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Find out everything you need to know about applying to our Cambridge EMBA and Global EMBA programmes. Our staged, rounds-based admissions process will help you plan the best time to submit your application.
Organise your application around your work commitments and ensure you apply early enough to optimise funding opportunities such as scholarships and bursaries.
Applications
- Applications for the Global EMBA are currently open.
- Applications for the Cambridge EMBA are closed. Applications for the next Cambridge EMBA starting in September 2026 will open in September 2025.

Over the course of the 20 months, it really changed my perspective and transformed my way of thinking about business"
Application deadlines
We encourage you to apply early, especially if you’re relying on employer sponsorship, scholarships, bursaries or loans to fund your studies. Applications for bursaries and the Dean’s Diversity and Director’s Scholarships will be considered after each application deadline.
If you apply to one EMBA programme then change your mind, you can switch your application to the other. However, you cannot change your mind and switch once you’ve started your programme.
Cambridge EMBA deadlines
Applications for the Cambridge EMBA (September 2026 start) will open in September 2025. Round deadlines can be found below:
Round 1
11 Nov
2025
Round 1 deadline
Round 2
20 Jan
2026
Round 2 deadline
Round 3
3 Mar
2026
Round 3 deadline
Round 4
16 Apr
2026
Round 4 deadline
Round 5
4 Jun
2026
Round 5 deadline
Global EMBA deadlines
Applications for the Global EMBA (January 2026 start) are currently open. Round deadlines can be found below:
Round 1
4 March
2025
Round 1 deadline
Round 2
17 Apr
2025
Round 2 deadline
Round 3
5 Jun
2025
Round 3 deadline
Round 4
12 Aug
2025
Round 4 deadline
Round 5
25 Sep
2025
Round 5 deadline
Who we are looking for?
The Cambridge EMBA and Global EMBA may be right for you if:
- you’re an established senior executive with management responsibilities (teams, resources, budgets and/or projects), strong leadership potential and clear motivations for applying to an executive programme
- you’ve a minimum of a good 2:1 honours degree on the UK scale, or international equivalent
- you’re seeking a strong understanding of the global business environment in order to make well-informed strategic decisions
- you’ve excellent English language abilities
- you’re a talented, energetic and creative team player.
Application process
You can find everything about our application in the steps below.
- Step 1: Preparation
- Step 2: Application submission
- Step 3: Application review
- Step 4: First interview
- Step 5: Conditional offer
- Step 6: Accept your offer
- Step 7: Join a Cambridge College
Preparation
Watch the video below to find out how you can create a strong application.
Create an account and start your application.
We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
You can save your application as many times as you like. Take your time and make sure you have all your supporting documentation ready to go before you submit.
Our minimum requirements
Make sure you have everything necessary to submit the strongest application possible. Below is a list of requirements for applying to the Cambridge EMBA and Global EMBA programmes.
Executive MBA stories
"We’re no longer asking for a seat — we’re building new tables.” That powerful sentiment from Dr Monica Wirz, Visiting Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, captured the spirit of a memorable event in London that reunited 4 top UK business schools to champion gender parity in Executive MBA (EMBA) programmes.
June is Pride Month, which was marked by the Cambridge Judge community both at the Business School and in the broader Cambridge community.
Programme news
Our EMBA programmes are empowering women leaders
In 2013, Cambridge Judge commissioned Dr Monica Wirz to investigate why far fewer women applied to its Executive MBA programme. Her findings prompted targeted scholarships, policy changes, enhanced recruitment and teaching measures to support female candidates. 12 years on, the Business School is revisiting those original questions to assess progress and refine its approach to fostering gender equity in leadership.
Admissions events
We’d love to meet you at one of our free global events. Join us at an upcoming fair, webinar, open day or coffee chat to find out if the Cambridge EMBA and Global EMBA are right for you.
Join Conrad Chua, Executive Director of The Cambridge MBA, for an overview of our MBA and Executive MBA programmes.
Join Michael Kitson for an overview of the Cambridge MBA, MFin and EMBA programmes.
Join us for an engaging webinar with Executive MBA student Althea Carbon-Ogden, Commercial Director at fintech startup mx51.
Join Conrad Chua, Executive Director of The Cambridge MBA, for an overview of our MBA and Executive MBA programmes.