Admission & Application

Diploma name

• Diplomă de bacalaureat

General requirements

• in the streams (profilul): science (real) OR humanities (uman)

Mathematics requirement

• Profile Real/Exact Sciences with a minimum grade of 9

• If you have already graduated, your mathematics grade will be calculated based on the mathematics results achieved in both your final year and the final exams. The average grade should not be lower than 9.

• If you do not meet this requirement, you must take a mathematics exam.

English requirement

• You must take an English language test

Selection points

• You will be granted selection points if you have a Grade Average of 9 or higher.

• If your grades are below this, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking.

For applicants in the final year of high school

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year). 

For graduated applicants

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the results achieved in both your final year of study and the national exams.  

Additional requirements

• You must include the RSM diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required.
• Graduated applicants must provide the diploma de Bacalaureat, Rezultatele Examenlor de Bacalaureat and the Tabelul de note generale pentru clasele X-XII.
• In the application, you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations. 

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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

• Attestation du Baccalauréat

General requirements

• Série: Lettres (Modernes / Originelles)  

• Série: Sciences (Expérimentales/ Mathématique/ Originelles)

Mathematics requirement

• You must take a mathematics exam 

English language requirement 

• You must take an English language test

Selection points

• You will be granted selection points if you have a Grade Average of 15 or higher. If your grades are below this, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking.

For applicants in the final year of high school: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year). 

For graduated applicants: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the final grade average as listed on your final transcript (Releve des Notes)

Additional requirements

• You must include the RSM diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required.

• In the application you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations. 

Find out how to apply

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

• HBO Propaedeutics phase at a Dutch University of Applied Sciences (Completed first year of a four-year HBO programme) 

General requirements

• If you have a non-Dutch secondary school diploma, please visit the website to review the specific requirements for your diploma type and confirm your eligibility. If your secondary school diploma is not eligible for admission, you must have successfully completed the first year of a four-year HBO study programme and obtain at least 60 EC and have obtained an HBO Propaedeutics University of Applied Sciences. 

Mathematics requirement

• Your mathematics will be evaluated based on the level and grade obtained during your secondary school.  

• If you do not meet the math requirement listed for your secondary education, you must take a mathematics exam

English language requirement

• Your English proficiency will be evaluated based on the level and grade obtained during your secondary school. 

• If you do not meet any of the above requirements, you must take an English language test

Selection points

• If you are eligible with your secondary school diploma, you will be granted selection points based on the final year of your secondary school and/or exams. If your grade average is below the minimum requirements for your secondary school diploma, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking. Please visit the website to review the specific requirements for your diploma type and confirm your eligibility. 

• If you are not eligible with your secondary school diploma and are in the first year of your HBO studies when you apply, you must have obtained at least 25 credits (EC) by 31st January, with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 7.5. If you have completed less than 25 credits (EC), you are not eligible for selection.  

Additional requirements

• Applicants who are not eligible with their secondary school diploma must have completed the first year of a four-year HBO study programme with at least 60 EC and have obtained an HBO Propaedeutics University of Applied Sciences.

• In the application you must submit official grade lists signed by your school representative/HBO Institution representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school/institution uses a different grading system or calculations.  

Find out how to apply

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

• HBO Propaedeutics University of Applied Sciences (Completed first year of a four year HBO programme at a Dutch University of Applied Sciences) 

General requirements

• For applicants with a Dutch HAVO diploma: you must have successfully completed the first year of a four-year HBO study programme and obtain at least 60 EC. 

Mathematics requirement 

• VWO certificate Wiskunde A with minimum grade of 7.0 OR VWO certificate Wiskunde B with a minimum grade of 6.0 

• If you do not meet this requirements, you must take a mathematics exam

English language requirement 

• VWO certificate English with a minimum grade of 7.0 OR IB English A HL certificate minimum grade 4 OR IB English A SL certificate minimum grade 5  

• If you do not meet any of the above requirements, you must take an English language test

Selection points

• You will be granted selection points based on the grades for the first year of your HBO studies. The grade point average (GPA) for your HBO studies must be at least 7.5. If your grade average is lower, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking. 

• If you are in the first year of your HBO studies when you apply, you must have obtained at least 25 credits (EC) by 31st January. If you have less than 25 credits (EC) you are not eligible for selection. 

Additional requirements  

• With a HAVO diploma you can only be admitted if you have completed the first year of a four-year HBO study programme with at least 60 EC and have obtained an HBO Propaedeutics University of Applied Sciences 

• In the application you must submit official grade lists signed by your school representative/HBO Institution representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school/institution uses a different grading system or calculations. 

Find out how to apply

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.