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Course schedules (incl. the date & time of the examinations) are available to students and faculty via EUR Course Guide. If you have any questions regarding your course's schedule, please contact your programme manager.

The RSM Examination Board has issued an Examination manual which includes description of important procedures and policies.

Excerpt from the Examination manual:

Minimum grade requirement

Master programme: If the examination is assessed on the basis of more than one test, no final grade for the examination will be calculated if one of the test grades is lower than a 5.5. In that case the candidate has failed the examination. Tests that can be taken only once per academic year, most likely practical tests such as case reports and team assignments, are exempted from this rule.

Grade calculation/rounding rules

Examinations are assessed with grades on the scale 0.0 – 10.0, accurate to one decimal place, where a 5.5 is the lowest pass grade. Practical tests may be assessed with a ‘pass' or ‘fail'. If examination grades have to be rounded off and averaged-within a course, or between examination parts or to determine the GPA or the classification- the following rules apply:

- unless otherwise stated in the relevant course manual, examination grades are averaged according to the weighted average of the credits, where the average is rounded to one decimal place, which are rounded, so 5.45 is rounded to 5.5, a 6.95 a 7.0 a 5.44 a 5.4, etc.;

- if examination parts are assessed on the basis of more than one examination, - then the rule applies that the examination parts are always rounded off to one decimal before subsequent calculations are made.

Feedback and perusal

As soon as possible but no later than four weeks after the written test, the examiner will give generic feedback. The examiner will provide information about the content of the written test and the correct answers/answer models in an explanatory session or via another approved medium. This offers students the opportunity to review the questions and assignments of the exam concerned, along with the answer models and criteria for assessment. The examiner sets the date, time and procedure of the feedback. The feedback must be realistically managed and the use of appropriate media (such as BlackBoard) is allowed.

As soon as possible – or at the same feedback session – but no later than four weeks after the feedback, students will have the opportunity to peruse their own assessed exam. The examiner may determine that the perusal is only for students who registered for it and/or who have attended the feedback meeting. The examiner sets the date, time, location and procedure of the perusal.

In the event that a student can demonstrate that he/she was prevented from being present at the assigned location and time for the feedback or the perusal due to force majeure, at the request of the student an alternative opportunity will be offered, if possible within the afore mentioned term. 

Download the instructions which clarifies your duties before and during written examinations. These instructions are issued by the Examination Organisation department and applies to all EUR faculties, lecturers. Please read these instructions carefully, it includes important information about the exam paper submission and mandatory presence during the examination for questions.

RSM makes use of an online platform to support the master thesis process, called Thesis Online Platform (TOP). Students will submit their final proposal and final thesis in the system. Coaches and co-readers will approve or disapprove the documents in TOP. At the end, after the defense, the final assessment and grading is recorded in TOP. Below you find useful documentation related to your role as coach, co-reader and/or thesis coordinator.

• TOP manual for coaches and co-readers includes a detailed description of the assessment submission process, deadlines and a quick overview with screenshots on how to use TOP;
• TOP manual for thesis coordinators with guidelines on how to enter, edit and manage the records as well as make selections by using the excel export functionalities;
• CSV instructions for thesis coordinators for upload the records;
• Master thesis manual for students describes the roles and responsibilities of coach, co-reader and student, assessment criteria and proceedings of the thesis defence.

Please use the official name of your school, but omit words like "the" at the beginning of the name if applicable. This will help us improve the quality of statistics we keep on schools. 

Example: The American School of Amsterdam should be written as American School of Amsterdam.

The Holland Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science as well as Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. This scholarship is meant for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to do their bachelor’s or master’s at RSM.

1) Completed bachelor programme by 31 August 2016

AND

2) On 16 May 2016 you must have 140 ECTS and your weighted grade point average (GPA) must be 7,0 or higher (first eight trimesters) OR you submit a GMAT score of 600 or higher; the GMAT test must be done by 15 July 2016 and the result must be submitted to the RSM Examination Board. See section GMAT.

The results from the trimester 9 and any resits after 16 May will not be included in the GPA calculation.

If you took a gap year please refer to the FAQ category ‘Gap year students'.

1) Completed pre-master programme, including the MSc compulsory course Corporate Finance

AND

2) Proof of English proficiency for students from the Dutch-language pre-master programme.

Students who started the pre-master programme in September 2014 or earlier must also have a GMAT score of 600 or higher.

No, when you meet the criteria you will be automatically accepted into the programme. There is only a maximum number of places for external students who have a non-RSM bachelor diploma.

There are a number of options if you do not qualify:

• Choose one of 10 other MSc programmes at RSM;
• Choose a finance master at another university in The Netherlands or abroad;
• Take a gap year and obtain a GMAT of 600 or greater during that year.
   

Please note that other 10 master programmes will also be selective per September 2017. More information available on RSM Current Students page.

No, the January intake for the master Finance & Investments is abolished.

Your GPA on 16 May 2016 will determine whether or not you qualify for entry into the MScFI (only for bachelor students, not for pre-master students). In order to calculate this GPA you need to have obtained a minimum of 140 ECTS on 16 May.

Yes, the GPA is rounded to one decimal place. If your GPA is 6.95, it will be registered as a 7.0 in Osiris. Please note that 6.94 will be registered as a 6.9 and is not sufficient to be admitted to the MScFI programme.

No. If you have more than 140 ECTS on 16 May, all results that are registered in Osiris will be counted for your GPA.

It depends from your activities for the Bachelor 3 elective area.

1. If you did an internship/minor and you did not participate in an exchange programme, then these credits do count for the required amount of 140 ECTS and GPA.
2. If you did an internship/minor and exchange as well, then only the exchange credits will count for the required amount of 140 ECTS. In this case the results of the internship or minor will be registered as other results and will not be taken into account for GPA calculations.

Yes, the results from the international exchange programme count for the required amount of ECTS. As these results are registered as Pass or Fail, they have no influence on your GPA.

You cannot be admitted on the basis of your GPA. You must do the GMAT test in order to qualify.

Yes, but only with a sufficient GMAT result. We cannot admit you on the basis of your GPA. The reference date is 16 May 2016 when GPA is calculated based on the results registered by this date.

You may choose to do a GMAT test before 15 July. If you achieve a GMAT result of 600 or higher, you may start the MScFI. 

Yes. When your GPA result is registered, you will receive an e-mail notification via SIN-Online confirming your GPA and whether your result is sufficient for entry to the MScFI programme. Please note that in addition to a sufficient GPA (7.0 or higher) you must have a completed the BScBA, BScIBA or premaster before 1 September to be admitted to the MScFI programme.

GMAT stands for Graduate Management Admission Test. This standardized computer-based test is developed by and for business schools through the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).  It is designed specifically to test the capabilities of students pursuing graduate education in business or management. The test can be taken at test centres all over the world, throughout the year. In The Netherlands there are test centres in Amsterdam and Utrecht. The test costs USD 250.

There is an abundance of preparation material available, both online, offline and course based. Please visit www.mba.com for further information.

The GMAT test consists of four parts: a quantitative section, a verbal section, an integrated reasoning section and an analytical writing section. Although you will need to sit through all sections, we will only count your scores on the quantitative section and the verbal section. Be sure to do the GMAT test before 15 July 2016.

After the GMAT test you will receive a provisional test result. Be sure to inform RSM Examination Board via the online form about your result.

You will have to meet the same admission criteria as all other internal students. If you already have a completed bachelor degree on 16 May, we shall be able to use your final bachelor GPA. If your GPA is insufficient you may opt to do a GMAT test.

If you do not have access to the SIN-Online at the time of registration, be sure to send an e-mail to msc.fi@rsm.nl by 15 May 2016 and inform that you wish to register for the MScFI programme starting September 2016.

All bachelor and pre-master students who wish to begin the master Finance & Investments per 1 September 2016 will have to register via SIN-Online. The registration will take place on the SIN-Online channel ‘Enrolment MSc Finance & Investments’. Please note that you must complete all the following steps to register for the master Finance & Investments:

• Subscribe to the SIN-Online channel Enrolment MSc Finance & Investments by 15 May 2016;
• Register for the master via SIN-Online My Registrations from 1 March 2016 through 15 May 2016, 23:59hrs, a confirmation e-mail will be sent (registration will be visible only if you have subscribed to the channel, see step 1);
• Enrol for the master via Studielink by 31 August 3016.