Here you can find the admission requirements for applicants with an applied university diploma (HBO).
| Applications open | 5 January 2026 |
| Applications close | 1 May 2026 |
Disclaimer: The Admissions Office will not assess your eligibility or discuss admissibility 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:
Only certain HBO degrees are a match with the Pre-master programmes of Erasmus School of Economics. See if your HBO diploma makes you eligible for admission.
Applicants must show proof that they have obtained the required knowledge in mathematics. A minimum score of 7.00 for Wiskunde A or B at VWO level is required.
If you do not meet the above requirement, then you are considered to have a deficiency in mathematics. You have the following options to eliminate this deficiency:
- Submitting a math VWO partial certificate with a minimum score of 7.00;
- Score a minimum of 7.00 on the OMPT test;
- Score a minimum of 7.00 on the CCVX test Mathematics;
- Score a minimum of 7.00 on the of the mathematics test of the Boswell Beta Institute in Utrecht.
More information on the mathematics deficiency exams.
Any potential mathematics deficiency must be resolved before 1 August of the upcoming academic year.
A minimum GPA of 7.00 is required to apply for any of our Pre-master programmes with a HBO diploma. This GPA should be calculated on the 1–10 scale commonly used by Dutch WO institutions and must include all graded courses from your 4-year HBO Bachelor programme. Exemptions are not taken into account when calculating the GPA.
Key Information:
- HBO graduates are not directly admissible to the Master programme and must first complete a Pre-master to be eligible for the corresponding Master programme.
- The Pre-master bridges the gap between a HBO degree and our Master programmes, helping you strengthen and deepen your knowledge.
- The programme takes one academic year to complete.
- All Pre-master and Master programmes at Erasmus School of Economics start in September.
- To be eligible for admission to the corresponding Master, the Pre-master must be completed within two years.
- Important: Students holding a Dutch residence permit for study purposes are allowed a maximum of one academic year to complete the Pre-master, in line with Dutch Immigration Services (IND) regulations.
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