Registration and Cancellation

In many cases, you will be required to complete an entrance assessment before you can enrol.

Taking an Entrance Test

Before enrolling, you have to take an entrance test. This test will take approximately one hour. You do not have to take the entrance test if you want to register for:

• a level 1 course (except English)
• the next level of a course successfully completed at the Language Centre

Click here for more information about the entrance test.

⚠️PLEASE NOTE: If you have taken a Dutch course at the Academic Language Centre and you did not pass the final exam, you cannot register for the next level course on the basis of an intake test.

Enrolment Procedure

Would you like to take part in one of our courses?
Below you can find a step-by-step explanation of how the enrolment process works.

1. Choose Your Course
Browse our course catalogue and select the course that best matches your interests or learning goals.

2. Log In to the Course Portal
Click the ‘Enrol’ button next to your chosen course. You will be redirected to our course portal.
To access our courses, you can log in in several ways:

• Staff and Students of Educational Institutions
  Log in via SURFconext using your institutional account. Select your institution from the list and use your usual login credentials.
   

• Other Users
  Not affiliated with an educational institution? You can log in using an eduID (which can be created via eduid.nl), or select ‘Other’ and then ‘Request Password’ to create an account.

Once logged in, you will have direct access to your personal learning environment.

3. Payment
The payment method depends on who is covering the course fees:

• Paying for yourself?
  You can pay directly during the enrolment process via iDEAL or credit card.
   

• Your employer is paying?
  An invoice will be sent to your employer at the billing address provided for your organisation.

Your enrolment is only confirmed once payment has been received.

4. Confirmation of Enrolment
As soon as your enrolment and payment have been processed, you will receive a confirmation email.
This email contains all the practical details about your course and the upcoming schedule.

5. Course Start
One week before the course begins, you will receive a reminder with additional information — such as the name of your lecturer, classroom details, or access to the online learning environment.

⚠️ Please note: Before enrolling, make sure to read the cancellation policy and terms and conditions.

Cancellation

Cancellation by the Participant

Cancellations must always be submitted in writing (by email).
The date of receipt of the cancellation will be considered the official cancellation date.

• Up to 2 weeks before the start of the course: 85% of the course fee will be refunded.

• Within 2 weeks before the start of the course: 50% of the course fee will be refunded.

• Within 48 hours before the start of the course: no refund will be possible.

Cancellation by the Academic Language Centre

The Academic Language Centre reserves the right to cancel courses prior to their start date.
If a course is cancelled by the Academic Language Centre, you will receive a full refund of the course fee, without any cancellation charges.

Transfer of Enrolment

It is not possible to transfer your enrolment to a course in a later course period.
It is also not possible to transfer your enrolment to another person.