Requirements & application

If you are a Dutch student and you want to follow the Associate degree in Eindhoven, but you do not have the correct admission requirements and you are older than 21, you will have to take a Dutch 21+ test, which consists of two parts. If you have passed part 1, the intelligent capacity test (ACT), you will also have to take part 2, a Dutch language test. Both are facilitated by Fontys. The dates on which the ACT is taken at Fontys can be found here.

Even with this, you can sometimes start this programme. But we will have to check whether your diploma meets the requirements. Contact us to have your diploma evaluated. It is also important that you speak Dutch at level B2.

As a prospective Associate degree student you must have a diploma of higher secondary education that is equivalent to Dutch standards. In order to be admitted to Fontys University of Applied Sciences students must be eligible for higher education through a diploma of secondary education / high school diploma with good results. This means:

• For students of European (EEA) nationalities: senior high school diploma/GCE or equivalent e.g. the British GCE A-levels or GCSE grades A, B or C.
• Requirements: at least 6 exam subjects.
• Minimum for the examinee subjects is 4 GCSE subjects with grades A*, A, B or C and 2 GCE subjects at A/S Level (no specific grade required).
• A/S Level means advanced subsidiary level (previously advanced supplementary level).
• Mathematics must be taken at GCE level AND part of examinee subjects.
• For students with international Baccalaureate, the French Baccalaureat or the American High School.
• For students with other secondary education/high school diplomas please send us via Studielink.nl your documents for diploma assessment.
• For international students who didn’t follow their secondary school in the English language a certain level of proficiency in English language is required. See below for more information or click here.

As a prospective Associate degree student you must have a diploma of higher secondary education that is equivalent to Dutch standards.In order to be admitted to Fontys University of Applied Sciences students must be eligible for higher education through a diploma of secondary education / high school diploma with good results. This means:

• senior high school diploma/GCE or equivalent e.g. the British GCE A-levels or GCSE grades A, B or C.
• requirements: at least 6 exam subjects.
• Minimum for the examinee subjects is 4 GCSE subjects with grades A*, A, B or C and 2 GCE subjects at A/S Level (no specific grade required).
• A/S Level means advanced subsidiary level (previously advanced supplementary level).
• Mathematics must be taken at GCE level AND part of examinee subjects.
• For students with international Baccalaureate, the French Baccalaureat or the American High School.
• For students with other secondary education/high school diplomas please send us via Studielink.nl your documents for diploma assessment.
• For international students who didn’t follow their secondary school in the English language a certain level of proficiency in English language is required. For more information click here.