Changing or getting approval of your programme

Bachelor's and premaster's students can request a modification in their study programme. 

Request approval modification

The Examination Board must give approval for the programme (or track) that you wish to take within your study programme. The content of your programme must be in accordance with the Education and Examination Regulations (EER), the details of which must be submitted to the Examination Board three months before the exam application is submitted. Individual modifications to the programme (also including distinctions) must be requested from the Examination Board before the exam application is submitted.

You can download the request form below. Save the form as a PDF document, check that all of the information is readable, and email it to the Examination Board: fnwi.examcies [at] science.ru.nl. You are responsible for submitting the form with your range of subjects in its entirety, so make sure that no information has been omitted when you convert the document from Excel to PDF. Adjust the print range if necessary. Only forms that are sent by email to the aforementioned address will be processed. Please include the following information in your email: your name, your student number, your study programme and the phase of your studies that you are in. Include your name and student number in the subject line of the email. Make sure that your application for programme approval includes both the correct course codes and course names. The course codes and course names can be found in the course guide; one way of locating these is to use the course finder. 

Any form that is incomplete cannot be processed. The Examination Board will review your study progress if it is essential to the decision-making process.

Approval forms

• Biology (cohort 2019-2023)
• Chemistry (cohort 2019-2023)
• Computing Science (cohort 2019-2023)
• Mathematics (cohort 2019-2023)
• Molecular Life Sciences (cohort 2019-2023)
• Physics and Astronomy (cohort 2019-2023)
• Science (cohort 2020-2023)

Do you need a form with a different starting year? Please get in touch with Ina de Vries at ina.devries [at] ru.nl (ina[dot]devries[at]ru[dot]nl).

The Examination Board must give approval for the programme (or track) that you wish to take within your study programme. The content of your programme must be in accordance with the Education and Examination Regulations (EER).

Download the required form below for approval of your Master’s programme. The form contains additional information. 

Master's programme in Philosophy

• Master's programme in Philosophy (60 EC)
• Master's programme in PPS (60 EC)
• Master's programme in Philosophy (120 EC / Philosophy of a Specific Area of Science*)
• Research Master's Philosophy (120 EC)

Master's programme in Theology

• Specialisation Biblical Exegesis
• Specialisation History of Church and Theology
• Specialisation Practical Theology
• Specialisation Systematic Theology
• Specialisation one year Master's in Theology
• Third year Theology

Master's programme in Religious Studies 

• Specialisation Religious Studies
• Specialisation Islam, Politiek en Samenleving
• The programmes for the Spiritual Care and Religion and Policy specialisations have already been established; these no longer require approval.

* Please note: For students in the ‘Philosophy of a Specific Area of Science’ Master’s programme, the programme will initially need to be discussed with the endowed professor or with the coordinator who is responsible for the relevant programme track before approval can be sought from the student advisor and the Examination Board.

Request modification fixed courses

For modifications in the fixed courses of your Master's programme, use this form. 

Request modification Master's programme

Students at the Faculty of Science must have their programme approved in order to graduate. The content of your programme must be in accordance with the Education and Examination Regulations (EER) and must be submitted to the examination committee no later than three months before the examination application.

Your cohort is the year you began your programme, if you started on 1 September. If you started on a different date, use the year of the closest 1 September. For example, if you started in February 2025, your cohort is 2024.

Approval forms
 

Biology

Adaptive Organisms (cohort 2021-2023)
Conservation and Restoration Ecology (cohort 2021-2023)
Microbiology (cohort 2021-2023)
Water and Environment (cohort 2021-2023)
Science, Management and Innovation (cohort 2021-2023)
Free specialisation (cohort 2020-2024)

Computing Science

All specialisations (cohort 2019-2022)
All specialisations (cohort 2023-2024)

Information Sciences

Information Sciences (cohort 2019-2024)

Medical Biology

Human Biology (cohort 2021-2022)
Human Biology (cohort 2023)
Medical Epigenomics (cohort 2021-2022)
Medical Epigenomics (cohort 2023)
Neurobiology (cohort 2021-2022)
Neurobiology (cohort 2023)
Science in Society (cohort 2023)
Science, Management and Innovation (cohort 2021-2022)
Science, Management and Innovation (cohort 2023)
Free specialisation (cohort 2020-2024)

Molecular Sciences

All specialisations (cohort 2024)
Chemistry of Life (cohort 2020-2023)
Medicinal Chemistry (cohort 2020-2023)
Molecular Chemistry (cohort 2020-2023)
Physical Chemistry (cohort 2020-2023)
Science in Society (cohort 2023-2024)
Science, Management and Innovation (cohort 2021-2024)

Physics and Astronomy

Neurophysics (cohort 2019-2021)
Particle and Astrophysics (cohort 2022-2024)
Physics of Molecules and Materials (cohort 2022-2023)

Do you need a form from a different programme or with an earlier starting year? Please get in touch with Ina de Vries at ina.devries [at] ru.nl (ina[dot]devries[at]ru[dot]nl).