Admission for international applicants runs in five rounds, not four — and the fourth is a hard wall for anyone who needs a study visa. In the 2026/2027 cycle Round 1 opened on 17 November 2025 and closed on 21 January 2026, Round 2 closed 25 February, Round 3 25 March, Round 4 on 6 May as the school's stated "final round for non-EU" applicants, and Round 5 on 24 June — open only to "EU applicants or non-EU already in Italy". So a visa-needing applicant who plans around the last published date has already missed the programme by seven weeks. Cattolica assesses each application four to six weeks after its round closes and recommends applying "within the first 3 deadlines, especially if you are a non-EU student who needs a study visa"; waiting-listed applicants hear by the end of July. The 2026/2027 intake has closed; the 2027/2028 cycle reopens in autumn 2026. Read the round table on the MSc in Management's own timeline page — Cattolica publishes a separate one per programme, and they differ.
Exact dates for the upcoming intake are confirmed against the school's official admissions page as they are published.
Frequently asked questions
When are the application deadlines for Cattolica's MSc in Management?
There are five rounds, and which of them you may use depends on your nationality. In the 2026/2027 cycle Round 1 closed on 21 January 2026, Round 2 on 25 February, Round 3 on 25 March, Round 4 on 6 May and Round 5 on 24 June. Cattolica labels Round 4 the "final round for non-EU" applicants: Round 5 is open only to "EU applicants or non-EU already in Italy", so a visa-needing applicant working back from the last date on the page would miss the programme by seven weeks. Each application is assessed four to six weeks after its round closes, and the school recommends applying within the first three rounds if you need a study visa. The 2026/2027 intake has closed and the 2027/2028 cycle reopens in autumn 2026 — check the round table on the MSc in Management's own timeline page, because Cattolica publishes one per programme and they differ.
Sources
- MSc in Management — official programme page (2-year/120-ECTS, English, Milan; Business Lab; EFMD; QS by Subject 2025 top 350 / #6 in Italy) ↗ — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Cattolica International
- MSc in Management — Entry requirements. SELECTION CHECKED 2026-09-11 (P24e), and it adds a requirement this profile did not carry. The no-test tier is confirmed — no admission test appears anywhere on this page — but under "Programme-specific requirements for Management" the school states: "You must hold a bachelor degree in: Economics, Management, Business studies" and "Your degree must include at least four of these subjects: Business law, Financial management, Marketing, Business organisation, Management accounting", documented "through an official transcript of records. If you have not yet graduated, the transcript must also list the courses currently in progress." The general half is as this profile already said — a first-cycle qualification "awarded by an official institution", of "minimum 3 years, 180 ECTS credits", qualifying for a comparable second-cycle programme, plus an English certificate at application time ("If your certificate is missing or does not meet our standards, your application will be rejected. You cannot send new results after submission"). Also recorded because it decides which procedure a reader uses: "regardless of your citizenship, you're considered an international student/applicant if you: Hold a non-Italian bachelor degree, or Are about to complete a non-Italian academic qualification" — the group is set by where the degree was awarded, and "The application fee is non-refundable, even if you apply through the wrong procedure." Reached from the programme's own Admission and tuition page, whose panels are separate sub-pages rather than payload-rendered accordions ↗ — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Cattolica International
- English language proficiency requirement for a Laurea Magistrale. CHECKED 2026-09-11: confirms this profile's "B2-level English certificate" for Management. The baseline graduate table is CEFR B2 — Academic IELTS 6.0, TOEFL iBT 84, Cambridge First (FCE) 173, PTE Academic 46. Three 2-year graduate programmes are listed as requiring more — The Arts and Industry of Narration (C1, IELTS 7.0 / TOEFL 95), Banking and Finance (B2, IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 84) and Global Business Management (B2, IELTS 6.5 / TOEFL 85) — and the MSc in Management is NOT among them, so the B2 baseline is the one that applies here. Exemptions are automatic for study in Australia, Canada (except Quebec), Ireland, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK or the USA, or a full degree taught in English in an EU country ↗ — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Cattolica International
- Tuition fees and scholarships — graduate (non-EU €9,370/yr · EU €6,850/yr · Italy income-based €3,800–€11,500/yr · UCSC International Scholarship ≈€6,400/yr) ↗ — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Cattolica International
- MSc in Management — Application timeline (2026/2027: five rounds — R1 17 Nov 2025 → 21 Jan 2026, R2 → 25 Feb, R3 → 25 Mar, R4 → 6 May "Final round for non-EU", R5 → 24 Jun "EU applicants or non-EU already in Italy"; evaluation 4–6 weeks after each round; waiting-list decisions by end of July). SCOPE CHECKED 2026-09-04, and the pointer was wrong: Cattolica publishes a SEPARATE timeline per programme, and the URL this profile previously cited (…-admission-and-tuition-applicaation-timeline) now serves the timeline for the MSc in Communication for Business, Media and Culture — a different degree, with FOUR rounds and a Round 4 that "will not open, due to the programme having reached full capacity". The Management programme's own timeline is reached from its Admission and tuition page (…-management-admission-and-tuition) and is the one cited here ↗ — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Cattolica International
- Entry requirements (recognised bachelor min. 180 ECTS; B2-level English certificate) ↗ — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore — Cattolica International