Here you can find the admission requirements for applicants with a Dutch university diploma (WO).
| Applications open | 5 January 2026 |
| Applications close | 1 May 2026 |
Disclaimer: The Admissions Office will not assess your eligibility or discuss admission by email. Your application, diploma, and transcript can only be evaluated once it has been formally submitted. Please review the admission criteria below to check whether you meet the requirements.
The admission requirements for the Pre-master programmes are as follow:
To be admissible for one of our Pre-master programmes your degree must be equivalent to one of the Bachelor programmes offered by the Erasmus School of Economics in both level and content.
There are different target groups who might be admissible to our Master or Pre-master programmes based on your bachelor programme. Please consult our Dutch Bachelor to ESE Master admission matrices to check whether your bachelor programme is eligible for
Only if required by our admission matrices for the Pre-master in Economics and Business, you must submit proof of your final or current GPA. A minimum GPA of 7.00 is required to apply. This document should include your cumulative grade point average (GPA) in the 1-10 grading scale commonly used by most Dutch WO institutions.
Please review our step-by-step application guide and the required documents before submitting your application.
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