Admission

Dutch applicants with the subject clusters Culture & Society, Economics & Society, Nature & Health and Nature & Technology qualify for automatic admission. Some students who have completed MBO level 4 may also apply. For further details, see the information about studying after MBO.

The Admission Office needs a copy of your diploma and transcript for the official diploma evaluation. You have to pass an English language test and an interview may be part of your admission procedure.

The minimum admission requirements for entrance are:

A (senior) secondary school diploma

• International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate Diploma
• China: senior middle school diploma
• Germany: Abitur (Zeugnis der Allgemeine Hochschulreife) or Fachhochschulreife
• UK: 6 subjects with a minimum of 4 GCSEs/IGCSEs with A, B or C grade AND 2 A/AS levels
• France: Baccalaureat
• Switzerland: Maturitatszeugnis
• Italy: Diploma di Maturità
• USA: high school diploma with college preparatory programme
• General: a Matriculation Certificate

Students with a relevant Dutch diploma (HAVO, VWO, 21+ or MBO4) do not need to take additional English tests. However, students with different qualifications will have to provide a result from an internationally recognized test of English.

• IELTS: minimum score 6.0
• TOEFL: minimum score 550 (213 computer-based, 80 internet-based)
• Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): minimum score Grade C scale 180-184
• Cambridge First Certificate (FCE): minimum score Grade B scale 173 - 175 or Grade C scale 169 - 172

For Chinese students, it is obligatory to present an IELTS test result.

All other students may choose between IELTS and TOEFL.

You may be granted exemption from the English language test based on your diploma. Read more information about our language requirements.

Non-native French speakers need to produce proof of CEFR level A2 for Speaking and Writing and B1 for Listening and Reading, unless they have successfully passed a Dutch secondary school exam in the subject.

Are you unsure whether your French is at the right level? Please contact our Customer Contact Centre. They can point you in the right direction.

Students living in the Netherlands (including non-Dutch nationals) can enrol via Studielink (in English, Dutch and German). You can apply for student grants and loans via Studielink as well. For this, you need a DigiD log-in code, which takes up to five days to obtain. Make sure you're enrolled before this programme's application deadline.

Are you an international student? Please visit our international website for all relevant information about admission to a bachelor's programme.

All students living in the Netherlands applying for a full-time study programme not subject to selection must take part in an obligatory programme selection check. The programme selection check consists of an intake form and a matching day. Both are mandatory. Watch our information video. You can find additional information on the programme selection check (in Dutch).

Please note: For the purpose of the selection check, students living in the Netherlands Antilles (BES and CAS Islands) are considered foreign students. The information relevant to this group can be found below.

For students living outside of the Netherlands applying for a full-time study programme, only the digital intake part of the programme selection check is obligatory. You are welcome to take part in an online intake with the programme coordinator, but this is not mandatory.

The programme selection check helps you to choose the degree programme that suits you best, so you have a greater chance of completing it successfully. You can find more information about the programme selection check on our international website.

All of the programmes at HU University of Applied Sciences are tested and approved by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).