Admission requirements
Bachelor of Science Leisure Studies
Do you have a diploma from a Dutch education institution (diplomas from the ABC- & SSS Islands not included)? See if you meet the admission requirements for Dutch students.
International students
You can be admitted to the programme with:
- An International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma
- An European Baccalaureate (EB) diploma
- Another secondary or high school diploma that equals the Dutch vwo diploma (such as Abitur in Germany)
- A professional bachelor's diploma or propaedeutic certificate
This flowchart of the admission process (pdf) shows how BUas processes your application.
English language requirements
You will also be required to demonstrate sufficient results on one of these tests:
- Cambridge English Qualification*: results (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency), minimum total score of 169 and minimum subscore of 169 for speaking
- IELTS*: Academic test: minimum overall band score of 6.0, and minimum subscore of 6.0 for speaking
- TOEFL*: iBT test: minimum score of 80 internet-based, and minimum subscore of 20 for speaking
- Pearson PTE* Academic test: minimum overall score of 61, and a minimum subscore of 61 for speaking
- LanguageCert* Academic test: minimum total score of 65, and a minimum subscore of 65 for speaking
* Taken at a test centre only
- Exemptions from taking the English test
You do not need to submit English language test results if:
- you are a Dutch havo or vwo graduate
- you meet the educational requirements based on a regionally accredited US Highschool diploma, the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, GCE A(S) level certificates issued by AQA, Pearson, OCR or Cambridge or the European Baccalaureate certificate (English Language 1 or 2)
- the language of instruction of the secondary school or university you completed or are completing is English in a native English-speaking country (i.e. one of the following countries: Australia, Canada (Quebec excluded), Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States of America)
- you have obtained a diploma that is included in the list of diplomas compiled by Nuffic and one of your exam subjects was English. Check the list of diplomas (pdf).