MBA application deadlines for Round 1, Round 2 and Round 3 of the 2024-2025 admissions cycle are listed below (with extra information about early decision and Round 4 / Round 5 deadlines at schools that offer them).
Application deadlines don’t change much from year to year, so if you are planning to apply for an MBA in a future year, you can still reference this data. The application deadlines next year for a given MBA program are very likely to be similar to the ones this year for that same MBA program, meaning it is reasonable to base your MBA application timeline on whatever data is currently available.
Where deadlines have not yet been released, we have inserted a dash (-); we encourage you to check back soon for updated deadlines.
| Top U.S MBA Programs | 2024-2025 MBA Application Deadlines | Notification | ||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
| Harvard Business School | Sep 4, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | – | Dec 10, 2024 | Mar 26, 2025 | – |
| Stanford GSB | Sep 10, 2024 | Jan 8, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | Dec 5, 2024 | Apr 3, 2025 | May 29, 2025 |
| UPenn Wharton | Sep 4, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | Dec 10, 2024 | Apr 1, 2025 | May 13, 2025 |
| Northwestern Kellogg | Sep 11, 2024 | Jan 8, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | Dec 11, 2024 | Mar 26, 2025 | May 7, 2025 |
| University of Chicago Booth | Sep 19, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | Apr 3, 2025 | Dec 5, 2024 | Mar 27, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
| Columbia Business School | Sep 10, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | Dec 20, 2024 | Mar 26, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Columbia Business School J-Term | Jun 18, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | – | – | – | – |
| MIT Sloan | Sep 30, 2024 | Jan 14, 2025 | Apr 7, 2025 | Dec 12, 2024 | Apr 4, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Dartmouth Tuck | Sep 26, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | Dec 12, 2024 | Mar 13, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Berkeley Haas | Sep 12, 2024 | Jan 9, 2025 | Apr 3, 2025 | – | – | – |
| UVA Darden | Sep 5, 2024 | Oct 2, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 11, 2024 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Yale School of Management (Yale SOM) | Sep 10, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | – | – | – |
| Duke Fuqua | Oct 1, 2024 | Jan 9, 2024 | Feb 20, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 | Mar 14, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 |
| University of Michigan Ross | Sep 9, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Mar 24, 2025 | Dec 6, 2024 | Mar 14, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| University of Texas, Austin McCombs | Oct 15, 2024 | Jan 15, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 | Dec 17, 2024 | Mar 27, 2025 | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Cornell University, Johnson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UCLA Anderson | Oct 1, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Apr 14, 2025 | Dec 13, 2024 | Mar 27, 2025 | May 16, 2025 |
| NYU Stern | Sep 16, 2024 | Oct 16, 2024 | Jan 16, 2025 | Dec 1, 2024 | Jan 1, 2025 | Apr 1, 2025 |
| Carnegie Mellon Tepper | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| UNC Kenan-Flagler | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Emory Goizueta | Oct 2, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Mar 19, 2025 | Dec 4, 2024 | Mar 12, 2025 | May 7, 2025 |
| USC Marshall | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Georgetown McDonough | Oct 1, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Apr 2, 2025 | Dec 10, 2024 | Mar 20, 2025 | May 14, 2025 |
| Indiana Kelley | Oct 15, 2024 | Jan 5, 2025 | Mar 1, 2025 | Dec 20, 2024 | Mar 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 |
| UW Foster | Oct 1, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | Mar 12, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | Mar 28, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Rice Jones | Oct 14, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | Mar 10, 2025 | Dec 9, 2024 | Mar 10, 2025 | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Top International MBA Programs | 2024-2025 MBA Application Deadlines | Notification | ||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
| IESE | Sep 26, 2024 | Jan 9, 2025 | Mar 20, 2025 | – | – | – |
| INSEAD (Aug Intake) | Sep 10, 2024 | Nov 5, 2024 | Jan 14, 2025 | Nov 15, 2024 | Jan 10, 2025 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| INSEAD (Jan Intake) | Mar 11, 2025 | Apr 22, 2025 | Jun 17, 2025 | May 16, 2025 | July 4, 2025 | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Cambridge Judge | Aug 27, 2024 | Oct 7, 2024 | Jan 6, 2025 | – | – | – |
| London Business School | Sep 6, 2024 | Jan 3, 2025 | Mar 24, 2025 | Nov 28, 2024 | Mar 25, 2025 | June 5, 2025 |
| Oxford Saïd | Sep 2, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | Oct 11, 2024 | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 |
| HKUST | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Columbia’s “Round 1” date listed above is considered “Early Decision” and is for August-entry applicants only. Candidates applying in this round indicate Columbia is their first choice, and must pay a nonrefundable $6,000 tuition deposit.
Similarly, UNC Kenan Flager’s Round 1 date is treated as “Early Action” meaning applicants are committed to enrolling at the school upon acceptance and must pay a $3,000 deposit.
In addition to a traditional Round 1 deadline, the following schools have an “Early Action” deadline:
| Schools | Deadline | Decision |
| Duke Fuqua | Sep 4, 2024 | Oct 18, 2024 |
| UVA Darden | Sep 5, 2024 | Oct 16, 2024 |
| Georgetown McDonough | Sep 9, 2024 | Oct 30, 2024 |
Finally, a few MBA programs offer a Round 4 deadline, which is the last application round of the year at those schools.
| Business Schools | Deadline | Decision |
| NYU Stern | Apr 16, 2025 | Ongoing |
| UNC Kenan-Flagler | – | – |
| Georgetown McDonough | Apr 28, 2025 | Rolling decisions |
| IESE | May 6, 2025 | – |
| INSEAD (Aug Intake) | Mar 4, 2025 | May 2, 2025 |
| INSEAD (Jan Intake) | Aug 5, 2025 | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Cambridge Judge | Mar 31, 2025 | – |
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