Application Deadlines & Decision Schedule

We give each application the fullest possible review in the time allowed. For this reason, please understand that you will not hear from us about our decision before the deadlines listed here. Please also note that in the interests of confidentiality and efficiency, we will not deliver decisions via phone or fax.

The online application for entry in August 2012 will be available in July. Please check back then for next year’s deadlines.

MBA Program Deadlines

For August 2012 entry

  MBA Round I* MBA Round II
Application Received By
12 noon Pacific Standard
Time (2000 GMT)
Tuesday,
Oct 25, 2011
Tuesday,
Jan 10, 2012
Decisions Released By** Monday,
Feb 6, 2012
Monday,
Apr 2, 2012
Reply By Friday,
Mar 23, 2012
Friday,
May 25, 2012

* Reapplicants must submit their application by the Round I deadline. LGO reapplicants must submit their reapplication by the LGO deadline.

**Decisions will be released early for some candidates who will be denied admission without an interview.

Dual-Degree Program Deadlines

  LGO Program HKS*
Application Received By
12 noon Pacific Standard
Time (2000 GMT)
Thursday,
Dec 15, 2011
Tuesday,
Jan 10, 2012
Decision Released By** Monday,
Mar 12, 2012
Monday,
Apr 2, 2012
Reply By Tuesday,
April 17, 2012
Friday,
May 25, 2012

* Deadline for first-year Kennedy School candidates (HKS ’12) applying for the dual-degree, three-year MPA/MBA option. HKS ’11 candidates, who are not eligible to pursue the dual-degree option, may apply in Round 1 or 2.

**Decisions will be released early for some candidates who will be denied admission without an interview.

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Naoto Kanehira
“My purpose at the beginning was to find something here that I could bring back to my clients in Japan to achieve sustained growth. Japan is facing significant challenge. … I wanted to utilize new ideas from the outside, and I thought MIT was the ideal place.”
- Naoto Kanehira, MBA ’08
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