Admission and enrolment
Admission period
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Students with a Dutch previous education need to apply for the pre-Master’s via Studielink before 1 July. You will then be asked to upload several documents in our online application system Osiris. The Admission Board will assess your application and inform you whether or not you are admitted to the programme.
Admission period with non-Dutch degree and Dutch nationality
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Students with a Dutch previous education need to apply for the pre-Master’s via Studielink before 1 July. You will then be asked to upload several documents in our online application system Osiris. The Admission Board will assess your application and inform you whether or not you are admitted to the programme.
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Dutch degree
Admission requirements
Shortened pre-Master's
If you have a Bachelor’s degree (other than Communication and Information Studies) from a research university, you can in some cases be admitted to the Master's in Communication and Information Studies after finishing this pre-Master's of 30 EC (one semester).
You can apply for this pre-Master's if you have or will obtain a bachelor's degree in a related area of study.
Access with these Bachelor's programmes
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In the attached file you can find the Dutch University of Applied Sciences degrees which will grant you access to the pre-Master's programme of Global Communication and Diversity.
Non-Dutch degree
Admission requirements
Students who received their previous education outside the Netherlands need to apply for the Master’s programme in Global Communication and Diversity first. In case you cannot be directly admitted to the Master’s programme but can be admitted to the pre-Master’s programme, you will be informed in the Admission Letter after approximately three weeks you have submitted a complete application.
In order to take part in this programme, you need to be highly fluent in both written and spoken English. Non-native speakers of English* and holders of a Bachelor's degree from a Dutch University of Applied Sciences need one of the following:
- A TOEFL iBT score of >90, all subscores ≥ 20
- An IELTS Academic (note: not IELTS online) score of ≥6.5 (overall band) and ≥6.0 (writing)
- Cambridge C1 Advanced, Overall score ≥ 176, component score ≥ 169
- Cambridge C2 Proficiency Overall score ≥ 180, component score ≥ 169
- Successful completion of a Bachelor's programme that was taught completely in the English language.
- Recognised degree of secondary education taught in English (see below)
* Applicants are considered to be a native speaker of English if they are from Australia, Canada (with exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, UK or USA.
Approved English diplomas and certificates
Holders of the following diplomas will be exempted from the English language requirements for the Bachelor’s phase set out in this document:
- Germany: Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, including Grundkurs or Leistungskurs Englisch in the Abitur;
- International Baccalaureate diploma;
- European Baccalaureate diploma, including a course in English Language 1 or English Language 2;
- A diploma at a level that is at least equivalent to a Dutch VWO diploma, gained at an educational institution in an EU/EEA member state, Australia, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States, where English was the language of instruction;
- One of the following diplomas, with a pass mark for English at the final exam:
- Austria: Reifezeugnis/Reifeprüfungszeugnis;
- Belgium: Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs;
- Denmark: Studentereksamenbevis;
- Finland: Ylioppilastutkintotodistus/Studenterexamenbevis;
- Luxembourg: Diplôme de Fin d’Études Secondaires;
- Norway: Vitnemal for Videregaende Skole;
- Sweden: Slutbetyg fran Gymnasieskolan.
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
Register on time! You do not need to have completed your previous education when you apply. You can find the application deadline 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 a digital questionnaire at the email address that you provided in Studielink. Log in, complete the questionnaire and upload the requested documents.
Please make sure that you submit your questionnaire and the documents before the application deadline of the pre-Master's. If you do this after the deadline, there is no guarantee that we will be able to process your application for admission in time. You can find the application deadline at the top of the Admission & Application page of the pre-Master's programme.
Step 3: Keep an eye on your inbox
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, which means you can enrol for the programme.
- You will be granted conditional admission: 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. You will receive further details by email.
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?
You can now enrol for the programme.
Application procedure
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 (admissions[at]ru[dot]nl).