VU Amsterdam also offers 44 Bachelor's degree programmes in Dutch, but the application procedures are different.
Every Bachelor's degree programme has its own admission rules and requirements. Please check the specific admission rules and requirements on the page of your Bachelor's degree programme.
If you have followed your secondary education outside the Netherlands then it must be equivalent to the Dutch secondary educational standard (VWO diploma) which is required for entrance to all universities of the Netherlands.Proof of sufficient proficiency in English
VU Amsterdam requires all international applicants to take an English language proficiency test and to submit their scores before 31 August 2016.
Applicants who have completed their education in Canada, the USA, the UK, New Zealand, Ireland, or Australia are exempt from this requirement, as are those who have obtained an International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate diploma (English-taught programs only).
We accept the following tests and minimum scores:
· IELTS: 6.5- please note that candidates must take the Academic test and not the general one!
· TOEFL paper- ·based test: 580
· TOEFL internet-based test: 92
· Cambridge Advanced English (CAE): A, B or C
· Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): A, B, C
· Vu-test English-language proficiency: TOEFL ITP
NB: for PPE the entry requirements towards English are higher!
Useful links:
For TOEFL and IELTS, the test must have been completed no more than two years before 1 September of the year in which your course starts.
Students living in the Netherlands can also register for a TOEFL-ITP exam offered by the VU Taalloket. The test costs €80 and is only valid for admission to VU Amsterdam.
As a Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam student it is possible to study abroad for one semester during the third year of your Bachelor. You can apply for an exchange period via the university’s International Office and make use of the existing exchange contracts with universities worldwide. However, there are also alternative options for spending some time abroad: you can arrange it yourself in which case you will be called a ‘freemover’, you can do an internship abroad or you can even complete a full Bachelor or Master programme in a different country. More information about when to go on exchange, your study planning and more, can be found on VUnet. Check our exchange partners world map and find your perfect study abroad destination!
Would you like to know more about the international programmes or maybe even come along to find out for yourself what studying at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is like? You are very welcome to meet us! VU Amsterdam is organising various events and activities for prospective students.
Meet us at open days in Amsterdam
We regularly organise open days at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam for students that are interested in studying in Amsterdam. The next Bachelor's days are on Saturday 5 November 2016 and Saturday 11 February 2017. You are welcome to come and check out the various Bachelor Programmes that VU Amsterdam has to offer and find the programme you are looking for! For a personal meeting, you can contact your International Student Advisor for all the information you need.
Meet us in your own country
VU Amsterdam is frequently present at international education fairs around the world. It will be a pleasure to meet you at our stand! Please join one of our presentations, take a brochure or flyer and ask our colleagues and alumni about all that you need to know about studying at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
An overview with the education fairs where you can meet us will follow soon.
We are represented abroad by a number of cultural institutions and education recruitment agents. We have contracted our agents to recruit and inform prospective students about the degree opportunities at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. These organizations are reliable and will do their utmost to handle our student's application files with care.
| Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam | Nuffic Netherlands Education Support Offices (Nuffic Nesos) Nuffic is the Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education. Nuffic Nesos operate in locations around the world.
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| China | Egypt |
| Edvance Education International
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Bldg. E, 2/F 1, Wangjing Zhonghuan Nanlu Chaoyang District Beijing 100102 PR China T: (+86) 10 8417 7407 ext 205 Email: info@edvance-international.com | Netherlands-Flemish Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo (NVIC)
1, Dr. Mahmoud Azmi Street P.O. Box 50, 11211 Zamalek Cairo Egypt T +20 2 7382520/22 F +20 2 7382523 Email: info@nvic.net.eg |
| Greece | Italy |
| Netherlands Insitute Athens (NIA)
Makri 11 117 42 Athens Greece T +30 210 9210760/1 F +30 210 9210770 Email: nia@nia.gr | Dutch University Institute for Art History Florence
Viale Torricelli 5, 50125 Firenze Italy T +39 055 221612 F +39 055 221106 Email: iuo@iuo.iris.firenze.it |
| Italy | Japan |
| Netherlands Institute in Rome
Via Omero 10/12, 00197 Roma Italy T +39 06 3269621 F +39 06 3204971 Email: general@knir-roma.it | Dutch Institute Abroad
Kyobashi Plaza Bldg 3F 25-3 Ginza 1-Chome Chuo-Ku Tokyo Japan 104-0061 T +3 3567 2123 F +3 3567 5658 |
| Russia | India |
| Netherlands Institute in Saint Petersburg (NIP)
Kaluzhsky Pereulok 3 193015 St. Petersburg Russia T +7 812 327 0887 F +7 812 118 1939 Email: info@nispb.ru | Join In Campus Education Pvt Ltd
Avani Trivedi 74, Alexander Crescent, Otara, Auckland -2023 Email:avani@joinincampus.com T: +64 226973037 |
| Russia | South Korea |
| Student International
Olga Krivileva 115054, Russia, Moscow, Schipok Str 20, office 306-308 T: +7 495 956 1576/1575 ext.112 E-mail: europe@studinter.ru | TNS Worldwide co.
Hojin Kang Ltd. Headquarters –Seoul, Korea 3F Samhaeng Bldg, 18 Gangnam-daero 94-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-932 South Korea T: 82-2-3288-1733~1735 E-mail: khj@tnsuhak.com |
| Indonesia | |
| Atlas Education Services
Ervina Savitri DBS Bank Tower, 28th fl. Ciputra World One kav. 3-5, Jakarta 12940; T:+62 21 29 888 258; E: ervina@atlas-edu.com |
Every Bachelor's degree programme has its own International Student Advisor.
If you have a specific question about applying with a non-Dutch diploma you can contact your programme ISA (International Student Advisor). The ISA will help you with practicalities about your bachelor admission and support you throughout the application process.
| Study Programme | Contact Person | Name | Contact Details |
| Computer Science |  | Frieda Schaufeli | T:+31 20 59 82883
admissionscs@vu.nl |
| Business Analytics | | Frieda Schaufeli | T:+31 20 59 82883
E:admissionsba@vu.nl |
| International Business Administration |  | Ester de Koning | T:+31 20 59 82508
E:admissionsiba@vu.nl |
| Literature and Society: English |  | Eva Meijerink | T:+31 20 59 86331
E:admissionsls@vu.nl |
| Philosophy, Politics and Economics | | Eva Meijerink | T:+31 20 59 86331
E:admissionsppe@vu.nl |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | www.auc.nl |
Have a question for a current student? Curious about everyday life in Amsterdam, from our campus to the food, music and events going on throughout the city? Want to know how much homework you will have each night, or how the Dutch educational system differs from your own? Ask one of our VU Ambassadors! They would love to answer your questions by sharing their personal experiences of living and studying at VU Amsterdam. Check below to find an ambassador from the programme you’re interested in or from your home country.
For specific questions related to VU programmes, deadlines, the application process, or diploma validity you can find information on our main website or contact your faculty's International Student Advisor (ISA).
Student Ambassadors from Europe
| EUROPE
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| BACHELORS | BACHELORS | ||
 | Eleni Tölle
Germany Bachelor PPE e.tolle@student.vu.nl |  | Belinda Antal
Germany Bachelor IBA b.e.antal@student.vu.nl |
 | Victoria Devik
Sweden Bachelor IBA v.i.devik@student.vu.nl |  | Camilla Hansen
Denmark Bachelor Literature & Society c.p.hansen@student.vu.nl |
| BACHELORS
| MEDICAL SCIENCES (MA)
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 | Christopher Minnet Denmark Bachelor Literature & Society c.minnet@student.vu.nl |  | Anquela Rocío Muñiz
Spain Master Cardiovascular Research r.m.muniz@student.vu.nl |
| EARTH & LIFE SCIENCES | MEDICAL SCIENCES | ||
 | Rosita Paleckyte
Lithuania Master Biomolecular Sciences r.paleckyte@student.vu.nl |  | Miriam Guillen Navarro
Spain Master Oncology m.guillennavarro@student.vu.nl |
| PSYCHOLOGY | PSYCHOLOGY | ||
 | Eleni Smaragdi
Greece Neurosciences e.smaragdi@student.vu.nl |  | Çağla Çınar
Turkey RM Social Psychology c.cinar@student.vu.nl |
| HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCES | SOCIAL SCIENCES | ||
 | Tim Hammersen
Germany RM Human Movement Sciences t.d.hammersen@student.vu.nl |  | Anastasiia Kraiukhina
Russia Master Culture, Organization & Management (Alumna) a.kraiukhina@gmail.com |
| LAW | LAW | ||
 | Caitlin Dykes
Great Britain Master International Crimes & Criminology c.j.dykes@student.vu.nl |  | Jamika Jorge-Petit
Portugal Master Law and Politics of International Security j.jorgepetit@student.vu.nl |
| ECONOMICS & BUSINESS | ECONOMICS & BUSINESS | ||
 | Anne Kühn
Germany Master Business Administration Human Resource Management a.kuhn@student.vu.nl |  | Gabriella Rudolf
Hungary Master Business Administration Human Resource Management g.rudolf@student.vu.nl |
 | Desislava Spirova
Bulgaria Master Business Administratio Transport and Supply Chain - Management d.spirova@student.vu.nl |  | Maria Marimpi
Greece Master Economics (alumna) mmarimpi@vu.student.nl |
 | Olga Lazunina
Russia Master Finance o.s.lazunina@student.vu.nl |  | Marina Baskaric
Croatia Master Marketing (alumna) marina.baskaric@gmail.com |
| COMPUTER SCIENCES | COMPUTER SCIENCES | ||
 | Alex Custura
Romania Master Computer Science a.custura@student.vu.nl |  | Andrei Tatar
Romania Master Computer Science a.tatar@student.vu.nl |
 | Misra Turp
Turkey Master Computer Science Joint Degree m.turp@student.vu.nl |
Student Ambassadors from Africa
| AFRICA
| BACHELOR (IBA)
| LAW
| |
 | Magda Michael Mose
Eritrea / Netherlands Bachelor IBA j.y.michaelmose@student.vu.nl |  | Melissa Gerber
South Africa Master International Migration & Refugee Law m.d.gerber@student.vu.nl |
Student Ambassadors from the Americas
| AMERICAS | BACHELOR IBA
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 | Ana Luiza Kooij
Brazil Bachelor IBA a.l.kooij@student.vu.nl | ||
| SOCIAL SCIENCES
| SOCIAL SCIENCES
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 | Claudia Abello Castiblanco
Colombia Master Culture, Organization & Management (alumna) claudiaj.abello@gmail.com |  | Patrick Cahill
USA Master Culture, Organization & Management (alumnus) cahill1000@gmail.com |
| EARTH & LIFE SCIENCES
| EARTH & LIFE SCIENCES
| ||
 | Annie Colarusso
USA Master Environment and Resource Management (alumna) a.m.colarusso@student.vu.nl |  | Daiane Piva
Brazil Master Environment and Resource Management d.d.f.piva@student.vu.nl |
 | Hila Rotbart USA Master Environment and Recourse Management hilarotbart@gmail.com | ||
| ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
| HUMANITIES
| ||
 | Diego Cardoso Nitta
Peru Master Finance d.s.cardosonitta@student.vu.nl |  | Jordan Elizabeth Lassonde
USA Master Literary Studies j.e.lassonde@student.vu.nl |
| MEDICAL SCIENCES
| LAW
| ||
 | Kari Brown
Jamaica Master Oncology k.n.brown@student.vu.nl |  | Laila Damascena Antunes
Brazil Law: Transnational Legal Studies (Alumna) laila.damascena@gmail.com |
| SEMESTER in AMSTERDAM
| SEMESTER in AMSTERDAM
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 | Erik Ohlrogge
USA Semester Biology / Pre-med e.ohlrogge@student.vu.nl |  | Christina Peterson
USA Semester Business-Marketing c.peterson@student.vu.nl |
 | Milena De Souza Lozano Monteiro
Brazil Semester Law m.desouzalozanomonteiro@student.vu.nl |  | Katherine Jahnsen
USA Semester Psychology k.a.jahnsen@student.vu.n |
Student Ambassadors from Asia
| ASIA
| BACHELOR
| HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCES
| |
 | Sarah Mohammad
Pakistan / The Netherlands Bachelor IBA s2.mohammad@student.vu.nl |  | Ica Rizka Safitri Wartono
Indonesia Master Human Movement Sciences (alumna) r.rizkasafitri@student.vu.nl |
| SCIENCES
| EARTH & LIFE SCIENCES | ||
 | Hung-Chien Lin
Taiwan Master Chemistry (joint degree) h4.lin@student.vu.nl |  | Mandira Adhikari
Nepal Research Master Global Health m.adhikari@student.vu.nl |
| EARTH & LIFE SCIENCES | EARTH & LIFE SCIENCES
| ||
 | Sienna Sanjaya
Indonesia Master Health Sciences siennasanjaya@student.vu.nl |  | Nada Ristya Rahmani
Indonesia Master Biomedical Sciences nadaristya@gmail.com |
| ECONOMICS & BUSINESS
| ECONOMICS & BUSINESS | ||
 | Muhammad Bin Iftikhar
Pakistan Master Business Administration Human Resource Management m.b.iftikhar@student.vu.nl |  | Lea Leonita
Indonesia Master Business Administration Information and Knowledge - Management (alumna) isleonita@gmail.com |
 | Maria Korohama
Indonesia Master Economics mariayosefinabengan@student.vu.nl |  | Kate Boldkhuyag
Mongolia Master Entrepreneurship (alumna) kate.boldkhuyag@student.uva.nl |
 | Tong Wan
China Master Business Administration Human Resource Management (Alumna) wantong.rachel@gmail.com |  | Zhuoying Chao
China Master STREEM z.chao@student.vu.nl |
 |
Yin Yoo
Korea Master Business Administration Human Resource Management evenalso@hotmail.com | ||
| THEOLOGY | MEDICAL SCIENCES
| ||
 | Michael Willy Patawala Indonesia Master Theology and Religious Studies willy.mickey22@gmail.com |  | Bingwen Wang China Master Cardiovascular Research b2.wang@student.vu.nl |
| COMPUTER SCIENCES
| COMPUTER SCIENCES
| ||
 | Ivan Payawal
Philippines Master Computer Sciences (joint degree) l.i.payawal@student.vu.nl |  | Reshmi Sarkar
India Master Information Sciences r.sarkar@student.vu.nl |
| PhD
| PhD
| ||
 | Yus Budiyono
Indonesia PhD Water & Climate Risk yus.budiyono@vu.nl |  | N Nurmala
Indonesia PhD Economics and Business n.nurmala@vu.nl |
| PhD | PhD | ||
 | Gireesh Kedar
India PhD Neuroscience girishkedar@gmail.com |  | Junhui Wu
China PhD Social Psychology junhui.wu@vu.nl |
 | Zhaochun Liu
China PhD Energy Storage zhaochunliu2009@163.com |  | Shan Gao
China PhD Organisation Science shan.gao199009@gmail.com |
| SEMESTER in AMSTERDAM
| |||
 | Caroline Hu
China Semester Law 416207099@qq.com |
Applications to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are done completely online. You start the application procedure through the Studielink.nl national application system. You will then receive an e-mail inviting you to complete your application in the VU student portal, where you will be asked to submit all documentation needed for the admission procedure. You do not have to complete your application in one session; you can save it and come back to it as often as you want before completing and submitting it. Please check the required application documents on the page of your Bachelor's degree programme.
Application fee
All students with an international degree, applying for an English-taught Bachelor’s programme are required to pay a non-refundable, €100 application fee. We can only process your application when we have received this fee.
If you are applying for more than one programme, you will only need to pay the application fee once. Your application fee payment is valid for two years. After applying for a programme in studielink, you will receive login details for our VUnet student portal. Before arranging payment of the application fee, you first need to confirm your programme application by answering some questions and submitting some documents in the VUnet portal. After completing the programme application the online payment tool will become available and you will be able to arrange the payment of the application fee with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or PayPal. After you have arranged your payment online you will receive a confirmation e-mail, and the payment status will change to ‘PAID’*.
If you do not wish to arrange your payment online you can also make a bank transfer using the following bank details:
| Account name:
| Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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| Name of bank:
| Deutsche Bank
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| Address of bank:
| De Entree 99-197, 1101 HE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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| IBAN:
| NL49DEUT0488004470
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| BIC:
| DEUTNL2N |
*Please note that the confirmation e-mail and status change apply only to the successful completion of the online payment module, not the actual payment.
