Admissions Requirements per Diploma

Diploma name

• Atestāts par vispārējo vidējo izglītību AND
• Sertifikats eksaminacijas centrs  

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 7 AND
• minimum grade of 7 for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 3 with a minimum of 60 credits on level 3 and 20 on level 2

General requirements

• minimum average grade Merit (M) AND
• minimum grade Merit (M) for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam
  English language test (optional)

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Baccalauréat Général serie ES/S, Baccalauréat Général Option International (OIB) serie ES/S

General requirements 

• minimum grade average of 14 AND
• minimum grade of 14 for mathematics (série ES) or 13.5 for mathematics (série S) AND
• English language test (exempt only for students in the Anglo-American language section of the OIB; minimum grade to be obtained 14 and a statement from school as proof of English language competence)

If you have taken the right level of mathematics, but your grade does not meet the minimum requirement you will be put in the bottom tier of the ranking.  

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Atestat ab agul’nai syarednyai adukatsyi (Certificate of General Secondary Education) 

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 8 AND
• minimum grade of 8 for mathematics AND
• minimum grade of 8 for English AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie (academic stream) Диплома за среднo образование

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 5 AND
• minimum grade of 5 for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Canadian High School Diploma* / Diplôme d'Etudes Collégiales (DEC) pré-universitaire / Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) with  6 University Preparation Courses  (U or M level) in grade 12 or Ontario Academic Courses 

Grade requirements 

• minimum average grade of B- /70%AND
• minimum grade of B- /70% for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test (Quebec only)

*High School Diploma should contain a relatively large number of 11th & 12th year academic courses.

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Czech Vysvědčení o maturitní zkoušce obtained at a Gymnázium 

​General requirements

• minimum average grade of 2 (chvalitebný) AND
• minimum grade of 2 (chvalitebný) for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• A Standard XII diploma (academic stream): All India Senior School Certificate / Indian School Certificate of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) / Intermediate Examination Certificate/Higher Secondary School Certificate 

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 80% in at least 5 subjects for AISSC or ISC; minimum average grade of B in at least 6 subjects for Intermediate Examination Certificate/Higher Secondary School Certificate AND
• minimum grade of 85% for mathematics AND
• examinations from CBSE (AISSC)/ CISCE (ISC) or State Boards AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Higher School Certificate / Certificate of Education

General requirements

• Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Year 12 Certificate: a minimum of B (High Standard of Achievement) for grade average AND mathematics
• New South Wales Higher School Certificate: a minimum of Distinction for grade average AND mathematics
• Queensland Certificate of Education: a minimum of B (high achievement) for grade average AND mathematics
• South Australia and Northern Territory Certificate of Education:  a minimum of B for grade average AND mathematics
• Tasmanian Certificate of Education: minimum of CA (Commendable achievement) for grade average AND mathematics
• Victorian Certificate of Education: a minimum of B for grade average AND mathematics
• Western Australian Certificate of Education: a minimum of B (High Achievement) for grade average AND mathematics
• RSM IBA mathematics exam AND
• English language test (optional)
   
• Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR): minimum of 85. For Queensland: Overall Position (OP) instead of ATAR AND
• Tertiary Entrance Score (TES): minimum of 80

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Gümnaasiumi lõputunnistus

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 4 (B) AND
• minimum grade of 4 (B) for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife/Abitur

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 1.8 AND
• minimum grade of 10 for mathematics AND
• minimum grade of 10 for English (taken up until the final school year)
• English language test (optional)

If you have taken the right level of mathematics, but your grade does not meet the minimum requirement you will be put in the bottom tier of the ranking.  

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii (Аттестат о Среднем (Полном) Общем Образовании)

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 4/5 (tsjetyri) AND
• minimum grade of 4/5 (tsjetyri) for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Gaozhong (Senior middle school graduation certificate) AND
• GaoKao

General requirements

• Gaozhong: minimum average grade of 80/100 or 120/150 AND
• minimum grade of 80/100 or 120/150 for mathematics AND
• GaoKao: minimum score 500 (exceptions: 300 for applicants from the Jiangsu province; 420 for applicants from Shanghai province; 650 for applicants from Hainan province. (Applicants who are exempted from the Gaokao must provide an official statement: baosong)) AND 
• preferably at least one year of university education (at a recognised institution) 
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Note: Applicants from China are only eligible for the NUFFIC certificate if they successfully pass the IELTS or TOEFL (internet-based test).

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Gimnáziumi Érettségi Bizonyítvány

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 3 (közepes) AND
• minimum grade of 3 (közepes) for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam (exemption mathematics Higher/Advanced level) AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) 

General requirements

• minimum average grade of 7 AND
• minimum grade of 7 for mathematics AND
• RSM IBA mathematics entrance exam AND
• English language test

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. 

Have you graduated? Grades of the final year and the exam results will be considered.

Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.