Admissions · 2026

MiM programs in Europe without the GMAT.

17 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.

  1. FT #14 Vlerick Business School Brussels, Belgium GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  2. FT #20 Grenoble École de Management Grenoble, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  3. FT #22 ESMT Berlin Berlin, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  4. FT #24 Esade Business School Barcelona, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  5. FT #30 NEOMA Business School Reims, France GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  6. FT #32 Luiss University Rome, Italy GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  7. FT #36 EADA Business School Barcelona, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  8. FT #37 University of Cologne Cologne, Germany GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  9. FT #44 University of Ljubljana School of Economics and Business Ljubljana, Slovenia GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  10. FT #47 Lund University Lund, Sweden GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  11. FT #51 Politecnico di Milano Milan, Italy GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  12. FT #54 Kozminski University Warsaw, Poland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  13. FT #58 ZHAW School of Management and Law Winterthur, Switzerland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  14. FT #61 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Madrid, Spain GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  15. FT #65 Bayes Business School London, the UK GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  16. FT #75 HEC Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland GMAT/GRE not required for admission
  17. FT #90 Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Brussels, Belgium 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.