At the end of the first academic year, you will receive your binding study advice (BSA). This advice will be issued by your study programme and is based on the number of credits (ECTS) that you have obtained. If you have not obtained enough credits, you will receive negative binding study advice and you will therefore have to withdraw from your study programme.
You can read more about the (binding) study advice in the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) from your study programme.
To the overview of Education and Examination Regulations (EER)
Provisional Interim Study Advice
In February of the first academic year, you will receive provisional interim study advice. This advice gives an indication of whether you will pass your first year. If you have doubts or a negative Provisional Study Advice, you will need to adjust your study approach or reconsider your choice of study. In this case, contact your study advisor.
Option to stop your studies
Based on the provisional study advice, you may decide to discontinue your studies. You have until 1 March to deregister early. You will then not receive a BSA in July. You may then start the same study again in September, but you will have to pass all 60 credits in the first year of your study