LBS MBA Events - October 2026

Overview

London Business School has 45 admissions events for prospective MBA and One-year MBA applicants on its calendar between 5 and 30 October 2026^[1]. Most of the month's events take place away from London: 32 of the events take place outside the UK, 2 take place in the United States, 4 take place on the London campus, and 7 run online over Zoom.

Coffee chats make up the largest share of the calendar. These one-on-one meetings with the Recruitment and Admissions team run 21 times in 18 cities this month, from Tokyo in the first week to Munich on 29 October. LBS pairs several of the city visits with evening Meet LBS receptions or women's events, and it joins multi-school fairs in Europe and Africa.

In-Person Events

On-Campus (London): LBS runs a Campus Tour with the MBA Student Ambassadors on three Fridays, 9, 16 and 23 October, each from 14:00 to 14:45 UK time and starting at the Sammy Ofer Centre on Marylebone Road. The main on-campus event of the month is the Degree Programmes Open Evening on 22 October, which runs from 18:00 to 21:00 in the Ratcliffe Building at the Regent's Park campus and covers the full set of LBS degree programmes.

U.S. Regional: The US stops in October are coffee chats. The Recruitment and Admissions team holds one-on-one slots in New York City on 23 October and in Boston on 25 October, both from 09:00 to 17:00 local time, with venues confirmed by email after registration.

International, Europe: The European swing opens in Vienna on 7 October and moves through Zurich (8 October), Berlin and Frankfurt (9 October), and Paris on 9 and 10 October. It closes with Milan on 16 October and Munich on 29 October. Each stop is a coffee chat with the venue confirmed by email.

International, Asia and Canada: Tokyo has the densest schedule of any city, with coffee chats on 5, 6 and 7 October and a Meet LBS evening at the InterContinental Tokyo Bay on 5 October from 18:30 to 21:00. In Canada, LBS holds coffee chats in Montreal on 19 October and in Toronto on 21 October.

International, Africa: The Africa leg pairs each coffee chat with a SEED Business School Festival Africa stop in the same city. Accra has both on 22 October, Lagos has both on 24 October, and Nairobi has both on 27 October.

International, Latin America: In Santiago, LBS holds coffee chats and a Meet LBS evening at Club 50 on 23 October, followed by a Women's Brunch at the Hyatt Centric Las Condes on 24 October. Buenos Aires has coffee chats and a Discover London Business School lunch at La Cantina Casa Lucia on 26 October. Sao Paulo has coffee chats and a Meet LBS evening at the Tivoli Mofarrej on 28 October, then a Women's Breakfast at the same hotel on 29 October.

MBA fairs:LBS also exhibits at four in-person MBA fairs in Europe. QS Connect MBA runs in Zurich on 8 October, in Paris on 10 October and in Munich on 29 October, and the e-fellows MBA Day runs in Frankfurt on 10 October.

Virtual Events

There are 7 online sessions in October 2026, all hosted over Zoom.

MBA Overview (16 and 30 October):The Recruitment and Admissions team presents the MBA and answers questions in this regular session. The 16 October session runs at the usual 15:00 to 16:00 UK time slot, while the 30 October session moves to the morning, from 10:00 to 11:00.

One-year MBA sessions (6, 14 and 27 October): Applicants who already hold a masters in management can attend the One-year MBA Overview on 6 October and a Spotlight on the Career Centre on 14 October. Office Hours on 27 October complete the One-year MBA series for the month.

Other online events (5 and 21 October): A cross-program session on building a personal brand on LinkedIn runs on 5 October from 17:00 to 18:00 UK time. 

LBS MBA Admission Events - October 2026 Schedule (Table Summary)

Times are listed as they appear on the LBS calendar, local to the event city for in-person events and UK time for online sessions. Confirm the time and time zone on each registration page before attending.

How to Register and Visit

Each event in the table links to its own page on the LBS events calendar, and registration opens from that page. For coffee chats, LBS confirms the meeting venue by email after registration. Applicants should register early in cities with a single date.

Campus tours start at the Sammy Ofer Centre, 117 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5PT, while the Degree Programmes Open Evening takes place at the main campus at Regent's Park, London NW1 4SA. Applicants who cannot travel to London can join the MBA Overview or a One-year MBA session online instead.

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References

1. London Business School, MBA: How to apply (with One-year MBA: How to apply) ↩