Holders of a Bachelor’s degree from a research university in the Netherlands, in which the following three subjects are covered sufficiently, are admissible to the programme: medicine, health care and quantitative methods. Students with one of the following academic Bachelor’s degree programmes are freely admissible:  

• Medicine
• Biomedical Sciences
• Clinical Technology
• Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Pharmacy
• Human Nutrition
• Health Sciences
• Veterinary
• Health and Society
• European Public Health
• Medical Natural Sciences

Students with other Bachelor’s backgrounds than mentioned above are invited to submit a request for admission to the Board of Admissions of the Master’s. This request will be individually reviewed, based on the following criteria:

Sufficient knowledge of the following domains:

• Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 EC or equivalent)
• Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 EC or equivalent)

The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background is sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health related programme.

Students with other Bachelor’s backgrounds than mentioned above are invited to submit a request for admission to the Board of Admissions of the master’s. This request will be individually reviewed, based on the following criteria:

Sufficient knowledge of the following domains:

• Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 EC or equivalent)
• Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 EC or equivalent)

The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background is sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health related programme. If you have deficiencies in your foreknowledge, the Admission Board can develop a tailormade bridging programme.

For more information, please contact the study advisor.

All other holders of a Bachelor’s degree in a health related programme from a foreign research university with a level similar to Dutch research universities are eligible for admission if the candidate has accumulated sufficient knowledge of at least the following domains:

• Medicine on pathophysiology and pathology (12 EC or equivalent)
• Quantitative methods: on research methodology, epidemiology and/or statistics (12 EC or equivalent)

The Board of Admissions will assess whether your degree and background are sufficiently related to the level and content of the Dutch BSc degree in a health related programme

For more information, please contact the study advisor.

The following requirements apply*: 

• IELTS Academic modules only, on paper or on computer: 6.5 overall, with at least 6.0 for each separate component score.
  • We do not accept IELTS Academic online.
  • We do not accept IELTS General Training, IELTS Indicator, or IELTS One Skill Retake
• TOEFL internet based: 90 overall, with at least 20 for each separate component.
  • We are not able to accept The TOEFL IBT Home Edition™, except in the following situation only:
    You are unable to take an in-person test on location because test centres are inaccessible or closed due to unsafe conditions in a country.
  • We do not accept the following types of test: TOEFL My Best™ scores (multiple test scores combined), TOEFL Essentials™  or institutional tests such as ITP.

• Cambridge English Exam C2 Proficiency, or C1 Advanced (180), with a minimum score of 169 for each separate component.

Note that English test results may not be more than two years old and must be obtained in one single test.

*You do not have to submit an English proficiency test if you have completed your education in the USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (except French-taught programmes in Canada) Singapore, South-Africa or Malta; or if you have obtained an English-taught International Baccalaureate™; or if you have completed a Dutch VWO diploma or an English-taught bachelor at a Dutch research university or (for September intake) a diploma of an English-taught higher professional education (hbo) programme completed at a Dutch university of applied sciences.

For detailed information, including exemption criteria and methods of submission, refer to English language proficiency.

Sufficient level of English is required for international students*, proven by one of the following qualifications:

• IELTS, each test component must score a minimum of 6.0; with an average score of at least 6.5;
• TOEFL, overall score 90 (internet based), each test component must score a minimum of 22  (internet based);
• Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE) or C1 Advanced (CAE) 180, Cambridge component score 176

*Exemptions on this requirement can be found on: English language proficiency.

• VWO level English or an English taught bachelor at a Dutch Research University 

More detailed information on language requirements can be found on: English language proficiency.