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Early & Round 1 MBA Deadlines 2023-2024

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To help you stay organized, we’ve compiled a chart of the earliest deadlines, including Early Action and Round 1, of the top business schools in one place. For schools that have announced their essay topic(s), you’ll find links to our corresponding Essay Topic Analysis in the “Essay(s) Released” column. We will continue to update this table as more Round 1 MBA deadlines and essay topics are announced. Deadlines are for Round 1 (unless otherwise noted).

Last updated: October 2, 2023
School Deadline Decision Essay(s) Released? Application Live?
Cambridge / Judge 8/29/2023 Yes Yes
Harvard Business School 9/6/2023 12/6/2023 Yes Yes
UPenn / Wharton 9/6/2023 12/14/2023 Yes Yes
Duke / Fuqua (Early Action) 9/7/2023 10/19/2023 Yes Yes
UVA / Darden (Early Action) 9/7/2023 10/18/2023 Yes Yes
Indian School of Business 9/10/2023 11/2023 Yes Yes
INSEAD (R1 August Intake) 9/12/2023 11/17/2023 Yes Yes
London Business School 9/8/2023 11/30/2023 Yes August
Stanford GSB 9/12/2023 12/7/2023 Yes Yes
Yale SOM 9/12/2023 12/5/2023 Yes Yes
Columbia Business School 9/13/2023 Mid-Dec Yes Yes
Northwestern / Kellogg 9/13/2023 12/13/2023 Yes Yes
Michigan / Ross 9/14/2023 12/8/2023 Yes Yes
Berkeley / Haas 9/14/2023 12/7/2023 Yes Yes
NYU / Stern 9/18/2023 12/1/2023 Yes Yes
IESE 9/19/2023 11/20/2023 Yes Yes
Cornell / Johnson 9/20/2023 12/8/2-23 Yes Yes
U. Chicago  Booth 9/21/2023 11/30/2023 Yes Yes
Notre Dame / Mendoza (Early Decision) 9/25/2023 11/3/2023 Yes Yes
Dartmouth / Tuck 9/25/2023 12/7/2023 Yes Yes
Oxford / Saïd 9/27/2023 12/13/2023 Yes Yes
MIT / Sloan 9/27/2023 12/12/2023 Yes Yes
Duke / Fuqua (R1) 9/28/2023 12/8/2023 Yes Yes
Georgetown / McDonough 10/2/2023 12/7/2023 Yes Yes
CMU / Tepper 10/2/2023 12/7/2023 Yes Yes
Cambridge / Judge (R2) 10/3/2023 12/8/2023 Yes Yes
Vanderbilt / Owen 10/3/2023 12/14/2023 Yes Yes
Emory / Goizueta 10/4/2023 12/6/2023 Yes Yes
UVA / Darden 10/4/2023 12/6/2023 Yes Yes
UCLA Anderson 10/5/2023 12/14/2023 Yes Yes
Rice / Jones 10/9/2023 12/8/2023 Yes Yes
UT  Austin / McCombs 10/10/2023 12/14/2023 Yes Yes
USC / Marshall 10/15/2023 12/31/2023 Yes Yes
UNC / Kenan-Flagler 10/16/2023 12/11/2023 Yes Yes
NYU / Stern (R2) 10/18/2023 1/1/2024 Yes Yes
Notre Dame / Mendoza (R1) 10/25/2023 12/15/2023 Yes Yes
Lauren Wakal
Lauren Wakal has been covering the MBA admissions space for more than a decade, from in-depth business school profiles to weekly breaking news and more.