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English Language Proficiency

All exchange students need to submit an English proficiency test certificate. Test certificates must not be older than 2 years at the time of application. Please see below which English proficiency test certificates and test scores we accept.

Non-EU Students

  • TOEFL iBT: 90 (min. 18 on section scores)
  • IELTS (Academic): 6.5 (min. 6.0 on section scores)*
  • Cambridge C1/CAE or Cambridge C2/CPE Certificate with grade A, B or C

* We do not accept IELTS Online certificates

EU Students

CEFR test: overall score, speaking and writing score of B2

Exceptions

Have completed/will complete entire secondary/higher education in one of these countries. USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada (English speaking provinces/territories), Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Scored a minimum final grade of 7 for the English course for the Dutch VWO diploma.

Obtain(ed) a Dutch HBO Propaedeutic diploma taught and assessed in English.

Scored a minimum final grade of 10 for the English course at Leistungskurs (LK) / erhörtere Anforderungsniveau (eA) for the German Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife

Obtain(ed) an International Baccalaureate diploma, with English as the medium of instruction.

Obtain(ed) an European Baccalaureate diploma from a European School or one of the Accredited European Schools and have (completed) English as final exam subject as L1 or L2.

Have obtained/will obtain at least 3 GCE(A) level certificates from one of the recognized British examination boards.

Obtain(ed) the French Option Internationale du Baccalaur éat (OIB) section Britannique / Anglais.

Obtain(ed) the South African National Senior certificate with IEB Advanced Programme certificate in English with 55% or more.

Have obtained/will obtain the Singapore/Cambridge A-levels in at least 3 H2 and 1 H1 content* courses (of which at least 1 course in a contrasting discipline) together with either the course General Paper or Knowledge and Inquiry (5 courses in total).

Last modified:24 January 2024 10.16 a.m.