Graduating Cum Laude

On this page you will find information on the rules regarding graduating cum laude.

EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS, ME PROGRAMME-SPECIFIC PART - GRADUATION WITH DISTICTION (CUM LAUDE)

Till 1 september 2025

1. When students have demonstrated exceptional ability in his bachelor’s exam, this can be stated on the diploma with the words “Cum Laude.
2. Displaying exceptional ability requires the student to meet each of the following conditions:
   1. The average of the exam grades for the study units of the BSc programme, excluding project grades and the study units of the first semester of the third academic year (minor), is at least 8.0.
   2. When calculating the aforementioned average, study units that were not evaluated with a grade or for which an exemption was given are not included.
   3. Exemptions were granted for no more than a third of the total bachelor programme.
   4. The grade for the final bachelor research assignment is at least 8.5
   5. Any additional study units (not part of the regular ME BSc programme) are not included under the aforementioned regulations.
   6. The bachelor programme was completed within four years, unless exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the examination board, justify a greater exceeding of the study duration. These exceptional circumstances include the conditions that are grounds for granting graduation support. 
   7. No formal record of fraud is documented in the students’ file.

If these guidelines are not fully met, the programme board can submit a proposal to the examination board to award the designation ’Cum Laude’.  In that case, the special circumstances and the exceptionality of the achievement must be properly substantiated.

EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION REGULATIONS,  ME PROGRAMME-SPECIFIC PART, ARTICLE B4.4, GRADUATION WITH DISTICTION / CUM LAUDE

From 1 september 2025

As required by Article A4.3 of the General Part of the EER, we describe here the criteria for receiving a distinction upon graduation.

1. When students have demonstrated exceptional competence and ability in their bachelor programme, this can be stated on the diploma with the words ’Cum Laude’.
2. The Examination Board awards the ‘Cum Laude’ judicium when a student meets each of the following conditions:
   1. The weighted average of the examination grades for the study units of the ME BSc programme, excluding project grades, the bachelor research assignment and the study units of the first semester of the third academic year (minor), is at least 8.0. Study units that were not evaluated with a grade or for which an exemption was given are not included.
   2. Any additional study units (not part of the regular ME BSc programme) are not included under the aforementioned regulations.
   3. The grade for the bachelor research assignment is at least 8.5.
   4. Exemptions were granted for no more than a fourth of the total bachelor programme
   5. The bachelor programme was completed within four years, unless exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the examination board, justify a greater exceeding of the study duration.
   6. No formal record of fraud is documented in the students’ file.

If these guidelines are not fully met, the programme director can submit a substantiated proposal to the examination board to award the designation ’Cum Laude’. In that case, the special circumstances and the exceptionality of the achievement must be properly substantiated.