Admission and application
Admission period
Dutch degree
- Start date
- End date
Admission requirements
With a completed university Bachelor's degree Bedrijfskunde (also specialisation Bedrijfseconomie) or International Business Administration followed at Radboud University, you are admissible to the pre-Master's programme.
Did you follow a university's Bachelor's degree at another faculty of Radboud University or at another Dutch university? A study programme has been drawn up and depending on your previous education you need to follow a number of deficiencies (extra courses). The examination board will decide if there are any deficiencies based on the information you provide during the application process.
For the Master's specialisation in International Political Economy, an additional admission requirement is that 18 EC of courses must be in the field of Political Science. These courses must be at least of Bachelor year 2 or year 3 level and must include the course Theories of International Relations.
Direct access with these programmes
HBO-students
Depending on your HBO programme, you may be admissible to one or more specialisations. The table below shows which HBO programmes provide access to certain specialisations. The average final grade for the HBO Bachelor’s diploma and the letter of motivation will be used as the basis for selection.
Students with an unweighted average final grade of 7.5 or higher in the last two years of the programme will automatically be admitted to the pre-Master’s programme. They do not need to write a letter of motivation. Students with an unweighted average final grade of 7.0 – 7.5 in the last two years of the programme will also be assessed by the Examination Board on the basis of their letter of motivation. For this group, writing a letter of motivation is therefore a part of the application procedure. Students with an unweighted average final grade lower than 7.0 in the last two years of the programme are not eligible for admission.
HBO programmes and admission to the pre-Master's programme
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HBO-programme |
Accounting and Control; Corporate Finance and Control | Financial Economics | Economics, Behavipur and Policy; International Business; International Economics and Development; International Political Economy |
| Bedrijfseconomie (Business Economics) | + | + | + |
| Finance & Control | + | + | + |
| Lerarenopleiding AE | + | + | + |
| Hoger Hotelonderwijs (Hotel Education) | + | + | + |
| International Business & Management | + | + | + |
| Bestuurskunde/Overheidsmanagement | + | + | + |
| Accountancy | + | + | |
| Finance, Tax and Advice | + | + | |
| Fiscale Economie | + | ||
| Management, Economie en Recht | + |
Advance pre-Master's programme for HBO students
The admission requirements for the advance pre-Master’s proramme include a relevant prior HBO degree programme (as established for the standard pre-Master’s programme for incoming HBO students) and the following:
- HBO students who have already obtained a minimum of 150 EC with a grade point average of at least 7.5 are admissible immediately.
- HBO students who have obtained a minimum of 150 EC with a grade point average between 7.0 and 7.5 must also submit a motivation letter. In this instance, the Examination Board will decide whether they can be admitted as an exceptional case.
- All candidates require a statement of consent from their HBO institution as well as a statement of consent from the Examination Board of Economics.
If you have a non-Dutch educational background, you cannot apply directly for the pre-Master’s, but you need to apply for the Master’s programme first. The Examining Board will then decide if you are eligible for direct admission to the Master’s or whether they require you to participate in a pre-Master’s before you can enter the Master’s.
If you have applied for the Master’s and received a message that you are (conditionally) admitted to the pre-Master’s programme, and you would like to accept this offer, you need to apply in Studielink through the following steps:
- Go to 'Study programmes' and select 'Add new enrolment application'
- Search for 'Economics'
- Select the Educational institution: Radboud University
- Select the Type of study programme: WO Bachelor
- Select ‘Premaster Economics', and make sure to enroll for the upcoming academic year
Once you have submitted this application in Studielink, you can disregard the automatic emails from Studielink, except if they are about providing information about the payment of the contribution fee, but you need to follow the instructions from the Admissions Office admissions [at] ru.nl, which you will receive shortly after your application.
Your level of English needs to be sufficient in order for you to succeed in the programme. You can satisfy the English language requirement if you have obtained a:
- Dutch VWO diploma;
- Certificate of a full English-taught propaedeutic programme obtained at a Dutch University of Applied Sciences;
- Bachelor's Degree from a Dutch University of Applied Sciences;
- International Baccalaureate diploma;
- European Baccalaureate diploma, in which the course English Language 2 or 1 was taken;
- Diploma equivalent to, or higher than, the Dutch VWO level by completing education at an institution in one of the member states of the EU/EEA, Australia, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or the United States of America, where the language of instruction is English.
For further information on international previous education that satisfies the English language requirement please refer to the diploma specific admission requirements document. Alternatively, if you do not meet the English language proficiency requirement via one of the conditions above, you can satisfy the requirement via an English exam. You will pass the following exams when:
- TOEFL iBT ≥ 80, subscores ≥ 20
- IELTS Academic: ≥ 6,0 overall & subscores ≥ 6,0
- Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 proficiency: C or higher
To meet the English language proficiency requirement, you will need to pass one of the above mentioned exams. All certificates may not be older than two years.
TOEFL iBT
TOEFL iBT certificate with a total score of at least 80 and scores of at least 20 on all four parts.
IELTS Academic
IELTS Academic certificate with a result of at least 6.0 on the overall band and scores of at least 6.0 on all four sub-bands
Cambridge C1 Advanced
Cambridge C1 Advanced Certificate (formerly known as CAE) .
Cambridge C2 Proficiency
Cambridge C2 proficiency Certificate (formerly known as CPE).
For the Master's specialisation in International Political Economy, an additional admission requirement is that 18 EC of courses must be in the field of Political Science. These courses must be at least of Bachelor year 2 or year 3 level and must include the course Theories of International Relations.
Application procedure
To apply for a programme, you need to submit a request for enrolment in Studielink before the application deadline. Before you apply, please check the admission requirements and then follow the steps below.
Steps
Step 1: Submit your enrolment request via Studielink
Apply for your chosen pre-Master’s programme via Studielink. You can apply for a programme for the following academic year from 1 October onwards.
Submitting a request for enrolment requires the following steps in Studielink.
- Go to 'Study programmes' and select 'Add new enrolment application'
- Search for your pre-Master’s programme by name: ‘Pre-Master’s in [name of study programme]’. The name of the pre-Master’s programme is often the name of the Master’s (specialisation).
- Select the educational institution: Radboud University
- Select the type of study programme: WO Bachelor
Note: register on time! You do not need to have completed your previous education when you apply. You can find the application deadlines at the top of the Admission & Application page of the pre-Master's programme.
Step 2: Fill in the digital questionnaire
Because your prior education needs to be assessed, you will receive the login details for the digital questionnaire at the email address that you provided in Studielink. You will need to log in to the questionnaire, and once you have completed it you will need to upload the requested documents. Please make sure that you submit your completed questionnaire and the required documents by 1 July at the latest. If you complete the questionnaire after 1 July, there is no guarantee that we will be able to process your application for admission in time.
Step 3: Keep an eye on your mailbox
Your request for admission will then be processed. Within approximately 3 weeks after you have submitted the digital questionnaire, Student Admissions will inform you by email about the admission decision. There are three possible outcomes:
- You will be granted unconditional admission.
- You will be granted conditional admission. This means that there are conditions that you will need to fulfil before definitive admission can be granted. You will receive an email about what these conditions mean.
- You will not be granted admission. Your application will then be withdrawn from Studielink and unfortunately you cannot enrol for this pre-Master's.
The details of this outcome will be forwarded to the email address that you provided in Studielink.
Have you been admitted to the pre-Master’s?
Congratulations! Then go to the enrolment procedure and follow the steps to enrol.
How to apply for a pre-Master's programme if you have a non-Dutch previous education:
Students with a non-Dutch previous education cannot directly apply for a pre-Master’s. You must first apply for a selected Master's programme.
If you do not meet all the admission requirements for your selected Master's programme, you may be offered admission to the pre-Master's programme. This will be communicated in your admission email.
Completing the pre-Master's programme grants you direct admission to the Master's programme.
Questions?
Contact us via email at admissions [at] ru.nl.