Holders of a Bachelor’s degree from a research university in the Netherlands, in which the following three subjects are covered sufficiently, are admissible to the programme: medicine, health care and quantitative methods. Students with one of the following academic Bachelor’s degree programmes are freely admissible:  

• Medicine
• Biomedical Sciences
• Clinical Technology
• Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Pharmacy
• Human Nutrition
• Health Sciences
• Veterinary
• Health and Society
• European Public Health
• Medical Natural Sciences

Students with other Bachelor’s backgrounds than mentioned above are invited to submit a request for admission to the Board of Admissions of the Master’s. This request will be individually reviewed, based on the following criteria:

Sufficient knowledge of the following domains:

• Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 EC or equivalent)
• Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 EC or equivalent)

The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background is sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health related programme.

Students with other Bachelor’s backgrounds than mentioned above are invited to submit a request for admission to the Board of Admissions of the master’s. This request will be individually reviewed, based on the following criteria:

Sufficient knowledge of the following domains:

• Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 EC or equivalent)
• Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 EC or equivalent)

The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background is sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health related programme. If you have deficiencies in your foreknowledge, the Admission Board can develop a tailormade bridging programme.

For more information, please contact the study advisor.

All other holders of a Bachelor’s degree in a health related programme from a foreign research university with a level similar to Dutch research universities are eligible for admission if the candidate has accumulated sufficient knowledge of at least the following domains:

• Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 EC or equivalent)
• Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 EC or equivalent)

The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background are sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health related programme

For more information, please contact the study advisor.

The following requirements apply: 

• IELTS Academic modules only, on paper or on computer: 6.5 overall, with at least 6.0 for each separate component score.
  • We do not accept IELTS Academic online.
  • We do not accept IELTS General Training or IELTS Indicator.
     
• TOEFL internet based: 90 overall, with at least 20 for each separate component.
  • We are not able to accept The TOEFL IBT Home Edition™, except in the following situations only:
    You took the test before 1 Sept 2022 (and it is not more than 2 years old), or you are unable to take an in-person test on location because test centres are inaccessible or closed due to unsafe conditions in a country.
  • We do not accept the following types of test: TOEFL My Best™ scores (multiple test scores combined), TOEFL Essentials™  or institutional tests such as ITP.

• Cambridge English Exam C2 Proficiency, or C1 Advanced (180), with a minimum score of 169 for each separate component.

Note that English test results may not be more than two years old.

You do not have to submit an English proficiency test if you have completed your education in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (except French-taught programmes in Canada) Singapore, South-Africa or Malta; or if you have obtained an English-taught International Baccalaureate™; or if you have completed a Dutch VWO diploma or an English-taught bachelor at a Dutch research university.

For detailed information, including exemption criteria and methods of submission, refer to English language proficiency.

Sufficient level of English is required for international students*, proven by one of the following qualifications:

• IELTS, each test component must score a minimum of 6.0; with an average score of at least 6.5;
• TOEFL, overall score 90 (internet based), each test component must score a minimum of 22  (internet based);
• Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE) or C1 Advanced (CAE) 180, Cambridge component score 176

*Exemptions on this requirement can be found on: English language proficiency.

• VWO level English or an English taught bachelor at a Dutch Research University 

More detailed information on language requirements can be found on: English language proficiency.