Admission and enrolment
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Application period
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September intake
The Admissions Office will evaluate your application and then decide whether or not you are eligible for admission to the pre-Master’s programme.
Application period
September intake
The Admissions Office will evaluate your application and then decide whether or not you are eligible for admission to the pre-Master’s programme.
Application period
Please select your previous education to view the application periods.Application period
September intake
The Admissions Office will evaluate your application and then decide whether or not you are eligible for admission to the pre-Master’s programme.
Application period
September intake
The Admissions Office will evaluate your application and then decide whether or not you are eligible for admission to the pre-Master’s programme.
Application period
Please select your previous education to view the application periods.Application period
September intake
The Admissions Office will evaluate your application and then decide whether or not you are eligible for admission to the pre-Master’s programme.
Application period
September intake
The Admissions Office will evaluate your application and then decide whether or not you are eligible for admission to the pre-Master’s programme.
Dutch degree
Admission requirements
You can be admitted into this pre-Master’s with a Bachelor’s degree from a research university. The maximum size of the pre-Master’s programme is 30 EC and depends on the course content of your previous degree.
If you have not completed your Bachelor's degree yet, you can follow the pre-Master's programme during your Bachelor’s. Please let us know if you wish to do so by sending an e-mail to premaster [at] let.ru.nl (premaster[at]let[dot]ru[dot]nl). Make sure to add your recent grade list with your current study programme and university name.
You can be admitted to this pre-Master’s programme if you have a related Bachelor's degree, for instance in Data Science or Information Science from a university of applied sciences. The maximum size of the pre-Master’s programme is 45 EC and depends on the course content of your previous degree.
Did you complete another Bachelor’s? You are welcome to apply for this pre-Master’s. After receiving your full application, the Admissions Board will be able to determine whether your previous education is sufficient for admission.
Language requirements
In order to take part in this programme, you need to be proficient in both written and spoken English. Students with an HBO Bachelor's degree, where the official language of instruction was English, or a Bachelor’s degree in teacher education English, are exempted from the language requirements. Other candidates need to have obtained one of the certificates below before the enrolment deadline (you will not yet need a certificate when you start your application at Radboud University).
Non-Dutch degree
Admission requirements
Did you complete a relevant Bachelor’s outside of the Netherlands? You are welcome to apply for the Master’s programme in Master’s in Language and Communication Technologies. After receiving your full application, the Admissions Board will be able to determine whether your previous education is sufficient for direct admission, or if a pre-Master’s is required first.
In order to take part in this programme, you need to be proficient in both written and spoken English. Students with a Bachelor's degree obtained in the EEA, Aruba, Curaҫao, Sint Maarten, or one of the English speaking countries as listed on our English language requirements webpage where the language of instruction was English, are exempted from the language requirements. Other candidates need to have obtained one of the certificates below before the enrolment deadline (you will not yet need a certificate when you start your application at Radboud University).
TOEFL iBT
A TOEFL (iBT) certificate with an overall score of ≥ 4.5 and subscores Reading and Speaking ≥ 4, Listening and Writing ≥ 4.5.
Note: we do not accept the TOEFL at Home Edition exam.
IELTS Academic
An IELTS Academic certificate with an overall score of ≥ 6,5 and subscores ≥ 6,0.
Note: we do not accept the IELTS Online exam.
Cambridge C1 Advanced
A Cambridge C1 Advanced certificate with an overall score of ≥ 176, subscores ≥ 169.
Cambridge C2 Proficiency
A Cambridge C2 Proficiency certificate with an overall score of ≥ 180, subscores ≥ 169.
Pearson PTE Academic
A Pearson PTE Academic certificate with an overall score of ≥ 61 and subscores ≥ 56.
Note: we do not accept the Pearson PTE Academic Online exam.
LanguageCert Academic
A LanguageCert Academic certificate with an overall score of ≥ 70, and subscores for listening ≥ 59, reading ≥ 62, writing ≥ 68, speaking ≥ 68.
Note: we do not accept the LanguageCert Academic Online exam.
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).