Application Deadlines

University of Gothenburg MiM Application Deadlines

Master of Science in Management · Gothenburg, Sweden

Verified against official sources · last checked September 2026 · see sources

Gothenburg admits to a single autumn (August) intake, and — like all Swedish public universities — you apply through the national portal universityadmissions.se rather than the school directly. Applications open in mid-October and the first-round deadline is 15 January for the following August start; international (fee-paying, non-EU/EEA) applicants should treat that first round as their deadline, because later rounds are mainly for remaining open places. A second period sometimes runs from roughly mid-March to mid-April. Because it is a national cycle, the dates recur each year — confirm the exact current-cycle timeline on universityadmissions.se, and line Gothenburg up against the other schools on our deadline tracker.

University of Gothenburg runs 1 application round . Earlier rounds generally carry higher acceptance odds and earlier scholarship visibility.

RoundDeadline
First round (international) 15 January 2027

Dates are confirmed against the school's official admissions page.

What we checked, and when. Autumn (August) intake only, applied for through Sweden's national portal universityadmissions.se — applications open in mid-October and the first-round deadline is 15 January for the following August start (the round international / fee-paying applicants should target). A later round (roughly mid-March to mid-April) sometimes opens for any remaining places. Dates recur on this national cycle each year; confirm the exact current-cycle dates on universityadmissions.se and the programme page.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the University of Gothenburg MSc in Management cost?
It depends on your citizenship, and this is the programme's biggest draw. The University of Gothenburg is a public Swedish university, so — like every public university in Sweden — it charges no tuition at all to EU/EEA citizens, Swedish residence-permit holders and exchange students. If you fall into one of those groups, the two-year MSc in Management is tuition-free. Non-EU/EEA students pay 192,000 SEK in total (48,000 SEK per semester across the four semesters), which is roughly €16,700 at mid-2026 exchange rates, plus a one-off 900 SEK application fee paid through the national portal universityadmissions.se. Either way, living costs in Gothenburg are the main budget line to plan for — Sweden's Migration Agency publishes a monthly maintenance figure you must be able to show to get a residence permit. Confirm the current tuition and any scholarships on the school's own pages, as figures change each cycle.
Can I apply to the Gothenburg MSc in Management without a business degree?
Generally no — and this is an important difference from the one-year UK conversion master's. Gothenburg's MSc in Management is not an open-to-any-discipline conversion course. Its entry requirements ask for a bachelor's degree that already includes at least 30 credits (ECTS) in business, economics, human-resource management or labour relations, and at least 15 credits in statistics or research methods. So it is built for graduates who already have a business or economics grounding and want to deepen it into management, strategy and leadership over two research-informed years. If you studied an unrelated subject and want to switch into management from scratch, a conversion-style MiM — see our guide to a MiM without a business degree — is usually the better fit. Always confirm the exact credit requirements on the programme page before you apply.
Where is the programme, when does it start, and how do I apply?
The MSc in Management is taught in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden's second-largest city, entirely in English, with a single autumn intake that starts at the end of August. You apply through Sweden's national admissions portal, universityadmissions.se, rather than to the university directly — you create one account, can rank up to four programme choices, and submit one set of documents. Applications open in mid-October and the first-round deadline is 15 January for the following August start; international and other fee-paying applicants should treat that first round as their real deadline, since later rounds mainly release remaining open places. Non-EU/EEA applicants also pay a 900 SEK application fee. Confirm the exact current-cycle dates on universityadmissions.se and the programme page before you apply.

Sources

  • University of Gothenburg — Master of Science in Management (programme page: two-year full-time master, 120 ECTS, English, Gothenburg campus, 31 August 2026 start; semester structure — Foundations in Management, Strategy and Organization, Managing Organizations, Change Management, Managing Decisions, Preparing for Leadership, Research Methods + three electives, and a final-semester master's thesis; entry — bachelor's plus 30 credits business/economics and 15 credits statistics/research methods, English 6, GMAT prioritised; non-EU tuition 192,000 SEK total / 48,000 SEK first payment; EU/EEA tuition-free) ↗ — University of Gothenburg
  • School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg — Facts & figures (founded 1923; Triple-Crown accredited — EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA; 4,558 full-time students; 33% international background on master's programmes) ↗ — University of Gothenburg
  • Universityadmissions.se — English language requirements (English 6 = IELTS 6.5 overall, no section below 5.5), application fee (900 SEK for non-EU/EEA applicants) and the national application process ↗ — Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR)
  • Swedish Institute — list of eligible master's programmes for the SI Scholarship for Global Professionals 2026/2027 (31-page PDF, sha256:d22673676a93586e). Twenty-four University of Gothenburg programmes are listed, including Accounting and Financial Management, Economics, Finance, Digital Leadership and Logistics and Transport Management; the MSc in Management is not among them. ↗ — Swedish Institute
  • University of Gothenburg — Scholarships for students at the School of Business, Economics and Law: the Richard C. Malmsten Memorial Foundation Scholarship 'covers part of the tuition fee, specifically 100 000 SEK over two years… a tuition fee waiver of 25 000 SEK per semester'; awarded once a year; the autumn 2026 round is closed ↗ — University of Gothenburg
  • University of Gothenburg — Axel Adler Scholarship: a tuition fee waiver for fee-paying students on campus-based programmes; requires a first-priority application by 15 January, application fee and eligibility documents by 2 February, with invitations to apply emailed around 10 February; 'One scholarship will be awarded for each program', plus up to ten additional awards in the 2026 round if funds allow; CV and letter of motivation capped at 3,000 characters each ↗ — University of Gothenburg

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