Approval and exemption

Put in a request for approval if you want to take courses that are not part of your standard study programme.

Courses within Utrecht University

Go to Osiris Student and submit your request (tab 'Cases'). State the courses that you wish to follow. Also indicate how you want to include these courses in your programme, e.g. as an elective, or instead of a compulsary course.

Courses from other Dutch or international universities

A request for approval of courses from other universities consists of two steps:

• Ask for approval prior to taking the course(s) you wish to follow.
  • Upload course description(s), including information on the method(s) of assessment. The Board of Examiners will determine whether the courses are of sufficient academic level and verifies that they do not overlap with other courses in your study programme.
• After completion of the course(s), ask for registration of the obtained credits in Osiris by handing in your transcript listing the courses, grades and credits you have obtained. The Board of examiners only accepts original transcripts, certified copies, or digital transcripts that are emailed directly to Examensecretariaat.gw@uu.nl by the institution where you took the courses.
  • A certified copy is a copy of the original transcript on which a stamp indicates that the copy is identical to the original. You can have a copy authenticated by the university that issued the transcript or by the Student Desk Humanities. In the latter case, bring the original transcript with you.

If you have taken different courses than those previously approved by the Board of Examiners, you must put in a new request for approval through Osiris > Case.

Translation to EC takes place on the basis of this conversion table and the information available on the transcript.

Please note that grades from foreign universities are not translated to the Dutch scale (1-10). Instead, they will be converted to the alphanumerical results Pass/Fail.

Exemption may be granted on the basis of credits accumulated before you were registered at Utrecht University, or on the basis of relevant work experience. The Board of Examiners will always assess wether you have fullfilled the learning goals of a specific course or part of the programme, before granting an exemption. 

Previously accumulated credits

Go to Osiris Student and submit your request (tab 'Cases'). Hand in a certified transcript (= a list with the courses, grades and credits you have obtained) at the Student Desk, Drift 10. You can ask the Student Desk Humanities to certify a copy upon showing the original transcript and/or diploma. A scan or copy of a certified document will not be accepted.

Work experience

If your application for exemption is based on relevant work experience, upload a copy of your employment contract and a description of the relevant work experience. Depending on the course or component for which you are requesting an exemption, the Board of Examiners may ask for further documentation.

• Harald Hendrix (chair)
• Jessica Dijkman
• Rick Dolphijn
• Daniel Janssen
• Jesse Mulder
• Henriëtte de Swart

The Board of Examiners is assisted by the Board's executive secretary, Erna Kamerbeek

Contact information

Board of Examiners
Concerning: <name study programme>
Drift 10
3512 BS UTRECHT
studentdesk.hum@uu.nl