Admission requirements

If you want to apply for this master's programme, you should have a bachelor’s degree in the field of Business Administration, Media Studies, Communication Studies, ICT, or another media-related field. Eligible candidates will be invited for an interview.

Apart from educational background and language skills, criteria for admission are also personal qualities and motivation. Work experience in any field is preferred, though a study-related work experience (e.g. work placement) may be accepted as an alternative. Depending on your test results, work experience and the field of study of your first degree, an additional course may be required for admission into the programme. Eligible candidates will be invited for an intake interview.

Flowchart admission process 

This flowchart of the admission and selection process  (pdf) shows how BUas handles the applications of international students.
  

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).

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