Edinburgh MBA Deadlines 2025-2026
The University of Edinburgh Business School MBA deadlines for the 2025-2026 intake are as follows.
| Round | Application Deadline | Decisions By |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | October 15, 2025 | November 27 |
| Round 2 | November 26, 2025 | January 22 |
| Round 3 | January 28, 2026 | March 12 |
| Round 4 | March 4, 2026 | April 23 |
| Round 5 | April 22, 2026 | June 11 |
| Round 6 | June 10, 2026 | July 30 |
Required Materials
Application requirements include a personal statement of approximately 500 words, CV/resume, one professional reference, official transcripts (English translation if necessary), degree certificate (English translation if necessary) and English language qualification if applicable. A waiver is available if the applicant studied an in-person undergraduate program, in a majority-English-speaking country (as defined by UKVI), the study was entirely in English, and the study was no more than 5 years prior to applying. Applicants are expected to have at least three years of professional experience, including managerial projects.
Interested applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree can take the GMAT or present a strong employment record to meet admissions requirements.
Interviews
Candidates who move to the second stage of the application process will have an interview with a member of the MBA staff. The interview can be arranged in person or online.
MBA Applywire
GMAT/GRE waiver, realistically what are my chances? I have 4 major exercises and 1 deployment. The reason for the waiver is time constraints as I am currently deployed.
I'm a dentist from India exploring international MBA programs and would appreciate some advice from people who have either gone through a similar transition or have experience with MBA admissions and outcomes.
My long-term goal is to move into the healthcare/healthtech ecosystem, potentially in areas such as healthcare consulting, product management, healthcare strategy, or healthtech startups. I am particularly interested in leveraging my clinical background rather than moving into a completely unrelated field.
I'm currently evaluating MBA programs in Europe and Asia (Singapore, Japan, HongKong)
For context, I have a GMAT Focus score of 575 with 4 years of work ex within the clinical and corporate side of the healthcare sector
Background: 27, male, SouthAsia (non Indian). Top national undergrad, GPA just under 3, strong GRE (330/167Q).
Experience 5 years: Founder of a cross border consumer-electronics venture (led a successful B2B pivot) operating over 3 continents, and Director of Ops & Supply Chain at a Regional distribution company (in a similar domain to my own business).
Leadership: Elected civic role (thousands of constituents); founded an award-winning COVID relief effort.
Goals: Short-term consulting (MBB/T2, ops & transformation). long-term to build an advisory firm for emerging-market SMEs.
MBA LiveWire
submitted action plan mid april, followed by 2 updates mid may and mid june. +2 rec letters from my interviewer and another student.