Admission Requirements

• A recognised bachelor’s degree (normally with honours not lower than Second Class or an average grade of not lower than B grade); or completed a course of study in a tertiary educational institution and obtained professional or similar qualifications equivalent to a bachelor’s degree
• Minimum two years of full-time post-qualification work experience
• Fulfil English Language Proficiency Requirement¹
• GMAT²/ GRE³/Executive Assessment (EA)⁴ score is not mandatory, but a good score would strengthen application

• 1. English Language Proficiency Requirement

  Submit one of the following original score reports/ certificates for assessment by the programme(s) concerned:

  • TOEFL: 79 (internal-based/ Home Edition) (CUHK MBA Code: 7398)
  • IELTS (Academic): 6.5 (Test Centre-based / Home Edition)
  • GMAT: Band 21 (Verbal)
  • GMAT Focus Edition: Band 78 (Verbal)
  • A degree from a university in Hong Kong
  • A degree programme of which the medium of instruction is English

• 2. GMAT

  The validity period for GMAT score results is 5 years from the test date. Applicants should arrange to send the official GMAT scores to the MBA Programmes of The Chinese University of Hong Kong:

  • Programme code for Part-time CUHK MBA: R9H-0W-08

  For more details, please visit www.mba.com.

• 3. GRE

  The validity period for GRE score results is 5 years from the test date. Applicants should arrange to send the official GRE scores to the MBA Programmes of The Chinese University of Hong Kong:

  • CUHK MBA Code: 7430

  For more details, please visit www.ets.org/gre.

• 4. Executive Assessment (EA)

  The Executive Assessment (EA), offered and administered by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association representing leading business schools, is an admissions exam specifically designed to help schools better evaluate experienced candidates. CUHK Business School is the first institution in the Greater China region to have a part-time MBA programme accepting the EA, joining more than a hundred other leading business schools worldwide that utilise the assessment in their holistic admissions process.

  For more details, please visit https://www.mba.com/exams/executive-assessment .

Application Deadlines for 2026 Intake

• 31 October 2025 (1st round)
• 15 December 2025 (2nd round)
• 31 January 2026 (3rd round)
• 15 March 2026 (4th round)
• 30 April 2026 (5th round)

* Application for 2026 Intake is now open.