Weekend MBA: FAQs

The Imperial Weekend MBA is a 21 month long programme, taught on long weekends once a month. Please refer to the programme page for more information on when you will be required to attend classes at the Business School.

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.

At Imperial, we work with admissions rounds. By submitting your application into an admissions round, you will be able to plan around the next steps in the process and see the timeline for decisions to be made. If you wish to be considered, please follow the dates listed on the key dates and deadlines page.

Please email the Weekend 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.

Please see our COVID-19 (Coronavirus) FAQs page.

GMAT is not a compulsory requirement for admission to the Weekend MBA. However, if you have already sat or intend to take GMAT, you are welcome to submit your results as a good score overall can add weight to your application – particularly if you feel that your degree performance does not reflect your academic potential.

To submit a GMAT score, you must request for it to be sent to Imperial College Business School using the code S22-7S-16.

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

Self-funded students will have the option of selecting to pay their fees in instalments.  This option will be made available at the time of responding to your offer.  For further information about the instalment plan, please contact our Tuition Fee team.

There are a number of Business School scholarships available to Weekend MBA candidates.

To be considered for an award, you must have submitted your MBA application by the final application deadline listed on the key dates and deadlines page. 

Please note that specific scholarship schemes may have earlier application deadlines, so please ensure that you check the details on the scholarships page carefully before applying.

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.  Scholarship decisions will be made in conjunction with Weekend MBA application deadlines.

Please contact the Tuition Fees team with any queries you have regarding the Careers and Professional Development (CPD) 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

A Tier 4 student visa is not required for this programme, but international students from outside the EU and EEA will be required to obtain a Short term study visa for the on-campus periods of the programme. An official letter that you will need to use to apply for this will be provided once your unconditional place on the programme is confirmed.

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 Recruitment events and webinars page  to find out when the next event is being held for the Weekend 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.

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 Weekend 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.

Please refer to the Accepting your offer page for more information on what you are required to submit and where documents need to be sent.

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

If you have completed the Pearson Test of Academic English, please ensure you have sent your scores to Imperial via your Pearson PTE 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 Weekend MBA Admissions Team to support this qualification. Please refer to the Next steps 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.

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