Initial selection
The initial selection is based on your application form. If you do not meet the selection criteria, you can no longer participate in the selection process. Those concerned will be notified by email around mid-January 2016.
Interviews
Your performance during the 10-minute interview plays an important role in the selection process. If you have made it through the first selection based on your application form, you will be notified by email about the date, time and place of your 10-minute interview, which will take place in late January 2016. You immediately need to confirm your interview by email to the email address mentioned in the notification email.
At the time of the interview, the Selection Committee has already intensively studied your application form. You will be asked more questions about why you want to go on exchange, such as your reasoning for choosing the three specific destinations.
The interviews will be held in English, although BA students can do their interview in Dutch if they prefer.
• We advise you to bring a copy of your completed application form for your own use as reference.
• There is no formal dress code, as long as you feel comfortable in what you wear.
• Try to avoid using generic terms such as “high rankings” and “great location”.
Matching of students and exchange spots
When all the interviews are completed, the Selection Committee will proceed with the selection and placement of the candidates. The committee will take the sequence of preferred universities into account but it is often difficult to match preferred destinations with the available exchange places.
The committee starts with the selection for the most competitive destinations, which have many applications and few available places. This way they go through the various destinations, in declining order. Because of the tough competition among students, the selection process for certain destinations will be more rigid than for other destinations. Therefore, the opportunities for students who have lower scores on the selection criteria to be placed are limited. Students that do not get their first choice will compete for placement in their second choice destination, and so on.
