Admissions · 2026

MiM programs in Europe without the GMAT.

64 European Master in Management programs whose published admissions policy does not require a GMAT or GRE score — ranked by Financial Times standing. Every school links through to its full fees, salary and deadline data.

The GMAT and GRE are standardised admissions tests — and for a pre-experience Master in Management, plenty of European schools don't ask for either. Because most MiM applicants are recent graduates with little or no full-time work history, many programs would rather read your bachelor's transcript, CV, essays and interview, or run their own in-house test, than wait on an external score. That removes a real barrier: the GMAT costs money, takes weeks to prepare for, and can stall an otherwise strong application.

The schools below state that the GMAT/GRE is not required for admission. Some still accept a score and may use it to strengthen a weaker academic profile or for scholarship decisions — so a good result can help even where it isn't mandatory. As always, requirements shift each cycle, so confirm the current policy on the school's own admissions page before you apply.

European Master in Management programmes that admit without a GMAT or GRE score, ordered by Financial Times standing, with each programme’s stated test policy.
FT rank Program Test policy Profile
FT #14 Vlerick Business School Brussels, Belgium GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #20 Grenoble École de Management Grenoble, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #22 ESMT Berlin Berlin, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #24 Esade Business School Barcelona, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #30 NEOMA Business School Reims, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #32 Luiss University Rome, Italy GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #36 EADA Business School Barcelona, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #37 University of Cologne Cologne, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #39 Excelia Business School La Rochelle, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #44 University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business Ljubljana, Slovenia GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #45 EM Strasbourg Business School Strasbourg, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #45 TBS Education Toulouse, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #47 Lund University Lund, Sweden GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #49 Burgundy School of Business Dijon, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #50 KEDGE Business School Bordeaux & Marseille, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #51 Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #54 Kozminski University Warsaw, Poland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #58 ZHAW School of Management and Law Winterthur, Switzerland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #61 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Madrid, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #65 Bayes Business School London, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #67 ICN Business School Nancy, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #69 Cranfield School of Management Cranfield, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #75 HEC Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #85 EM Normandie Business School Caen, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
FT #90 Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Brussels, Belgium GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Aalto University School of Business Espoo, Finland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Aarhus University Aarhus, Denmark GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Alliance Manchester Business School Manchester, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Antwerp Management School Antwerp, Belgium GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Aston University Birmingham, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Cambridge Judge Business School Cambridge, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen, Denmark GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Corvinus University of Budapest Budapest, Hungary GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Dublin City University, DCU Business School Dublin, Ireland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Durham University Business School Durham, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— ESB Business School Reutlingen, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Henley Business School Reading, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— ISCTE Business School Lisbon, Portugal GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— King's College London London, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— KU Leuven Brussels, Belgium GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Kühne Logistics University Hamburg, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Lancaster University Management School Lancaster, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Loughborough University Loughborough, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Montpellier Business School Montpellier, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Nottingham University Business School Nottingham, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Nyenrode Business University Breukelen, Netherlands GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Rennes School of Business Rennes, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— SGH Warsaw School of Economics Warsaw, Poland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— UCL School of Management London, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, Italy GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Bath School of Management Bath, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Birmingham Birmingham, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Edinburgh Business School Edinburgh, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Exeter Exeter, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Geneva – Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) Geneva, Switzerland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Glasgow Glasgow, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Groningen – Faculty of Economics and Business Groningen, Netherlands GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Leeds Leeds, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— University of Strathclyde Glasgow, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— UPF Barcelona School of Management Barcelona, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands GMAT/GRE not required for admission
— Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – School of Business and Economics Amsterdam, Netherlands GMAT/GRE not required for admission

Policies are taken from each school's profile and were correct at last review; always confirm the current GMAT/GRE requirement on the school's official admissions page.

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