MBA PROGRAMMES WITHOUT GMAT
# B-School
1 NYU Stern
2 Columbia Business School
3 IE Business School (Spain)
4 Babson College
5 Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University
6 Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
7 Sawyer School of Business, Suffolk University
8 Lubin School of Business, Pace University
Location Standardised test requirements Links
https://www.stern.nyu.
All the candidates aspiring for the Full-time, Fashion and
edu/programs-admissions/mba-
NYC Luxury and Tech MBA can apply by taking the Executive
programs/admissions/standardized
Assessment test(EA) instead of GMAT/GRE.
-tests
All the candidates aspiring for the Full-time and the
https://www8.gsb.columbia.
NYC Executive MBA can apply by taking the Executive
edu/programs/mba/admissions
Assessment test(EA) instead of GMAT/GRE.
The IE Global Admissions Test (ieGAT), a rigorous exam is a https://www.ie.edu/business-
Spain flexible alternative to other standardized tests such as school/programs/mba/internationa
GMAT and GRE for most masters programs at IE University. l-mba/admissions-fees-funding/
GMAT/GRE waiver for fully in-person evening classes, 100%
online evening classes, or hybrid blended learning classes:
Part time MBA options designed with the work/life balance https://www.babson.
Babson Park, MA in mind. The program mixes face-to-face sessions and online edu/academics/graduate-
learning using state-of-the-art distance learning tools. This school/mba/part-time-mba/
structure allows you to earn a top-notch MBA while
maintaining your professional commitments.
GMAT/GRE waiver based on any one of the following
criteria: 1) Five years of progressive work experience,
showing both management and quantitative
https://business.depaul.
responsibilities, after completion of a bachelor's degree
edu/admission-aid/graduate-
Chicago, IL from an accredited university, 2) A quantitative-based
admission/Pages/gmat-gre-waiver-
master's degree, such as a master's degree in finance, and
policy.aspx
an undergraduate degree from an accredited university, 3)
Successful completion of all parts to the CPA exam and an
undergraduate degree from an accredited university.
No test scores are required for admission to Lake Forest’s https://www.lakeforestmba.
Lake Forest, IL
Immersion MBA and Leadership MBA programs. edu/admissions/requirements.aspx
https://www.suffolk.
edu/business/degrees-
Boston, MA GMAT/GRE not required(Full time, Part-time and Online)
programs/mba/graduate/master-
of-business-administration
If you have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or above for all of your
undergraduate work, and you hold a bachelors degree from
an accredited institution, you will be considered for
https://www.pace.edu/admission-
admission to any MBA or MS program without submitting a
New York, NY aid/graduate-
GMAT or GRE score. You may request a GMAT/GRE waiver if
admission/application-process
you already hold a business-related master's or a doctoral
degree. Lubin’s Executive MBA Program doesn’t require the
GMAT at all.
 Only applicants who have ten (10) or more years of post-
bachelor’s professional full-time work experience are
eligible to submit an Executive Assessment(EA) score for the
full time MBA. For the Part-time MBA, applicants can be
waived from the GMAT/GRE/EA if they have 8 or more years
of substantive professional full-time work experience (5
years if they have a Master degree) along with an https://www.business.rutgers.
9 Rutgers Business School, Newark and New Brunswick Piscataway Township, NJ undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better. Applicants who do not edu/part-time-mba/application-
meet the 3.0 GPA requirement, but meet the work checklist
experience requirement, are eligible to take the Executive
Assessment(EA) exam. Applicants holding one of the
following degrees are exempt from the GMAT/GRE/EA: JD,
PhD, MD, or PharmD. For executive MBA the GRE/GMAT is
waived for all applicants with graduate degrees (Masters,
Ph.D., etc.).
https://www.hult.
10 HULT Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai
GMAT/GRE not required: Full time and Executive MBA
edu/en/programs/mba/
Some students with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0
or better may be admitted into the first semester of the
https://www.lasalle.
course without GMAT on a conditional basis of taking the
edu/business/programs/mba/full-
11 La Salle University Philadelphia, PA exam before the second semester. GMAT/GRE waiver based
time-mba/admission-
on a set of certain conditions and criteria for the various
requirements/
MBA programs available: Full time, Part-time, One-year. No
GMAT/GRE scores required for online MBA.
Applicants holding one of the following degrees are exempt
from the GMAT/GRE: MD, JD, Ph.D., Ed.D., etc. GMAT/GRE
waiver based on the following criteria: Four or more years
https://lerner.udel.edu/admissions-
of full-time progressive, professional work experience post-
12 University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business Newark, DE financial-aid/mba-
undergraduate degree, an undergraduate GPA of at least
programs/application-process/
2.8, and grades of at least a ‘B’ in two non-introductory
college level math courses at the statistics and/or calculus
level.
GMAT/GRE not required for the Executive MBA and for full
time/part-time for applicants with more than 5 years of
professional work experience. Additional waivers based on
the following conditions: A master's or higher degree from a
http://www.ggu.edu/degrees-and-
regionally accredited US institution, A bachelor’s degree
courses/business-and-
13 Edward S. Ageno School of Business , Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA with a GPA of 3.2 or above, A Certified Public Accountant
management/master-of-business-
(CPA) license, Four or more years of military service, A
administration
professional license or designation earned by passing a
nationally recognized US examination (e.g. CMA, CIA) and
approval granted by petitioning the Dean of the Edward S.
Ageno School of Business.
 GMAT not required for the Executive MBA - Global and
Flexible Executive MBA. A good degree or the equivalent https://www.henley.ac.
14 Henley Business School, University of Reading UK professional or international qualification is normally uk/mba/course/executive-mba-
required along with a minimum 3 years of management global#bottom-entryRequirements
experience.
GMAT waivers available for Full-time international MBA and
https://business.fiu.
Professional MBA online for applicants with a minimum of
15 Florida international university Miami, FL edu/graduate/international-
two years of demonstrative work experience and success in
mba/faqs.cfm
completing other academic programs.
Candidates who apply for the Executive MBA program are
not required to take the GMAT and GRE exams. A
prospective student must be employed full-time when
https://mays.tamu.edu/executive-
16 Texas A&M College Station, TX applying for admission and also when beginning
mba/requirements/
coursework. The admissions committee gives preference to
candidates who have at least seven years of progressive and
significant managerial responsibilities.
A GMAT is recommended, but not required. A minimum of
seven years of professional work experience, five of which https://www.howard-emba.
17 Howard University Washington, DC are in a management or senior level role, are required. Also, com/admissions-does-not-require-
the successful completion of the MBA Fundamentals course the-gmat-exam/
is required.
GMAT is not required given that prospective students have https://www.online.colostate.
18 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO
several years of work experience. edu/degrees/mba/faq.dot
https://www.stthom.
edu/Academics/School-of-Business-
Cameron-School-of-
GMAT is reccomended only if your GPA is below 3.3 and you
19 University of St. Thomas Houston, TX Business/Business-
don't have a master's degree.
Programs/Business-Graduate-
School/Master-of-Business-
Administration/Index.aqf
You may qualify for a GMAT/GRE waiver if: you have CPA or
CFA designation, Master's or PhD in a technical field, https://applynow.kenan-flagler.
20 UNC Kenan-Flagler Chapel Hill, NC
Terminal degree (e.g. JD, MD), Significant years of work unc.edu/register/gmatgrewaiver
experience (evaluated on a case-by-case basis).
A select number of domestic MBA candidates will be
considered for admission without a GMAT or GRE score as https://broad.msu.
21 Michigan State University – Eli Broad College of Business East Lansing, MI part of a pilot initiative. These candidates must meet edu/masters/mba/admissions/waiv
additional requirements to ensure success in the MBA ers/
curriculum.
EXECUTIVE MBA programs that don’t require GMAT
# B-School Location Standardised test requirements Links
 The Executive MBA Program does not require GMAT scores
https://www.kellogg.northwestern.
for most program applicants. Occasionally, applicants may
edu/programs/executive-
be asked to take the GMAT if the initial review of their
1 Kellogg EMBA Evanston, IL mba/applying-to-
transcripts reveals specific areas of concern or question. The
kellogg/application-requirements.
admissions committee will make this request only in special
aspx
circumstances.
GMAT/GRE waivers for Professional Evening MBA only
under the following conditions: Have post-undergraduate
work experience and a minimum of a 3.0 undergraduate https://www.bu.
GPA or Earned a master’s degree, other advanced degree, edu/questrom/admissions/graduat
2 Boston University School of Management Boston, MA
or professional certification. For the online MBA without e-programs/part-time-
GMAT, an applicant must have sufficient evidence about mba/admissions-checklist/
their previous coursework to demonstrate their quantitative
aptitude.
Applicants who hold a terminal degree (e.g., PhD, MD, JD,
PharmD, etc.) generally do not need to submit GMAT/GRE https://www.luc.
3 Loyola University Quinlan School of Business Chicago, IL scores. For candidates with a minimum of 7 years of full- edu/quinlan/mba/gmatgrewaiverp
time, progressive, and professional work experience GMAT olicy/
is not required.
https://www.johnson.cornell.
Applicants to Johnson’s executive MBA programs are not edu/programs/emba/admissions/a
4 Cornell Johnson Ithaca, NY
required to submit GMAT, GRE, or EA scores. pplication-
process/requirements/#tests
MIT Sloan’s Executive MBA Program and Sloan Fellows
Program do not require the GMAT. Yep, you read that right.
https://emba.mit.
5 MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA If you’re a seasoned executive who just doesn’t have the
edu/admissions/faq/
time to prep for exams, you don’t have to cross this
prestigious school off your list.
6 Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business Boston, MA Can't find any details about GMAT waivers
The GMAT exam is not required for EMBA applicants who
are able to demonstrate, through past academic https://emba.lmu.
7 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
performance and work experience, sufficient strength in the edu/apply/applicantinformation/
areas of quantitative and analytical reasoning.
If you have a minimum 8 years of work experience or an https://www.anderson.ucla.
advanced degree in a quantitative area and/or extensive edu/degrees/executive-
8 UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA
experience in a quantitative field, you may petition that the mba/admissions/requirements-
GMAT/GRE/EA tests be waived. and-deadlines
https://www.marshall.usc.
edu/programs/mba-
9 USC Marshall School of Business Los Angeles, CA GMAT/GRE is optional for the EMBA program.
programs/executive-mba-
program/admissions/requirements
 Candidates who have five or more years of professional,
managerial, or supervisory experience and hold a bachelor’s https://zicklin.baruch.cuny.
10 Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business New York, NY degree from a regionally accredited institution or foreign edu/academic-programs/executive-
equivalent may submit a pre-application for test score programs/executive-admissions/
waivers.
Qualified applicants for the Executive MBA program have a
https://www.hofstra.
bachelor’s degree and at least seven years of managerial or
11 Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business Hempstead, NY edu/graduate/programs/business/
equivalent professional experience and demonstrate the
mba-executive/index.html
potential for executive-level leadership. No GMAT required.
https://www.stern.nyu.
Stern’s Executive MBA Program doesn’t require the GMAT edu/experience-stern/news-
12 NYU Stern School of Business New York, NY
for admission. events/gmat-gre-not-required-
emba
GMAT waivers under following conditions: Overall
undergraduate GPA of 3.4 or higher, or A graduate degree in
any discipline, from an accredited academic institution, or
Completion of a Stillman School of Business graduate
https://www.shu.
certificate within the last 5 years with a cumulative GPA of
13 Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business South Orange, NJ edu/business/graduate-applying.
3.3 or higher, or Successful completion of a professional
cfm#gmat
certifying exam from the United States (i.e., CPA, CFA, etc.),
or 5 years of significant professional, quantitative or
entrepreneurial work experience, also referred to as the
Alternate Route Admission Program.
The test is waived for applicants who hold terminal degrees
such as a JD, MD, PhD, or DDS and is not required for the https://www.lebow.drexel.
Executive MBA program if all other requirements are met. edu/admissions/graduate/admissio
14 Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business Philadelphia, PA
Applicants for the part-time MBA and online MBA may ns-standards/gmatgre-waiver-
petition for a GMAT or GRE waiver under a set of certain policy
conditions.
https://go.sju.edu/emba-fy20-sem-
embatop_lp/?
No GMAT required in lieu of a structured personal
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15 Saint Joseph University’s Haub School of Business Philadelphia, PA interview. A minimum of five years professional experience
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is required.
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GMAT/GRE waivers are available on a case-by-case basis to
https://www.fox.temple.
16 Temple University’s Fox School of Business Philadelphia, PA select applicants who meet certain professional and
edu/mba/executive-mba/apply/
academic criteria.
https://www1.villanova.
Villanova’s Executive MBA doesn’t require either the GRE or
17 Villanova School of Business Villanova, PA edu/villanova/business/graduate/
GMAT exams for admission.
mba/execmba/application.html
 https://www.scu.
GMAT/GRE score waiver is available for qualifying edu/business/executive-
18 Leavey School of Business – Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA
applicants. mba/prospective-students-
information/
MBA and MBA for Executives program applicants with seven
or more years of full time professional work experience may
https://cob.sfsu.edu/graduate-
19 San Francisco State University College of Business San Francisco, CA waive the GMAT/GRE test and would be invited in for an
programs/application-checklist
interview and a writing test instead. The GMAT/GRE test is
also waived for applicants with doctoral degrees.
Flex MBA applicants with 7 or more years of full-time work
experience and an undergraduate GPA of 3.3 or greater can https://msb.georgetown.
20 Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Washington, DC submit Executive Assessment(EA) test scores. GMAT/GRE is edu/degree-
not required for the EMBA if the applicant possess a programs/executive/apply/
minimum of eight years of professional work experience.
The GMAT is waived for applicants to the Executive MBA https://www.loyola.edu/sellinger-
21 Sellinger School of Business, Loyola University Maryland Chicago, IL
program business/about/gmat-gre-waivers
https://www.rhsmith.umd.
22 Robert H. Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland College Park, MD GMAT/GRE not required for the EMBA. edu/programs/executive-
mba/admissions
https://www.hult.
The GMAT is not compulsory for Ashridge’s EMBA program,
edu/en/executive-
23 Ashridge Business School UK but may be requested by the Program Director at his
education/programs/apprenticeshi
discretion.
ps/executive-mba/
https://www.imperial.ac.
GMAT in not required for the EMBA. 10 years’ relevant
uk/business-
postgraduate work experience is required, however,
24 Imperial College Business School UK school/programmes/executive-
candidates with over eight years’ relevant experience can be
mba/admissions/entry-
exceptionally considered.
requirements/
Candidates for the Executive MBA Program with at least 10
years of management experience who also currently have a
role which requires a high level of quantitative and/or https://www.sbs.ox.ac.
25 Saïd Business School – University of Oxford UK analytical skills, may be granted exemption from the GMAT uk/programmes/oxford-executive-
requirement. This will be at the discretion of our Admissions mba/how-apply
Committee, upon the submission of a written request
together with a full application for a place in the program.
Candidates for INSEAD Executive MBA can take the INSEAD’
https://www.insead.edu/master-
s In-House EMBA admissions test instead of the GMAT. In
26 INSEAD France programmes/emba/insights/emba-
addition, from March 2016 the new “Executive Assessment”
admissions-test
is accepted instead of the GMAT.
 GMAT is not required. LBS will consider your application
https://www.london.edu/masters-
depending on the quality of your experience to date and any
27 London Business School UK degrees/executive-mba-
other qualifications you hold. You should demonstrate
london/apply
strong career progression during your employment history.
A GMAT/EA waiver request will be assessed by the
Programme Director and Admissions Committee. However,
https://insight.jbs.cam.ac.
only the Programme Director has the final say on whether
uk/2018/apply-for-an-executive-
28 Cambridge-Judge UK the GMAT/EA can be waived after a candidate has
mba-without-taking-the-gmat-
completed an interview. You may be asked to complete the
executive-assessment/
GMAT/EA as a condition to being interviewed for the
programme or as an offer condition after interview.
The GMAT is not required for admission for applicants with
an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited https://foster.uw.
university. A significant factor in selection is an applicant’s edu/academics/degree-
29 Foster-Washington Seattle, WA
potential contribution to the program based on professional programs/executive-
and management experience. We require a minimum of mba/admissions/admissions-faq/
seven years work experience.
The minimum eligibility for the EMBA includes 10 years' https://www.ceibs.
30 CEIBS China
work experience with 7 years in managerial positions. edu/gemba/application
https://www.chicagobooth.
All applicants to the Executive MBA Program are required to
edu/programs/exec-
31 Chicago Booth Chicago, IL submit scores from one of three standardized tests:
mba/admissions/application/test-
Executive Assessment, GMAT, or GRE.
scores
https://www8.gsb.columbia.
All applicants must submit a self-reported GMAT, Executive edu/programs/executive-
32 Columbia Business School NYC, NY
Assessment, or GRE score. mba/admissions/application-
requirements#5
Applicants with more than 7 years of postgraduate full-time
http://www.fbe.hku.
work experience might be exempted from this requirement.
33 HKU Business School Hong Kong hk/mba/parttime/admissions/requi
Exemption, if any, will be considered on a case-by-case
rements
basis.
GMAT not required for the Executive MBA - Global and
Flexible Executive MBA. A good degree or the equivalent https://www.henley.ac.
34 Henley Business School, University of Reading UK professional or international qualification is normally uk/mba/course/executive-mba-
required along with a minimum 3 years of management global#bottom-entryRequirements
experience.
 Candidates who apply for the Executive MBA program are
not required to take the GMAT and GRE exams. A
prospective student must be employed full-time when
https://mays.tamu.edu/executive-
35 Texas A&M College Station, TX applying for admission and also when beginning
mba/requirements/
coursework. The admissions committee gives preference to
candidates who have at least seven years of progressive and
significant managerial responsibilities.