The GMAT is not required for Strathclyde's MSc International Management. Entry is a minimum second-class Honours degree (a UK 2:1, or overseas equivalent); applicants from a non-business background are considered alongside some work experience in international trade or business. You need IELTS 6.5 overall with no individual component below 5.5, or an accepted equivalent. Strathclyde is the one UK school in this catalogue whose published pages answer the waiver question with silence rather than a rule: read on 6 September 2026, its English language requirements page and its recognised-qualifications page both list accepted tests and scores and state no exemption route at all — no country list, no medium-of-instruction clause, nothing about an English-taught degree. The page instead says that if you hold a qualification that is not listed you should contact the Recruitment and International Office. So treat the test as required here unless Strathclyde tells you otherwise in writing, and confirm the current academic and English requirements on the school's own page before applying.
Not required. Entry is a minimum second-class Honours degree, with non-business applicants considered alongside some work experience in international trade or business, plus IELTS 6.5 with no component below 5.5. Read 6 September 2026, Strathclyde publishes no exemption route at all — no country list, no medium-of-instruction clause — so treat the English test as required unless the school tells you otherwise in writing
| Test policy | Not required. Entry is a minimum second-class Honours degree, with non-business applicants considered alongside some work experience in international trade or business, plus IELTS 6.5 with no component below 5.5. Read 6 September 2026, Strathclyde publishes no exemption route at all — no country list, no medium-of-instruction clause — so treat the English test as required unless the school tells you otherwise in writing |
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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 University of Strathclyde 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.
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- University of Strathclyde — MSc International Management, fees. FEE CYCLE CHECKED 2026-09-13 (P25b, UK leg). The fee block is headed '2026/27' and reads 'Scotland GBP 16,050 / England, Wales & Northern Ireland GBP 16,050 ... International GBP 32,800'. The corpus figure is right and belongs to 2026/27. ⚠ Programme-identity note for the next run, because this leg nearly got it wrong: Strathclyde publishes an MSc Business & Management (MBM) at /courses/postgraduatetaught/businessmanagement/ whose international fee is ALSO GBP 32,800, so a matching number is not evidence the right course was read. The programme this profile is about is the MSc International Management at /courses/postgraduatetaught/internationalmanagement/, and that is the page quoted here. Strathclyde's escalation clause was read in the same pass and does NOT apply to this degree: 'Students on programmes of study of more than one year ... should be aware that the majority of fees will increase annually', capped at 10% ('a 6% increase was applied in 2027/28 academic year') — this is a one-year master's ↗ — University of Strathclyde
- University of Strathclyde — MSc International Management ↗ — University of Strathclyde
- University of Strathclyde — Accreditations & rankings ↗ — University of Strathclyde
- University of Strathclyde — English language requirements. ENGLISH EVIDENCE CHECKED 2026-09-06 (P33b, UK leg) and recorded as a NEGATIVE, which is the honest outcome rather than an absent one: the page lists accepted tests and thresholds ('IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)') and states NO exemption route whatsoever — no UKVI or Home Office country list, no medium-of-instruction clause, no mention of an English-taught degree. It says only that applicants with 'a qualification not listed' should 'contact our Recruitment & International Office for advice'. Every other UK school read in this leg publishes a rule; Strathclyde publishes a phone number. This profile previously framed the requirement as applying to 'non-native English speakers', which is not a rule Strathclyde states anywhere. Read via browser-UA curl. 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 Strathclyde
- University of Strathclyde — Recognised English language qualifications for pre-sessional and degree entry. Read 2026-09-06 (P33b): the second route checked before recording the negative above. It lists accepted qualifications and score thresholds for three pathways (online/off-campus pre-sessional, on-campus pre-sessional, main degree entry) and likewise states no exemption criteria — no country condition and no degree-taught-in-English clause ↗ — University of Strathclyde