Admission requirements

To be accepted as a student there are certain university admission requirements you have to meet. These are dependent on your chosen field of study and your level of English. Information given below explains our general, additional and language requirements.

General requirements

To qualify for general university admission, you are required to have a diploma equivalent to the Dutch Secondary Education Diploma (HAVO/VWO). To see if your diploma qualifies, check our list of foreign acceptable diplomas.

Additional requirements

Depending on your chosen programme, there may be additional entry requirements you have to meet. These additional requirements can be found in the description of each specific course or study on our website.

Additional and language requirements

Study Programme	Additional Requirements	Language Requirements
International Business	Elementary algebra, which means you know how to deal with fractions, percentages and simple equations.  For the Business & Languages specialisation, at least a second modern language: French, German, Dutch or Spanish at A2 level (good basic knowledge) You can start Spanish, German or Dutch at 0 level.	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Tourism Management (Bachelor or Associate degree)	No extra requirements	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Information and Communication Technology	No extra requirements	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Civil Engineering	Physics and mathematics*	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Water Management	Good knowledge of one or more to the following subjects: biology, chemistry, mathematics or economics	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Chemistry	Chemistry and mathematics*  Biology would be an advantage	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Logistics Engineering	Mathematics or economics or physics*	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Industrial Engineering & Management	Mathematics* Economics or physics would be an advantage	Equivalent to IELTS 6.0
Master River Delta Development	Bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification from a recognized university (of applied sciences) or accredited academic institution in a discipline related to the Master's programme (certified copy of a diploma together with the official transcript of academic records).	Academic IELTS overall band score of at least 6.0, TOEFL, internet based (TOEFL-iBT) of at least 79/80, Cambridge overall scale 169 and above.

* You must have taken this subject as an exam subject in your secondary school curriculum

Language Requirements

All courses and examinations will be in English, so you need a good command of spoken and written English. The level required for admission should be an equivalent of the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of 6.0. For the scores of other accepted language tests than IELTS, the table below applies.

* TOEFL applicants need to request an additional score report through the TOEFL – ETS organization (HZ UAS code number 6722). ETS will send an official score report to HZ UAS directly.

Language exemptions

Candidates with an International Baccalaureate and/or with a diploma from an International School do not have to take the mandatory English test. 

European Baccalaureate students with at least 50% of the subjects taught in English (additional required subjects should be taught in English) as well as a first foreign language as well as students with a French Baccalauréat diploma including the ‘Section Européenne Anglais/Option Internationale’ are also exempt from the English language requirement.

If you graduated in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Canada (except Quebec), Malta, Australia or New-Zealand or if you are holding a diploma (including English as an exam subject) listed on the diploma list, drawn up on behalf of the associations of institutions of higher education, you do not need to take a mandatory English test. Provided that your final grade for English language on you diploma is sufficient.

Alternative entrance

If you do not meet the above education requirements and if you are at least 21 years old you may be exempted from the general admission requirement. HZ provides the possibility of taking an alternative entrance exam.