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Language requirements

Requirements for Dutch-language programmes

Diploma	Language requirement
Students with a Dutch diploma	No Dutch language requirements
Student with a non-Dutch diploma ("EU students” and “non-EU students”)	Students must pass an NT2 exam before the start of the programme (1 Sept or 1 Feb), unless an exemption has been granted*

* An exemption is granted if the student has passed:

• Dutch A at higher or standard level in the International Baccalaureate
• Dutch B at higher level
• the written exams in Dutch as a first or second language in the European Baccalaureate
• Dutch as an assessment subject in Belgian secondary education (ASO, KSO, TSO and BSO)
• Dutch as a first, second or third language in the French Baccalaureate
• the written exams in Dutch in the British GCE A-levels or (I)GCSE
• for students who wish to follow a selective Dutch-language master’s programme, exemptions are granted if they hold a Dutch-language bachelor’s degree from a university (WO) or institute for higher vocational education (HBO), or have already passed at least the propaedeutic phase of a WO programme.

Requirements for English-language programmes

Diploma	Language requirement
Students with a Dutch diploma (“Dutch students”)	No English language requirements
Students with an EU diploma (“EU students”)	No English language requirements
Students with a non-EU diploma (“non-EU students”)	Language requirements in line with the Code of Conduct for International Students**

** Code of Conduct for International Students

For students with a non-EU diploma who wish to follow an English-language bachelor’s programme, the guidelines of the Code of Conduct apply. The Code of Conduct requires the student to pass a language exam, unless the student completed pre-university education in a country in which English is the official language/the language of education (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK or the US).

Other students are required to obtain an IELTS score of 6.0 or comparable.

Conversion chart for IELTS/TOEFL/Cambridge exam scores

IELTS	TOEFL Paper	TOEFL Computer	TOEFL Internet	Cambridge ESOL
7.5	625	263	113	CPE-C
7.0	600	250	100
6.5	575	232	90	CAE-C
6.0	550	213	80
5.5	525	196	70	FCE - C
5.0	500	173	60