketing. She delivered the commencement address that year.
Matthew A. Thompson, BS’12
Automation Marketing Manager, StructuredWeb
Matthew A. Thompson, who majored in marketing, moved to New York City soon after graduation. Once there, he landed a job at ALM, a specialized business news and information company largely focused on the legal community.
Marketing Program Resources at the Jindal School
Academic Programs – Primary
The Marketing academic area offers one bachelor’s, one master’s and one PhD program.
Online Degrees
Academic Programs – Additional
The Marketing area also offers accelerated pathways to adding more degrees as well as professional programs and concentrations.
Faculty and Advisory Board
Discover how Marketing area faculty are researching, publishing, speaking and engaging in the business community.
Community Activity
Marketing area students, faculty and staff are engaged in the community through center activities, events and more.