pre-master's programme

As a bachelor's student from a Dutch university of applied sciences (HBO), it is mandatory to follow a pre-master's first to prepare you for this Master's. You can start the pre-Master's during your bachelor's as a transfer minor or after obtaining your bachelor’s degree. During the pre-master you are taught various scientific research skills and your knowledge in mathematics and statistics is raised to an academic level.

Contents

The Pre-Master's consists of the following courses:

Study load

The Pre-Master's is a 30 EC full-time study programme, which you have to complete within one academic year and with a maximum of two exam opportunities per course.

Admission deadlines

Before starting the application procedure you should always check the application deadlines.

Costs

You pay a fee per EC and this Pre-Master's is 30 EC. Each academic year, the amount per EC will be reassessed. Visit the tuition page for the current fees. If you choose to fit your Pre-Master's into your current HBO bachelor's, you can avoid extra costs; after all, you already pay tuition fees for your current bachelor's.

As a bachelor's student of UT or another Dutch research university, you first need to find out if you are directly admissible or you need to follow this Pre-Master's first. This may be necessary if you intend to follow a master's in a slightly different field of study than your current bachelor's.

Contents and study load of the Pre-Master's

Your Pre-Master's is tailor-made, there is no fixed format. The content and study workload (number of EC) depend on previous education and can vastly differ. 

Basically, the Pre-Master's can take between three months and one year depending on your deficiency courses, the distribution of the EC to be acquired and possible resits that need to be taken. Pre-master’s programmes for university students range between 10-60 EC.

Admission requirements

As a research university bachelor student, the admission requirements depend on your previous bachelor's or master's. Find out if you meet the admission requirements.

Start date

The start date of your tailor-made Pre-Master's is determined in consultation with the study adviser.

How to apply and deadlines

If you find out you need to take a pre-master's, you have to sign up for the master's of your choice first. Before starting the application procedure you should always check the application deadlines. Some of our master's have deviant application deadlines.

Costs

To follow a pre-master's you have to pay an amount per EC. The total amount is based on the number of EC’s from your pre-master's. 

As an international student, you first check whether you meet the admission requirements. If so, you need to sign up for the Master's in Electrical Engineering, as it is not possible to apply for the Pre-Master’s directly. The admissions committee assesses your enrolment and checks whether your prior education is sufficient to successfully complete the Master's. Perhaps you need this Pre-Master's to enhance prior knowledge. In this case, your Master’s application will be converted into an enrolment for the Pre-Master's in consultation with you.

• Starting dates, admission requirements and applying
• Find out if you are admissible, how to start up your application and when you can start the (Pre-)Master's as an international student.
  
  

Contents, study load and costs

The content and study load (number of EC) depend on the prior education programme and can vary. To follow the Pre-Master's, you have to pay an amount per EC. The total amount is based on the number of ECs of your Pre-Master's.

Start date

The Pre-Master's starts every September.