A GMAT or GRE is required for the MSc International Business unless you qualify for an exemption — and the exemptions are broad: holders of a Dutch/Flemish NVAO-accredited bachelor's, or a bachelor's from an AACSB- or EQUIS-accredited institution, are waived. For applicants who must test, the minimum is a GMAT Focus total of 515 (or 550 on the version administered until early 2024), with a GRE conversion accepted; scoring below the minimum is an automatic reject, and the official score report must be sent directly by the test centre.
Admitted students at Maastricht University typically score in the GMAT Focus 515 (or 550 on the older version) / GRE equivalent; waived for holders of an AACSB- or EQUIS-accredited bachelor's GMAT range.
| Admitted GMAT range | GMAT Focus 515 (or 550 on the older version) / GRE equivalent; waived for holders of an AACSB- or EQUIS-accredited bachelor's |
|---|---|
| MiMs we track admitting without a required GMAT/GRE | 75 of 118 |
The Maastricht University MiM does weigh a test score (admitted students fall in the GMAT Focus 515 (or 550 on the older version) / GRE equivalent; waived for holders of an AACSB- or EQUIS-accredited bachelor's range) — but if a test-free route matters, 75 of 118 MiMs we track (about 64%) admit without a required GMAT or GRE. 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 the GMAT for the Maastricht MSc International Business?
Sources
- FT Masters in Management 2025 — SBE #1 Netherlands, names the MSc International Business ↗ — Maastricht University
- MSc International Business — tuition fees (statutory & institutional). Re-read at source 2026-09-03 and the figures confirmed exactly: academic year 2025/26 statutory €2,601 and institutional €21,400; academic year 2026/27 statutory €2,694 and institutional €21,500; part-time not applicable in either year. INTAKE LABEL CHECKED: those are the only two years published — there is NO 2027/28 schedule — so 2026/27 is the latest Maastricht publishes and it prices the year before the intake this profile's rounds admit to. The stored non-EU figure was carried as ~€21,500 and is exactly €21,500, so the approximation has been dropped. ROUTE NOTE: this page renders navigation-only to WebFetch (the standing JS-gated negative recorded for Maastricht); a browser-UA curl returns the full 590 KB document with the fee table in the source, which is how it was read ↗ — Maastricht University
- MSc International Business — application & admission deadlines (re-checked 28 Aug 2026; page covers academic year 2026-2027 only. February 2027 start: Studielink opens "as soon as possible after 1 July 2026"; 1 November 2026 non-EU/EEA; 1 December 2026 EU/EEA or Swiss; 1 January 2027 recommended fee payment; 31 January 2027 all MyApplication tasks. September 2027 dates NOT yet published) ↗ — Maastricht University
- GMAT and GRE tests for application (SBE) — minimum scores & exemptions ↗ — Maastricht University
- Financial Times — Masters in Management 2025 ↗ — Financial Times
- Maastricht University — MSc International Business (Strategy and Innovation): admission requirements. INTERVIEW CHECKED 2026-09-03: no interview appears anywhere in the published process. The required-documents list is a grades transcript, a copy of the diploma if obtained, a CV, a motivation letter of "about 1 or 2 pages" giving "good arguments for why you want to do this master's programme at Maastricht University", a separate description of every statistics course taken in the bachelor, a passport photo and ID. Read from the raw HTML with a browser user agent — WebFetch renders this page navigation-only, which is the standing Maastricht blocker recorded in the queue, and the browser-UA route clears it ↗ — Maastricht University
- Maastricht University — English language requirement SBE. ENGLISH EVIDENCE ATTEMPTED 2026-09-06 (P33c, Dutch leg) and RECORDED AS A NEGATIVE, with the family named rather than guessed. The page opens with a browser user agent (HTTP 200; the central /support/your-studies-begin/admission-registration/language-requirements path 403s to both WebFetch and browser-UA curl), but everything it opens with is this, verbatim and in full: 'Since this (pre-)master's programme is taught in English, you must have a thorough verbal and written command of English. We accept TOEFL and IELTS tests as proof of your English proficiency. Please note that you have to prepare and register for these exams yourself. Answer the questions below to find out if you meet the language requirements*' with the footnote '*only for SBE (pre-)master's programmes'. The rules themselves sit behind that questionnaire and are assembled in the browser — no thresholds, no country list, no medium-of-instruction clause and no exemption text is server-rendered anywhere on the page. This is the INTERACTIVE FORM APP family already recorded for KU Leuven's tuition-fee application-windows lookup, not the WAF family and not a moved URL. So Maastricht is the one Dutch school in this catalogue whose English exemption rule this site has NOT read, and nothing about it is asserted here. Aggregator summaries of a Board-of-Admissions medium-of-instruction discretion exist; none of them is the school, and none is used ↗ — Maastricht University