Admissions

You may enrol in the Life Sciences Bachelors course if you have successfully completed your secondary education. Since the course is taught in English, you also need a sufficient level of English.

Admission requirements

You will be admitted to the 1st year of the Life Sciences Bachelors course with one of the following certificates of secondary education:

  • HAVO, old profiles NT with English, or NG with English
  • HAVO, new profiles NT, with English, or NG with English
  • VWO*, old profiles NT with English, NG with English,
  • VWO*, new profiles NT with English, NG with English
  • International Baccalaureate
  • Abitur*
  • Fachhochschulereife
  • Sekolah Menegah Atas (SMA) – (Indonesia)
  • General Certificate of Secondary Education (GSE-A level) 

You may also be admitted with a comparable certificate (see below).

* students with a VWO or Abitur certificate with sufficient marks in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics may be admitted to a special 3-year Bachelors course.

Comparable secondary certificate

If you do not have one of the certificates specified above, our enrolment office must approve your previous education and training. You should have a certificate at secondary level showing good grades in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.

Fluency in English

The Life Sciences Bachelors course requires one of the following levels of English:

  • An IELTS score of 6.0 or higher
  • A TOEFL score of 550 or higher
  • A Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Proficiency in English (CPE)