2020-2021 Round 1 MBA Deadlines

Last Updated Jul 20, 2020 by Lauren Wakal

Early Action / Round 1 MBA Application Deadlines

To help you stay organized, we’ve compiled all of the earliest deadlines, including Early Action and Round 1, of the top business schools in one place. For schools that have announced their essay topic(s), you’ll find links to our corresponding Essay Topic Analysis in the “Essay(s) Released” column. We will continue to update this table as more Round 1 MBA deadlines and essay topics are announced.

Last updated: September 1, 2020

School	Deadline	Decision	Essay(s) Released?	Application Live?
IESE (Early Action)	9/1/2020	10/23/2020	Yes	Yes
UVA / Darden (Early Action)	9/2/2020	10/7/2020	Yes	Yes
Harvard Business School (R1)	9/8/2020	12/10/2020	Yes	Yes
Cambridge / Judge (R1)	9/7/2020	11/9/2020	Yes	Yes
London Business School (R1)	9/11/2020	11/19/2020	Yes	Yes
Oxford / Saïd (R1)	9/11/2020	10/16/2020	Yes	Yes
INSEAD (R1 September Intake)	9/11/2020	11/20/2020	Yes	Yes
Michigan / Ross (R1)	9/14/2020	12/2/2020	Yes	Yes
UPenn / Wharton (R1)	9/15/2020	12/16/2020	Yes	Yes
Stanford GSB (R1)	9/15/2020	12/10/2020	Yes	Yes
Yale SOM (R1)	9/15/2020	12/8/2020	Yes	Yes
Notre Dame / Mendoza (Early Decision)	9/15/2020	10/30/2021	Yes	Yes
Northwestern / Kellogg (R1)	9/16/2020	12/9/2020	Yes	Yes
Indian School of Business (R1)	9/20/2020	Mid-Nov.	Yes	Yes
Duke / Fuqua (Early Action)	9/23/2020	10/27/2020	Yes	Yes
Emory / Goizueta (R1)	9/23/2020	12/10/2020	Yes	Yes
Berkeley / Haas (R1)	9/24/2020	12/17/2020	Yes	Yes
U. Chicago Booth (R1)	9/24/2020	12/3/2020	Yes	Yes
Dartmouth / Tuck (R1)	9/28/2020	12/10/2020	Yes	Yes
Georgetown / McDonough (R1)	9/28/2020	12/11/2020	Yes	Yes
MIT / Sloan (R1)	10/1/2020	12/16/2020	Yes	Yes
UCLA / Anderson (R1)	10/2/2020	12/18/2020	Yes	Yes
Columbia Business School (Early Decision)	10/2/2020	Rolling	Yes	Yes
CMU / Tepper (R1)	10/4/2020	12/9/2020	Yes	Yes
UVA / Darden (R1)	10/5/2020	12/12/2020	Yes	Yes
IESE (R1)	10/6/2020	12/12/2020	Yes	Yes
Cornell / Johnson	10/8/2020	12/18/2020	Yes	Yes
Vanderbilt / Owen (R1)	10/12/2020	12/18/2020	Yes	Yes
UNC / Kenan-Flagler (R1)	10/13/2020	12/14/2020	Yes	Yes
UT Austin / McCombs (R1)	10/13/2020	12/17/2020	Yes	Yes
Notre Dame / Mendoza (R1)	10/13/2021	12/4/2020	Yes	Yes
NYU / Stern (R1)	10/15/2020	1/1/2021	Yes	Yes
USC / Marshall	10/15/2020	12/31/2020	Yes	Yes
Rice / Jones (R1)	10/16/2020	12/11/2020	Yes	Yes
Duke / Fuqua (R1)	10/20/2020	12/18/2020	Yes	Yes

Posted in: Deadlines, MBA Feature

Schools: Berkeley / Haas, Cambridge / Judge, Columbia, Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Emory / Goizueta, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, Notre Dame / Mendoza, NYU Stern, Oxford / Saïd, Rice / Jones, Stanford GSB, U. Chicago Booth, UCLA Anderson, UPenn / Wharton, UT Austin / McCombs, UVA / Darden, Vanderbilt / Owen, Yale SOM

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Lauren Wakal

Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.

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