Admissions Requirements per Diploma

Diploma name

• European Baccalaureate (EB)

General requirements

• Mathematics minimum grade of 7.0 (minimum 5 hours) or a minimum grade of 8.0 for mathematics (minimum 3 hours) 
• Applicants who do not meet the mathematics requirement may choose to take the IBA mathematics exam.
• English minimum grade of 7.0 for English (Language 1 or 2). All other applicants are required to take an English language test
• Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be placed in the lower tiers of the ranking

Selection points

• Granted for a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 8.0 (80%) 

Additional Information

Submit an official list signed by your mentor or school representative. A screenshot or self-made Word/excel document with your grades is not accepted. Make sure that RSM can see from your transcripts how the grades were determined. If your school uses a different grading system or different calculations, this should be clearly indicated otherwise you run the risk that your grades will be interpreted incorrectly.

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? The results of your final year (national exam) will be used to calculate your GPA.

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 at least 6 Grade 12 University Preparation (U) Courses (M courses are not accepted) 

Grade requirements 

• Mathematics minimum grade of B/75% for mathematics AND IBA mathematics exam 
• English language test (Quebec only)
• Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be placed in the lower tiers of the ranking

Selection points

• Granted for a grade point average (GPA) of B/75% or higher

Additional Information

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

Submit an official list of grades signed by your mentor or school representative. A screenshot or self-made Word/excel document with your grades will not be accepted. Make sure that RSM can see from your transcripts how the grades were determined. If your school uses a different grading system or different calculations, this should be clearly indicated otherwise you run the risk that your grades will be interpreted incorrectly.

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

Have you graduated? The results of your final year (national exam) will be used to calculate your GPA. For students who graduated during the 2020 pandemic, the GPA will be calculated using the grades from both the penultimate and final year.

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

• International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma

General Requirements

• Mathematics Analysis & Approaches SL minimum grade 5 /Analysis & Approaches HL minimum grade 4 / Applications & Interpretation HL minimum grade 5 
  (old curriculum) Math SL minimum grade of 5 / Math HL minimum grade of 4 
• Applicants who do not meet the mathematics requirement may choose to take the IBA Mathematics exam 
• English language test: English B SL/ English ab initio. Exemption for English A SL/HL and English B HL
• Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be placed in the lower tiers of the ranking

Selection points

• ​Granted for a Grade Point Average (GPA)/ total of 31 points (excluding TOK, EE and CAS)

Additional Information
-Predicted grades will not be considered for the evaluation.
-Only a full IB diploma is accepted; IB certificates are not accepted

If you have not yet received your official IB diploma, you can authorise Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) (institute code: 034892) to verify your scores online via the IBO website.

Submit an official list of grades signed by your mentor or school representative. A screenshot or self-made Word/excel document with your grades will not be accepted. Make sure that RSM can see from your transcripts how the grades were determined. If your school uses a different grading system or different calculations, this should be clearly indicated otherwise you run the risk that your grades will be interpreted incorrectly.

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

Have you graduated? The results of your final year (national exam) will be used to calculate your GPA. For students who graduated during the 2020 pandemic, the GPA will be calculated using the grades from both the penultimate and final year.

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

• Diplomas not listed on our website will be evaluated on an individual basis. Please provide an academic transcript with a diploma supplement explaining your country's grading system in your application package if possible. 

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

• General Certificate of Education (GCE) A-levels(A2)/International Advanced A-levels (IAL)

General requirements

• General Certificate of Secondary Education ((I)GCSE) in 6 different subjects with grades: A*-B or 9-5) including a minimum grade of B for Mathematics AND
• General Certificate of Education (GCE) in 3 academic subjects including Mathematics with grades: AAB AND
• Minimum grade of B for GCE Mathematics AND
• Applicants who do not meet the mathematics requirement may choose to take the IBA mathematics exam
• Minimum grade of B (5) for English (I)GCSE (First language). English language test (optional)
• Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be placed in the lower tiers of the ranking

Selection points

• Granted for a grade B or higher

Additional Information

Submit an official list of grades signed by your mentor or school representative. A screenshot or self-made Word/excel document with your grades will not be accepted. Make sure that RSM can see from your transcripts how the grades were determined. If your school uses a different grading system or different calculations, this should be clearly indicated otherwise you run the risk that your grades will be interpreted incorrectly.

Are you in the final year of high school? RSM uses the grades of the penultimate year (year before your final year) and the grades you have obtained so far from your final year (until December) for the evaluation. This allows us to evaluate each applicant based on a full year of grades. Predicted grades will not be used. 
If you do not have AS grades/certificates  you must provide an interim or progress report of your actual grades obtained in the penultimate year.

Have you graduated? The results of your final year (national exam) will be used to calculate your GPA. For students who graduated during the 2020 pandemic, the GPA will be calculated using the grades from both the penultimate and final year.

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

• American High School Diploma
   

General requirements

• minimum average grade 3.00/B+ (High School) AND minimum of 4 Advanced Placement (AP) exams with a minimum score of 4 
  Only AP exams administered by the College Board are accepted. A maximum of 1 language AP is accepted. No AP exams in the category 'Arts' are accepted. Also not accepted: AP studio Art; AP Capstone; AP Research; or AP Seminar)
• Mathematics minimum grade of B+ for pre-calculus AND IBA mathematics exam (Exemption  for students who have taken the College Board exam AP Calculus AB or BC, minimum score of 4). SAT and ACT are not accepted. 
• English minimum grade of B+ English language test (optional)
• Applicants who do not meet these requirements will be placed in the lower tiers of the ranking

Selection points

• Granted for a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.00/B+ or higher plus 1 AP College Board exam 

Additional Information
Note: at the time of application you must have already completed at least one College Board AP exam with a minimum score of 4.The College Board institute code for RSM is 6767.

Submit an official list of grades signed by your mentor or school representative. A screenshot or self-made Word/excel document with your grades will not be accepted. Make sure that RSM can see from your transcripts how the grades were determined. If your school uses a different grading system or different calculations, this should be clearly indicated otherwise you run the risk that your grades will be interpreted incorrectly.

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

Have you graduated? The results of your final year (national exam) will be used to calculate your GPA. For students who graduated during the 2020 pandemic, the GPA will be calculated using the grades from both the penultimate and final year. 

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.