MBS does not require the GMAT for international admission to its Master in Management. The international route is assessed through an online application file, an English-proficiency test and a pre-recorded video interview rather than a standardised entrance exam — and where a reasoning test applies, MBS offers its own free in-house test as an alternative to the GMAT/GRE/Tage Mage. Because there is no GMAT gate on that route and MBS does not publish an admitted-student GMAT average, there is no score range to quote here. You will still need to clear the academic-level requirement (120 ECTS / two post-secondary years for Year 1 entry; 180 ECTS / a completed bachelor's for direct Year 2 entry) and an English threshold (e.g. IELTS 5.5 / TOEFL iBT 75 / Duolingo 90 for Year 1, with a free MBS English test accepted). If you are weighing test-optional routes generally, see our guide to a MiM in Europe without the GMAT.
Not required on the international route (online file, English test, pre-recorded video interview). Where a reasoning test applies, MBS offers its own free in-house test as an alternative to the GMAT, GRE or TAGE MAGE
| Test policy | Not required on the international route (online file, English test, pre-recorded video interview). Where a reasoning test applies, MBS offers its own free in-house test as an alternative to the GMAT, GRE or TAGE MAGE |
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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 Montpellier 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 the GMAT for the MBS Master in Management?
Sources
- MBS School of Business — The MBS Grande Ecole Programme (Master in Management). FEE BASIS CHECKED 2026-09-06 (P36) — NOT RE-VERIFIED, and this is a recorded negative rather than a confirmation. Both this page and the admissions page were fetched on 2026-09-06 and NEITHER publishes a tuition figure any more: the programme page carries the structure ('two- or three-year programme', ~1,500 hours over 2 to 3 years), the admissions page carries only the €90 application fee and the €1,000-€2,000 admission scholarships. The €15,000 / €16,500 per-year figures on this profile therefore stand on the 24 June 2026 read and could not be re-checked; the profile now says so rather than implying they are current. The entry-point question P36 asks is unanswerable from what MBS currently publishes. — BROCHURE ROUTE TRIED AND CLOSED 2026-09-07 (E7a-mbs-brochure-fee-route). The brochure is not a downloadable file: the 'DOWNLOAD OUR BROCHURE' control is an Elementor popup (
a[href="#brochures-pge-en"]opening popup id 17590) containing a lead-capture form, and the school's own brochure index at /international/brochures/ is a page of the same anchor-popups. Grepping both documents for a.pdfreference returns ZERO on each, sonpm run pdf:texthas no URL to point at — this is the FORM-GATED family already recorded for Católica's programme brochure, not a 403, a 404 or a missing text layer. Every fetchable route to an MBS tuition figure is now spent; what remains is the form or MBS admissions, both human asks. The €15,000 / €16,500 stay on the 24 June 2026 read and keep saying so. — SUPERSEDED IN PART 2026-09-07 (P44): the figures were re-verified after all, on a fourth page neither of the two earlier reads tried. MBS's financing page (source 3) still publishes Year 1 €15,000 and Years 2-3 €16,500 alongside the work-study wording, so the profile no longer says the figures could not be re-checked. The method note stands: two of MBS's pages dropped the figure while a third kept it, so an absence on the obvious page is not an absence from the school ↗ — Montpellier Business School - MBS — Admissions for the MBS Grande Ecole Programme (international entry levels, English thresholds, application steps; 2026 rounds 19 May / 20 June / 18 August with tests by 26 May / 2 July / 25 August, all now closed; no 2027 dates published, international admissions stated to open 1 November; re-verified 2026-08-29) ↗ — Montpellier Business School
- MBS — Financing the MBS Grande Ecole Programme (2026–27 tuition €15,000 / €16,500, scholarships, work-study). RE-READ and ALTERNANCE CHECKED 2026-09-07 (P44): the page still carries the 2026-27 per-year figures and states 'During a work-study year, the tuition fees are fully covered by the host company', the student 'also receives a salary', and work-study offered 'for all or part of the curriculum, depending on the admission procedure'. NEGATIVE RECORDED: no age, French-language or nationality condition appears anywhere on the page ↗ — Montpellier Business School
- Montpellier Business School — Wikipedia (history, accreditations, Conférence des Grandes Écoles, size, internationality, FT 2024 figures) — corroborating context ↗ — Wikipedia