Advanced Placement Exams

Admission Requirements

With the USA High School Diploma, you will probably be admissible to a bachelor's programme at the University of Twente. At least 4 AP CollegeBoard exams, each AP exam obtained with a 3, 4 or 5 score, are required for possible admission. SAT scores and/or College Courses are not accepted. The High School Equivalency Diploma or General Educational Development credential, also known as a GED credential or GED for short, is not directly admissible to the University of Twente. Please see further information about the Dutch educational system and routes if you are not directly admissible.

The High School should be accredited and recognised by one of the commissions or by the state. Please check the commissions the University of Twente accepts. The accreditation of home-schooled and online-schooled students will be assessed individually.

Note: the admission office reserves the right to make the final decision regarding the admissibility of your application. The admission requirements mentioned are for your information only.

Accepted AP CollegeBoard subjects

The University of Twente only accepts APs subjects concluded with a written exam (APs concluded with endpaper are not admissible). Which APs are chosen is on an elective basis if the admission requirements for the specific bachelor’s programme are met.

The table below shows the APs which are accepted if a programme has a Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and/or Biology requirement.

Other accepted APs to meet the 4 AP exams are: AP Art History, AP Music Theory, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP European History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, AP United States Government and Politics, AP U.S. History, AP World History: Modern, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Calculus AB subscore, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Precalculus, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based, AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based. AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP French Language and Culture, AP German Language and Culture, AP Italian Language and Culture, AP Japanese Language and Culture, AP Latin, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture.

Documents required for application

Already graduated? 

Please upload your High School Diploma and your official final transcript of records. Your final transcript of records should include the last four years (Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12). Furthermore, your AP CollegeBoard Result Slip, which you can download within your own CollegeBoard account. Please upload an explaining document (written by yourself) if you will do additional CollegeBoard AP exams in the upcoming year. Or explain why you have not taken any CollegeBoard AP exams.

Not graduated yet? 

Please upload your most recent transcript of records. The transcript of records should include the last three years (Grade 9, Grade 10, and Grade 11). In addition, make sure the transcript of records mentions the subjects during your final year. Furthermore, please upload your CollegeBoard AP results slip from the College Board of the already obtained APs. In addition, fill in the form below, and also include this in your application (even if you will not take any CollegeBoard AP exams in the upcoming year). 

English Language requirement

You have had English as a subject up until your final year and you studied the subject for the last three years of your secondary education in the USA High School Diploma curriculum. An English CollegeBoard AP exam is not required. If you cannot meet the English language requirement, you have to make an additional test as mentioned on the website. 

Not the required grade, subject or level?

If you do not have the required grade, subject, or subject level, you might be eligible to do an additional test(s) if your overall level is equivalent to the Dutch VWO-Level. The University of Twente only accepts certificates from CCVX, James Boswell-Bèta (both online and physical tests from James Boswell-Bèta are accepted, contact them about the online possibilities), Korteweg-de Vries, or the Dutch so-called 'Staatsexamen'. The OMPT test is not accepted by the University of Twente.

The test must be passed with a positive result and should be taken before the deadline. Please submit your application to the University of Twente before you make a reservation for one of the tests (to prevent possibly unnecessary costs). The University of Twente assesses on individual bases whether you are eligible for such a test and inform you via email after a submitted application. You can continue your application the first time by answering with ‘No, I still have to complete a *subject* test’ if you are unsure if you meet the additional admission requirements. You will get additional questions about uploading a reservation, which you can skip as they are not mandatory. After submitting your application, you will be informed via email.

The Netherlands has different Mathematics subjects. For the social sciences bachelor's programmes, VWO Mathematics A is required. For the technical bachelor's programmes, VWO Mathematics B is required. For the subjects Physics, Chemistry and/or Biology you have to take the VWO Level, there are no sublevels like Mathematics. 

An additional test (such as CCVX, James Boswell-Bèta, IELTS, TOEFL, etc.) does not substitute an AP exam. You need at least four APs; the additional exam is only if you have at least 4 APs and not the required subjects. For example, you have AP Computer Science, AP History, AP English, and AP Macroeconomics with the required scores. You meet the admission requirements to have 4 APs with the correct scores. However, there is no AP Calculus, therefore might be eligible to do an additional test.

Admission requirements per bachelor's programme