Admission Requirements
With the General Certificate of Education, you will probably be admissible to a bachelor's programme at the University of Twente. This depends on the subjects and levels you have achieved. Successfully completed GCE A2-Levels are required before the start of the academic year. For possible admission, we require at least:
- 3 (I)GCSE / GCE O-Level with an A, B or C grade or 4 – 9 score, and
- 3 full GCE A2-Level with an A, B or C grade.
- Students need to have six different subjects in (I)GCSE / GCE O-Level and A2-Level.
In this case, the student is not admissible, because there are 4 different subjects obtained and not the required 6 different subjects. | In this case, the student is admissible, because there are 6 different subjects. |
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- Only one language subject is allowed as one of the three required GCE A2-Levels.
- The subject(s) and examination board should be recognized in the Ofqual register. When this is not the case, it will not be accepted. Where the International GCE A-Levels from Pearson, Cambridge, and OxfordAQA are the only examination boards that are exempted.
- If a bachelor's programme has for example two subjects required, the other A2-Level is a compulsory elective (but should be on the list of accepted GCE A-Level subjects by the University of Twente).
- The University of Twente accepts certain academic GCE A2- Level subjects.
GCE A-Level and Non-GCSE qualifications
If you have obtained, or will obtain, GCE A2-level certificates alongside a diploma other than the GCSE certificates, the University of Twente advises you to submit an application, as these cases will be reviewed individually (admission is not guaranteed).
Please ensure that you upload the following documents:
- The transcript of records of your national diploma education system for previous years, and, if available, the transcript of records of your final year.
- A diploma statement indicating the name of the national diploma you will obtain, both in the original language and in English, including your final-year subjects and examination subjects.
- Check 'Documents required for application' to see which documents you need to upload regarding your (I)GCSE or GCE A(S)-Level qualifications.
- A self-prepared statement explaining your current education situation, what you have completed so far, and what you will obtain in the future.
Make sure all documents are uploaded to support the review of your application.
Students with a different combination of 6 (I)GCSEs and GCE A2-Level qualifications (for example, 2 (I)GCSEs and 4 GCE A2-Levels) should provide additional information about their individual situation in a written statement submitted with their application.
Accepted GCE A2-Level subjects
The University of Twente accepts the following academic GCE A2- Level subjects.
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Documents required for application
Already graduated?
Please upload copies of your official final (I)GCSE and GCE (O-, AS-, A2-Level) certificates. Provisional results will not be accepted for the application, as they are not official final certificate(s). The official certificates come out in November (after the JUNE exam session). This means you can apply after you got the final certificate(s) in November.
Not graduated yet?
Please upload copies of your official final (I)GCSE certificates. Provisional results will not be accepted for the application, as they are not official certificate(s). Furthermore, please upload your GCE A2-Level predicted grades using the form below. Make sure the form is filled-in by your school, afterwards you can upload the document within your application.
The University of Twente understands that some schools have a policy to not provide the predicted results to their students. If this applies to you, please have your school send your predicted grades as mentioned above to Student Services. Please make sure they include your name and UT student number (you will get this number once you have applied to the University of Twente) in the subject title. In your application, please upload the documents you have yourself as described above and a self-written document in which you state that your school will provide your predicted grades to the UT directly (if possible, please also provide the email address of the sender).
English Language requirement
If you have English as a subject obtained at (I)GCSE or GCE (O-, AS-, A2-Level) with an A, B or C score you are exempted from the English language test. Please be aware that this only applies if you have the GCE A2-level certificates in combination with the GCSE certificates. If this does not apply to you, it will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. If you cannot meet this requirement, you have to make an additional test as mentioned on the English language requirement 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), or the Dutch 'Staatsexamen'. The OMPT and Korteweg-de Vries tests are not accepted by the University of Twente.
The test must be passed with a positive result and should be taken before the application deadline (check the deviating deadlines for the bachelor's programme in Technical Medicine). 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.) cannot replace a GCE A-Level. You must have at least three GCE A-Levels. An additional test is only an option if you already have three GCE A-Levels but are missing one or more required subjects.
For example, if you have GCE A-Level Biology, GCE A-Levels Physics, and GCE A-Levels Chemistry with sufficient scores. This means you meet the requirement of having three GCE A-Levels. However, because you do not have GCE A-Level Mathematics, you may be eligible to take an additional test to meet this subject requirement.