Ranked MBA & EMBA Deadline Finder

Find current MBA and Executive MBA application deadlines from official business school pages for ranked school cohorts. The actor uses ranking lists as a school universe, then checks each selected school on demand and returns clean application-round rows.

It is built for admissions consultants, MBA applicants, education platforms, and research teams that need regional deadline trackers without manually checking dozens of school websites.

Why Use This Actor

• Monitor ranked MBA and EMBA programs by region, country, and program type
• Normalize application rounds, deadlines, decision dates, and deadline status
• Build applicant shortlists and consultant dashboards
• Schedule recurring checks for upcoming admissions cycles
• Append results to an existing dataset with datasetId

What It Produces

The dataset contains one row per parsed program round. Public rows do not include source URLs. Source evidence and failed pages are kept in the run summary for operational review.

Typical fields include school name, program name, program type, ranking cohort, ranking band, city, country, intake year, round name, application deadline, decision date, deposit deadline, days until deadline, deadline status, verification status, and optional runId.

Supported Coverage

The first release includes a curated ranked-school seed list covering leading MBA and EMBA programs from FT Global MBA, FT European Business Schools, QS Global MBA, and regional accredited-school research. Rankings and directories define the internal school universe only. Deadline values are collected from official school pages.

Coverage will improve as more school-specific parser rules are added. If a school page cannot be parsed with enough confidence, the actor records it in RUN_SUMMARY instead of emitting a misleading dataset row.

Limitations

• The actor does not claim complete global MBA coverage.
• It does not scrape login-only application portals.
• It does not expose source URLs in the public dataset.
• Some schools publish only month-level or tentative dates; those are skipped until a full date is available.
• Executive education short courses are out of scope for this actor.

Input Example

{
  "regions": ["Europe"],
  "programTypes": ["MBA", "EMBA"],
  "countries": ["Portugal", "Czech Republic"]
}

Output Example

{
  "schoolName": "INSEAD",
  "programName": "MBA",
  "programType": "MBA",
  "rankingCohort": "ft_global_mba",
  "rankingBand": "Top 25",
  "city": "Fontainebleau / Singapore",
  "country": "France",
  "region": "Europe",
  "intakeYear": null,
  "roundName": "Round 4",
  "applicationDeadline": "2026-08-04",
  "decisionDate": "2026-09-04",
  "depositDeadline": null,
  "daysUntilDeadline": 84,
  "deadlineStatus": "upcoming",
  "verificationStatus": "official_confirmed",
  "changeStatus": "not_compared",
  "changedFields": null,
  "programFormat": "full_time",
  "runId": null
}

Input Reference

• regions: regions to search.
• programTypes: MBA and/or EMBA.
• countries: optional country-name filter.
• datasetId: append results to another Apify dataset.
• runId: copy a workflow identifier into every row.

API Usage

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/trovevault~ranked-mba-emba-deadline-finder/runs?waitForFinish=120" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"regions":["Europe"],"programTypes":["MBA","EMBA"],"countries":["Portugal"]}'

FAQ

Does this actor ask users to choose rankings?
No. Rankings and directories are internal coverage inputs. Users choose the region, program type, and optional country.

Why are source URLs not in the dataset?
The public dataset is designed for applicant and consultant workflows. Source evidence is kept in run metadata instead.

Can I monitor only Europe?
Yes. Set regions to ["Europe"].

What happens when a page cannot be parsed?
The actor records the issue in RUN_SUMMARY and avoids emitting an uncertain deadline row.

Does it cover short executive education courses?
No. The launch scope is MBA and EMBA admissions deadlines.

Can this run on a schedule?
Yes. Schedule the actor and use datasetId to append rows into a long-term monitoring dataset.

Troubleshooting

If a run returns fewer rows than expected, check RUN_SUMMARY for schools with no_deadlines_found or fetch_failed. Try a broader region or remove the country filter if the selected country has limited supported coverage.

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Changelog

• 0.1: Initial ranked MBA and EMBA deadline finder with official-page parsing and curated school seed list.

Support

Open an Apify issue or contact TroveVault with the school, program, and admissions page you expected to be covered.