Incoming IBA Students

Generally, the diploma and final transcript (grade list) will suffice to make your offer unconditional.

• Diploma: In order to verify that you have completed your secondary school programme your admission is based on, RSM needs to see your final diploma.
• Transcript: In order to check that your grades and the subjects you have submitted during the application process are true, RSM also needs your final transcript* (i.e. grade list). 
• National entrance exam/state exam: For some diplomas a national entrance exam or state exam may be part of the official diploma. In that case you must also provide a certified hardcopy of the exam results/certificate (in the original language and a translation).
• Translation: If the original documents are written in a language other than English, French, German or Dutch you must provide an official translation by a registered sworn translator in one of these languages. Make sure to always include your diploma and/or transcript(s) in the original language along with the translation! 
  If your school issues the diploma in the original language and in English, you need to send both diplomas.

You must provide either original or certified hardcopies (paper documents) of your secondary school diploma and final transcript (grade list).

*Will your school only send your final transcript after the 1 August deadline? Then please let us know if this is the case via the contact form.

A certified hardcopy (a paper document) of your diploma and final transcript can be acquired at the institution where you obtained them or they can be provided by an official notary.

• Certified means that a photocopy of the original diploma/transcript is stamped and signed by your institution (director, course coordinator, registrar) or the official notary. 
• Make sure you don't copy the certified documents again, but send us the original certified documents. Photocopies of a certified documents will not be accepted.
• Photocopies and scans will not be accepted because their authenticity cannot be verified. 

• By e-mail: RSM accepts digital documents if they are sent by your school representative from an official school email address directly to the RSM Admissions Office (bsciba@rsm.nl). Request your school to send your diploma and your final grade list as well as translations (if applicable). For some diplomas additional documents (national entrance exam/state exam) are required. All documents must bear a 'fresh' stamp and signature from your school representative! The documents are not accepted if they come from your e-mail address.
   
• Online verification: In some cases the RSM Admissions Office can check the authenticity of your diploma from an online database and it is therefore not necessary to send the documents by e-mail. This applies, for instance, to the Dutch VWO diploma and International Baccalaureate. Please consult the specific instructions per diploma. If your school uses an online verification system, please notify the admissions office. RSM is not able to verify documents online if it's required that software is downloaded before the verification.
   
• I want to bring my documents to the RSM Admissions Office in person: if it is not possible to have your school send your documents by e-mail, you can bring the original or certified documents to the RSM Admissions Office in person. Our office is located at the Woudestein Campus, on the 5th floor of the Mandeville builiding, room T5-01. We advise you to check out the opening hours listed on our contact pages beforehand.
   
• By post
  Only if it is not possible to have your documents sent by e-mail, you can send your documents by post to the following address before 1 August.
  
  Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
  RSM IBA Admissions Office
  Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
  Mandeville Building, Room T5-01
  3062 PA Rotterdam
  The Netherlands
  
  Disclaimer: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University cannot be held responsible for the loss of any documentation during transport or while in storage. Therefore we advise you to send the documents as a tracked delivery and to always send certified copies instead of the original diplomas. Some courier services also require a telephone number. In this case please use the general phone number of RSM: +31 10 408 2222.
  
  The documents will first be received by the central post room, and will be delivered to the admissions office within 2-3 days.

The verification of the diplomas usually starts around end of June. You will be notified via the Online Application Form once your admissions has been made unconditional. Please keep in mind that we need to check hundreds of diplomas so please be patient and allow approximately 10-14 days for the documents to be processed. You do not need an unconditional offer in order to start the housing or visa process.

Currently your enrolment status in Studielink states: "The educational institution has yet to determine whether your previous education level is sufficient”. Once your offer has been made unconditional, the RSM Admissions Office will confirm your enrolment in Studielink & Osiris. This is usually done later in the summer (in the course of July/August) and in bulk (instead of enrolling each student individually). 

To complete your enrolment, also check that before the 31st of August you have paid the tuition fee & uploaded a photo for your Student ID in Osiris.

RSM will save your diploma for one year. It is your responsibility to pick up these documents from the admissions office, if you want them back. You can pick up your diploma as from October onwards. The admissions office makes scanned copies of all documents for our digital archive and shreds all paper copies that have not been picked up on time.