Cambridge admits to the MPhil in Management once a year for an October start, through the University's Postgraduate Applicant Portal. Applications for 2026 entry have closed; admissions for 2027 entry open in September 2026. Cambridge assesses applications in funding-linked rounds and places are highly competitive, so apply as early in the cycle as you can and confirm the current round dates on the school's own page.
Exact dates for the upcoming intake are confirmed against the school's official admissions page as they are published.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need a GMAT for the Cambridge MPhil in Management?
No — neither the GMAT nor the GRE is required, and the school states a score will not strengthen your application. Entry is a UK First Class Honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a subject other than business or management, achieved within the last year, plus strong English (IELTS 7.5 overall with no element below 7.0, or TOEFL 110 overall with no element below 25). No work experience is required; the programme is built for recent graduates.
Who is the Cambridge MPhil in Management for?
It is a conversion course for recent graduates from non-business disciplines who are preparing to enter management and business and want a management foundation first. Two eligibility points make it distinctive: your undergraduate degree must be in a subject other than business or management, and you must apply within a maximum of one year since you graduated. That makes it a true pre-experience Master in Management aimed at early-career talent, not at people with significant work experience.
Sources
- Cambridge Judge Business School — MPhil in Management. FEE CYCLE CHECKED 2026-09-13 (P25b, UK leg) and NOT RESOLVED — a specific negative. Judge's own MPhil in Management pages ARE reachable (browser-UA curl, HTTP 200) and none of them states a fee: the programme page, /apply/ and /faqs/ carry no figure at all, and the fees page linked from search results (/masters-degrees/mphil-management/fees-funding/) returns HTTP 404 to both curl and WebFetch. The University's own course directory entry renders its 'Fees and Maintenance' table client-side, so it comes back as 'Loading...' to every non-rendering client tried. So the profile's GBP 42,468 keeps NO cycle label. What the pages DO state, read this run: 'Admissions for October 2027 entry are now open. The closing date for applications will be 25 February 2027.' A search engine's summary asserting a 2026/27 label for this figure was NOT treated as verification, because no fetch returned it ↗ — Cambridge Judge Business School
- Cambridge Judge Business School — MPhil in Management ↗ — Cambridge Judge Business School
- Cambridge Judge Business School — MPhil in Management: how to apply / entry requirements ↗ — Cambridge Judge Business School
- Cambridge Judge Business School — MPhil in Management, Apply (FAQs). SELECTION CHECKED 2026-09-11 (P24e): the no-test tier reproduces at source, and the school's own wording is stronger than a paraphrase — "Do you require a GRE/GMAT score as part of the application process? No, we don't require a GRE/GMAT score and it will not add any value to your application." The same FAQ set records the eligibility bar this programme is unusual for: "The programme is designed for graduates who have not previously studied business or management", and "If you have previously studied more than three modules in accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, operations management, strategy or supply chain management, you will not be eligible for the programme" ↗ — Cambridge Judge Business School