Full-Time MBA: FAQs

Our programmes are intensive periods of study. Contact hours form only part of the activity that you will be asked to undertake. You will be required to devote time preparing for lectures, undertaking background reading, working in groups, completing assessments (both individual and in groups), revising for exams etc.

A significant amount of time will also be dedicated to career planning and development as well as becoming an active contributor to the Business School community. This is not an exhaustive list, but provides you with a flavour of what you can expect.

Internships are not time-restricted however you will need to complete or account for other academic commitments as necessary.

All applications to our postgraduate programmes are made online – we do not accept paper applications.

Please refer to the application process to see which documents you are required to submit with your application.

We have a series of admissions rounds throughout the year, with decisions typically released four weeks after each application deadline. Full details of application and decision deadlines are available here.

Please email the Imperial MBA Admissions team if you would like to request feedback on your application. Please note that whilst limited feedback can be provided, the decision of the academic selectors is final and it will not be possible for your application to be reconsidered.

If you are taking the GMAT, you will need an overall score of at least 600 – although a stronger score will add more weight to your application.

There are no minimum requirements for the different sections of the GMAT, although we are looking for a well-balanced test with good performance in all areas – with particular attention paid to the quantitative section.

If you are taking the GRE, you will need to achieve minimum scores of 156 in the verbal and 158 in the quantitative sections.

You are required to have a valid GMAT or GRE score as part of your application for the Imperial MBA.

If you have applied for and been granted a waiver, then you may submit your application without a GMAT or GRE score. If you do not hold a waiver, you are required to submit a valid GMAT or GRE score as part of your application.

Your application will not be complete until this is received, and therefore will not be processed by our Admissions Team and may be withdrawn.

To submit a GMAT score, you must request for it to be shared with Imperial College Business School online using the code S22-7S-16. Please note that you do not need to send a hard copy unless requested.

To submit a GRE score, you must request for it to be shared with Imperial College Business School online using the code 0121.

For information on the fee and deposit amount, please visit the Fees page.

You can pay your tuition fees in one instalment at the start of term or, if you are self-funding, in two instalments, at the start of term and February.

If you pay in two instalments, a 2% surcharge of the total amount will be added to your first instalment. You will be asked to select a payment schedule during the offer acceptance process.

Please contact the Tuition Fee team if you have any further questions.

There are a number of scholarships available to MBA candidates. To be considered for an award, you must have submitted your MBA application by the deadline(s) listed on the Scholarships page. Please be aware that you do not need to submit a separate scholarship application to be considered for an award; all applications received by the stated deadline will be considered provided they meet the eligibility criteria.

Scholarship decisions will be made in conjunction with MBA application deadlines which can be found under the ‘When to Apply section’ of the Application process page.

Please contact the Tuition Fees team with any queries you have regarding the Careers and Professional Development Loan.

Please contact the Tuition Fees team with any queries regarding your deposit or tuition fee invoice.

If you are being sponsored by an organisation that will be responsible for paying your tuition fees, you must provide acceptable proof of the award.

Satisfactory evidence of sponsorship is usually regarded as an original, dated and duly authorised letter from your sponsor on headed paper which includes the following:

• Your name and College Identifier Number
• The programme for which you have been offered a place
• The amount of fees which will be paid by your sponsor
• The address to which the invoice should be sent
• Any Purchase Order Number required
• Confirmation that the fees will be sent directly to Imperial College

Sponsorship letters should be posted to: MBA Admissions team, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ

We will start to issue CAS from April. The details of your CAS will appear on your My Imperial record after you’ve met all the conditions of your offer. Please note that you will need to upload a scanned copy of the photo page of your passport and current visa (if you have recently completed a degree in the UK), before your CAS can be issued. Please upload these documents to the ‘passport/visa’ section of your My Imperial account.

Once your CAS is ready, you will receive an email confirming that it has been uploaded onto your My Imperial account. If you log into My Imperial you will be able to find your CAS number and the details that have been included in your CAS.

Please note that we cannot provide you with a CAS if you have outstanding conditions on your offer. Please ensure that you allow enough time to meet your conditions and apply for a visa before the start date of your programme of study.

Your CAS number holds information about the programme you will study and if you have paid any fees. You will not need a formal letter from the College confirming your offer status for your visa appointment.

For more information about what you will need, see the UKVI website.

If you need any advice about your visa please contact the International Student Support team. Most information can be found on the International Student Support website.

The Business School holds online information sessions throughout the year to give you the opportunity to learn more about the programmes from the Programme Director, current students and alumni.

Please refer to the Meet us page to find out when the next event is being held for the Imperial MBA.

The Business School is located on the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. Please refer to the location page for our address and guidance on how to get here.

Once the official offer letter has been processed, you will have 28 days to decide whether you would like to accept or decline this.

Should you choose to accept, the Tuition Fee Team will issue you with an invoice for the deposit payment within 5 working days of you making this decision.

Once you have received the invoice, you will then have a further 30 days in which to make the deposit payment. Please be aware that failure to pay the deposit on time may result in your offer being withdrawn.

Please note that the only exemption from the deposit payment are students with confirmed sponsorship for the full value of their tuition fees, who will need to provide proof of their funding before being exempted.

Once you have paid your deposit, you will need to meet any outstanding offer conditions before commencing the programme – for example: proof of your academic and/or English language qualifications, GMAT or GRE results at the required level, etc. Your full offer conditions will be viewable via your student e-service account.

For information on the fee and deposit amount, please visit the Fees page.

It is not normally possible to extend a deposit due date, but it may be possible to consider a request to do so in exceptional circumstances.

Please email the Imperial MBA Admissions team outlining the reasons for requesting the extension and state when you expect to be able to make the deposit payment.

Once the deposit has been paid, please allow time for the deposit to be processed. You should see confirmation that the deposit has been received on your student e-Service after 3-5 working days of making the payment.

If the deposit condition has not been cleared on your account after 5 working days of making the payment, please contact the Tuition Fees team for assistance.

The majority of academic documents need to be posted to the Imperial MBA team to verify. Scans or photocopies of documents will not be sufficient to satisfy the academic condition of your offer.

Please refer to the Meeting offer conditions page for more information on what you are required to submit and the address that the documents will need to be posted to.

IELTS and TOEFL certificates should be scanned and emailed to the Imperial MBA admissions team. If you have not yet received your certificates, you can email your IELTS Test Report Number or TOEFL 16 digit registration number to the MBA Admissions team.

If you have completed the Pearson Test of Academic English, please ensure you have sent your scores to Imperial via your PearsonPTE account.

If you have completed another one of Imperial’s accepted English language qualifications, you will need to post the original, physical document to the MBA Admissions team to support this qualification. Please refer to the ‘Meeting offer conditions’ page for more information and the address that the document will need to be posted to.

Note: Imperial College London considers TOEFL scores to be valid for 2 years. Scores must be valid at the beginning of your studies at Imperial if your application is successful. You must meet the entry requirement in one test from your scaled scores (‘My Best Scores’ reported by TOEFL will not be considered). For more information regarding TOEFL please visit the ETS website. Please note if you would like ETS to send your TOEFL scores directly to the College, our TOEFL Institution Code is 0891.

You may request to defer your place for one academic year by writing to the Admissions Team. All requests to defer are considered on a case-by-case basis and approval is not guaranteed. Where possible, requests to defer should be submitted no later than three months prior to the programme start date.