The GMAT is not required for Henley's MSc Management. Entry is a good second-class undergraduate degree (or international equivalent) in any discipline — the programme is built for recent graduates with up to two years of professional experience — plus IELTS 6.5 (with no component below 5.5) — though Henley's own framing is softer than 'non-native speakers must test', and its accepted alternatives are wider than most UK schools': Reading, which sets Henley's admissions policy, accepts Indian Standard XII English at 70% (CBSE/ICSE/All India/HSSC boards) or 75% (state boards), Nigeria's NECO Senior School Certificate at Grade C, the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education at Grade C, and equivalents from Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania, Zambia and Malaysia, in place of IELTS at this band. Work experience is not required, and no class-average test score is published, so treat the academic and English thresholds as the bar.
Not required, and no class average is published. Entry is a good second-class degree in any discipline, for recent graduates with up to two years of professional experience, plus IELTS 6.5 with no component below 5.5 — though Reading, which sets Henley's admissions policy, accepts Indian Standard XII English, Nigeria's NECO at grade C, the Kenya Certificate at grade C and equivalents from six more countries in place of it
| Test policy | Not required, and no class average is published. Entry is a good second-class degree in any discipline, for recent graduates with up to two years of professional experience, plus IELTS 6.5 with no component below 5.5 — though Reading, which sets Henley's admissions policy, accepts Indian Standard XII English, Nigeria's NECO at grade C, the Kenya Certificate at grade C and equivalents from six more countries in place of it |
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| MiMs we track admitting without a required GMAT/GRE | 75 of 118 |
A GMAT or GRE is not required to apply to the Henley Business School MiM — it is one of the 75 of 118 Master's in Management we track (about 64%) that admit without a required test. See every European MiM you can apply to without a GMAT on our MiM without the GMAT shortlist, or read how GMAT waivers work.
Most European MiM programs, including this one, accept the GRE and often the GMAT Focus Edition or a school-specific test as alternatives, and weigh the whole application — academics, internships, essays, and interview — rather than the score alone.
Frequently asked questions
Do you need a GMAT for the Henley MSc Management?
Sources
- Henley Business School — MSc Management, Fees & funding. FEE CYCLE CHECKED 2026-09-13 (P25b, UK leg). The fee table is keyed by year of entry on both rows: 'UK/Home — Year of Entry 2026 — GBP 15,350' and 'International (incl. EU) — Year of entry 2026 — GBP 29,150'. The corpus figure is right and belongs to 2026 entry. 2026 is the only year the table offers: requesting the page with an explicit 2027/8 academic-year parameter returns the same two 2026 rows, so Henley has not yet published a 2027 fee ↗ — Henley Business School
- Henley Business School — MSc Management ↗ — Henley Business School, University of Reading
- University of Reading — Management postgraduate study ↗ — University of Reading
- University of Reading — Acceptable English language proficiency tests, offer condition 'IELTS 6.5 with no element less than 5.5' (the band Henley's MSc Management sets). ENGLISH EVIDENCE CHECKED 2026-09-09 (P33b, UK leg). This profile previously said IELTS was required 'for non-native English speakers'. Henley publishes no such rule: its course page says only 'Studying in a second language can be challenging. If your English language ability is below the minimum requirement, we may ask for evidence of proficiency.' Reading's admissions policy then lists qualifications accepted INSTEAD of a test at this band, and it is the widest tier found in the UK leg — verbatim entries include 'Indian Standard XII English - CBSE/ICSE/All India/HSSC boards 70% or higher in English Core/ English Elective or Functional English', 'Indian Standard XII English - State boards 75% or higher', 'NECO Senior School Certificate (we will need to verify NECO certificates with a token and registration number) A minimum of Grade C or 6', 'Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education A minimum of Grade C or 6', 'Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) Grade C', 'Malawi School Certificate of Education A minimum of Grade C or 6', 'Mauritian School Certificate in English (awarded by Cambridge) A minimum of Grade C', 'National Examinations Council of Tanzania Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) or Secondary School Leaving Certificate A minimum of Grade C', 'Malaysian SPM Awarded 2021 onward B in English (Bahasa Inggeris) and CEFR score of B2 or above', 'IGCSE English as a first language Grade C', 'IGCSE English as a second language Grade B'. Several entries are marked 'Undergraduate programmes only' (Austria Matura, Denmark Studentereksamen, French Baccalaureat, German Abitur, HKDSE, Iceland Studentsprof, Netherlands VWO, Norway Vitnemal) and are NOT claimed here for the MSc. Note this is a qualification tier, not a country-exemption tier — Reading does not publish a majority-English-speaking-country list on this page. P33f RE-READ 2026-09-12: read again for one question only — does submitting a test result BELOW the course requirement remove an exemption the applicant would otherwise hold, as Bath states ('you will not be exempt')? This page publishes NO rule either way. Recorded as a dated SILENCE on that question, never as permission: a page that says nothing has not promised to ignore a weak score. ↗ — University of Reading