ESMT Berlin MBA Deadlines 2025
The ESMT Berlin MBA deadlines for their January 2026 intake are as follows. Full-time MBA students enroll at ESMT in January and complete their degree by March of the next year.
| Round | Application Deadline | Interview Dates | Decision Notification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | February 28, 2025 | March 7-17, 2025 | March 26, 2025 |
| Round 2 | April 11, 2025 | April 22-29, 2025 | May 9, 2025 |
| Round 3 | May 30, 2025 | June 6-16, 2025 | June 24, 2025 |
| Round 4* | August 22, 2025 | Aug 27-Sep 2, 2025 | September 9, 2025 |
| Round 5 | November 14, 2025 | Case-by-Case | Rolling |
*Final deadline for students requiring a visa. After the Round 3 deadline, admissions are rolling. Applicants interested in an early application scholarship should apply by the Round 3 deadline.
The ESMT Berlin adcom begins application review once the application is complete.
Required Materials
Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree, along with three years minimum of professional experience.
The completed application will include transcripts for all post-secondary academic work, GMAT, GRE, EA or ESMT Admissions Test (BAT) score reports (no waiver available), essay responses, two professional recommendations, a current resume, and the 50 euro application fee.
Non-native English speakers who do not hold a university degree from a university where English is the teaching language must prove their English proficiency with one of the following: at least a 95 on the TOEFL, at least a 64 score on the PTE, or at least a 7 on the IELTS.
Interviews
Interviews are issued by invitation only. Interviews may be conducted in person on the ESMT Berlin campus or remotely via Zoom. The interviews run 40-50 minutes with the adcom seeking to assess candidates’ interpersonal skills, goals and aspirations.
MBA Applywire
Work Experience: Worked 1 year as a process engineer for an Aerospace and Defense company and now work as a radioactive waste management engineer working in nuclear energy with 2.5 years of experience and would have 4.5 years of total work experience by the time I would matriculate.
Goals: Did a few co-ops in water treatment and now work in clean energy and have a passion for environmental solutions. But don't necessarily enjoy technical heavy work and want more towards management side of this. Looking to pivot to strategy consulting, specializing in sustainability.
EC: Community Outreach Executive for Nuclear chapter at my work where I give speeches at elementary schools to promote STEM careers; Communication representative for my Union; some volunteer work with my local food bank and some other small community involvements.
Target: UVA / Duke / Cornell / Yale / Dartmouth
Safety: McCombs / Tepper
Reach: Kelloggs / Booth / Columbia
Does my profile have a shot at this? I have applied to Round 2 for INSEAD but outside of that, will properly apply this fall. Would love any insights/opinions/recommendations!
I am looking to apply to MBA programs with focus on energy and sustainability. I want to stay in the west coast and I am currently based out of here. Please recommend admission consultants too. The biggest caveat: I am unemployed currently (left my job in Dec 2024 to focus on my passions and figure out long term plans) and currently doing part time unpaid work as a VC scout and in a climate startup.
Profile Snapshot
Demographics: US citizen by birth but grew up in India. Indian female, currently based in SF bay area
Academics: Undergrad from top Indian engineering school (Bachelors of Engineering in EEE) (low GPA) - 6.1
Two research papers in undergrad with 40+ citations currently. Low GPA due to death in family and other problems but have strong ECs and papers in undergrad.
GMAT: 730
Work Experience (4+ years, diverse)
1.5 years at strategic analytics consulting & AI research firm in India – front-office, European clients - Medical devices and FMCG (F500). Title was imagineer (role is mix of business, data and engineering)
0.4 years at another analytics consulting firm – data engineer, FMCG client (TC: 120K) in Austin Texas
2.4 years: Series D startup Agentic AI space. Title Sales engineer in SF, California (GTM role working with enterprise Fortune 50 clients). Two unofficial promotions - no title change but got salary increase of 10k each and unofficial lead sales engineer. (TC - 180K plus options)
Currently unemployed. The AI field left me very concerned, rapid job loss and I was part of the problem among other concerns. I left since I wanted to focus and transition to the energy sector. Currently working with a cleanTech venture firm as VC scout and a sustainability startup. No money. Might start looking for jobs soon
ECs:
Founded Non-profit during undergrad. Still running in my undergrad school
Chief Marketing Officer of my undergrad alma mater in the bay area: organize events with 100k plus is revenue. Lead team of 5 and have one VP under me.
Toastmasters: was ex-VP
Passionate about animals and children education. Donate and fund multiple programs in India.
My strongest value system is giving back to my community hence I want to go into energy and sustainability.
Goals
Short-term: Work in energy startups - Go to Market in CleanTech, P&L or Development roles in public utilities, strategy role in an energy firm
Long-term: PE targeting the energy sector or VC in renewables
Dilemma
Will I get any admits? concerned about low GPA and unemployment.
Would love your views on:
Do I have a realistic shot at (M7 / T10)?
Haas is part-time. Rest are FT. Curious as what the best option is for both ROI and long-term value.
-Currently make $200k+ TC.
-BS in STEM (3.20) low rank state school
-MS in Management (3.9+) low rank private school
-Good ECs/Volunteering/Hobbies -- Founded an org that is still ongoing. On the private school's alumni relations board.
-Good story for personal statements and interviews. First-gen everything, low income.
Goals (in order of best to worst case):
1) co-founding a startup and running with it (e.g. vc funding, fellowships, etc.)
2) Chief of Staff at a start up --> Head of Dept or C-level
3) Back into another LDP in the area of interest
Studying for GRE and estimated around 320 in mocks. Is a 320 GRE better than 700 GMAT (classic)?
3.5 GPA with a B.S. in Molecular Biology from a small, private, non-target school. Graduating in 2025 but I'm looking to apply to a top MBA program in the next 3-5 years. I currently have a role lined up with a top 5 pharmaceutical company in clinical operations but my end goal would be to pivot into strategy or business development at a pharma company or consulting for life sciences. I have already taken GMAT FE (605 score) but I don't count this as I plan to retake and study (ideal score would be 675+, this will hopefully be achievable). If you have any additional advice I can implement in the next 3-5 years it would be greatly appreciated.