Oxford Saïd Business School MBA Application Deadlines 2024-2025
The Oxford MBA deadlines at Saïd Business School for the 2024-2025 admissions season are as follows.
Applicants targeting the Oxford MBA program should note that all application materials must be submitted by 23:59 PM UK time.
| Round | Application Deadline | Decision Notification |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | September 2, 2024 | October 11, 2024 |
| Round 2 | October 1, 2024 | November 8, 2024 |
| Round 3 | November 1, 2024 | December 13, 2024 |
| Round 4 | January 6, 2025 | February 28, 2025 |
| Round 5 | March 3, 2025 | April 11, 2025 |
Final decisions are emailed to candidates on the decision notification date.
Required Materials
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree or equivalent. The completed application will include transcripts for all academic work, GMAT or GRE score reports, essay responses, two academic or professional references, a one-page CV indicating at least two years of full-time work experience, and the £150 application fee. Applicants must also complete an online assessment as part of the application.
Nationals of non-majority English speaking countries who have not completed a degree in a majority English speaking country must provide either an official letter from your institution stating you have successfully completed a full-time degree-level course of a minimum of nine months at a recognized institution where the medium of instruction and assessment was entirely in English, or transcripts from your institution, which clearly indicate that the medium of instruction was English. Otherwise, the candidate must submit score reports from either the TOEFL, IELTS, or the Cambridge Certificate (C1 Advanced).
When does Oxford Saïd Issue Invitations to Interview?
Interviews are by invitation only shortly after review of a completed application. Interviews will be conducted by either a faculty member, senior member of the administrative staff, or an industry adviser. Interviews can take place in Oxford, overseas (subject to availability), or via Zoom.
The Oxford MBA admissions interviews last approximately 30 minutes with questions focusing on candidates’ background, aspirations and how the MBA program is a good fit. The adcom recommends preparing for this interview as one would for a job interview and be ready to provide more information about any aspect of one’s application.
MBA Applywire
Education:
- Combined Major in Economics and Statistics
- CFA Charterholder (passed all three levels on the first attempt)
Professional Experience:
- Manager at a Big 4 firm Specializing in capital projects and infrastructure, with a role similar to investment banking
- Seven years of experience, mainly in financial services in Ghana
Extracurricular Activities:
- Pro bono capital-raising services for SMEs
- Aspiring to run a full advisory firm for SMEs in the future
- CFA exam coaching and tutorial classes for candidates
- Founder of a travel and tour club offering affordable trips to explore beautiful and historic scenes in Ghana
Will being 32 years old affect the attractiveness of my candidacy?
Asian, female, USA. Top 10 Undergraduate school in USA, majored in Biomedical Engineering. Worked for Salesforce, Accenture, and Microsoft within sales department. Major accomplishments within sales roles. Strong personal essays. Letters of Recommendations from direct managers. Founder and held multiple leadership positions in school clubs during Undergrad. Just a really bad test taker and cannot seem to get my scores up no matter how many times I take it specifically in the quant section. American trying to stay in Europe post MBA and only applying to European B-schools.
GMAT Note:
* The score is an unofficial practice test. I am beginning my studies for the real thing now.
Undergrad Majors:
* Economics
* Business Management
Work Experience Notes:
* Insurance experience is at a family business
* I implemented data analytics into business operations since that was not a practice beforehand.
* I help with sales, customer service, bookkeeping, and marketing.
Extracurriculars & Volunteer Activities:
* Worked as an economics research assistant during my undergrad where I consulted public and private entities
* Was part of an economics research project that won a national award for its work in community economic development
* Published 2 university-sponsored economics articles
* During my senior year, I was appointed to a university faculty committee to help plan university award ceremonies and delegate student scholarships
* Won a leadership award from my university
* Economics honor society member
* President of a student club (1 year) and a club's Senior Advisor (1 year)
* Started and led 2 initiatives that installed free smoke alarms in rural area homes (received a leadership award from the American Red Cross for this)
* Ironman triathlete
MBA LiveWire
Consortium Applicant
Received entrance scholarship of $40k. They asked for deposit by Dec 6.