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Admission requirements - Maastricht University

1. Admission requirements
Maastricht University (UM) assesses whether your prior education makes you admissible to the master’s programme for which
you have registered. You will receive a message once the UM has made the decision. There is also a possibility that additional
documents are required to assess your prior education. This will be requested by e-mail, so keep an eye on your inbox.

You are:
Admissible or conditionally admissible. Continue to step 2 to see how to proceed.
Not admissible. Your application for admission has been rejected.

Note: decision on the requirements for starting a master’s programme in September 2020

UM fully understands that the coronavirus crisis is affecting everyone. On the basis of this understanding, but above all on the
basis of the confidence we have in students, UM has established a policy regarding the requirements for starting a master's
programme in September. These rules apply to all students, whether they are following a bachelor's programme at UM or at
another university (in the Netherlands or abroad). They also apply to students following a pre-master’s programme at UM or
elsewhere.

The decision is as follows:

Students can start a UM master's programme in September 2020 if they have obtained at least 80% of the ECTS from the
final year of their bachelor's programme (for a 3-year bachelor’s programme, a maximum of 12 ECTS from year 3 may be
missing; all ECTS from years 1 and 2 must have already been obtained).
This applies to all prospective master’s students—students with a bachelor's degree from UM or from another university.
For students from a pre-master's programme, the UM master's programme will assess whether the student can start on
the basis of the prerequisite knowledge that has already been attained. The 80% standard is a guideline.
In all cases, individual UM master's programmes may have more specific, but not stricter, requirements.
At the start of the master’s programme, students who have not completed their bachelor’s degree will establish with the
programme when their prior education will be completed (in any case, it must be completed during the 2020-21 academic
year).
The generally applicable admission requirements will remain in force, such as language requirements or that the content
of the student’s prior education must be appropriate for the chosen master's programme.

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Maastricht University
Student Services Centre (SSC)
Bonnefantenstraat 2
6211 KL Maastricht
The Netherlands

Due to COVID19, you can currently only visit the SSC by appointment.

Postal address

Maastricht University
Student Services Centre (SSC)
PO Box 616
6200 MD Maastricht
The Netherlands
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