Entry requirements

Admission requirements 

• For Dutch students: havo, vwo or mbo-diploma.
• For German students: Fachhochschulreife.
• For students of other nationalities: senior high school diploma/GCE or equivalent (see below!).

For Dutch students 

A graduate from havo or vwo education must also offer the correct profile or range of subjects:

New profiles

+          automatically admissible

Old profiles

+         automatically admissible 

For students of foreign nationalities (other than Dutch or German)

• senior high school diploma/GCE or equivalent. Foreign certificates have to be validated. This validation takes place between the home-faculty and Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Please contact internationaloffice-venlo@fontys.nl for more information!
• For more information, such as language requirements, please go to www.fontys.edu/studying-at-fontys.
• For additional requirements please check www.fontys.nl/campusvenlo.

Language requirements

We offer the entire four-year IBE-programme in the English, German and Dutch language. This means there are some additional language requirements.

For the German or Dutch variant

Your command of the German language should be at Proficiency level [e.g. Certificate Grundstufe II of the Goetheinstitut or comparable certificates of other language schools] to allow you to interact and participate successfully in coursework.

If you are a foreign student and you wish to register for a programme in Dutch, your command of the Dutch language must be at Proficiency level [Staatsexamen NT2: Nederlands als tweede taal, programma II, hoger onderwijs].

English variant

This option is open to all non-Dutch/-German residents. 

For all English taught courses a minimum English language proficiency is required according to the following table. The English language proficiency must be proved by submitting an IELTS or TOEFL test result.