Steps Pre-Master's programme

You can start with your Master's degree Programme as soon as you have successfully completed your Pre-Master's programme, not before!

This may have implications for those students who start their Pre-Master’s programme in September, only have their courses scheduled in period 1 and 2, and are aiming to start their Master’s degree programme in February. As long as you pass your courses in period 2 in one go, you will be able to start your Master’s degree programme in February. In the scenario that you fail a course in period 2 and have to take a re-sit, then you will have to wait until the September-start of your Master’s degree programme (this as the re-sits of the courses in period 2 are not scheduled until after period 3, which is around April).

Please note: you have to register yourself again via Studielink for your Master’s degree programme as this was cancelled by the Student Desk upon the start of your Pre-Master’s programme. You don’t have to go through the UU application process again. Following a successful completion of your Pre-Master’s programme you will be notified by the Student Desk that you are unconditionally admitted to the Master’s degree programme and they will also confirm your Master’s registration (yet, they can only do so once you have arranged the Master’s registration in Studielink).

In case you have failed a course or multiple courses within your Pre-Master’s programme, you will not be able to continue with the Pre-master’s programme, and therefore will not be able to start with the Master’s degree programme. Unless there are personal circumstances which prevented you from successfully completing your courses. In case of personal circumstances it is always important that you contact the study advisor at the earliest possible opportunity.

> Upon being conditionally admitted to the Master's programme (i.e, you have to take a Pre-Master first), the Student Desk will cancel your registration for the Master's degree programme in Studielink

> Following this cancellation, please ensure you register yourself in Studielink, this time for the correct pre-master's programme:

• Before the 15thJuly for the Pre-Master's programme starting in September
• Before the 15thNovember for the Pre-Master's programme starting in February

> Upon completion of the Pre-master programme, please ensure you register yourself in Studielink this time again for your Master's degree programme

• Before the 31st August for the Master starting in September
• Before the 31st January for the Master starting in February

For further questions, please contact your Study Advisor. Contact details to be found under the menu “Contact”.

Questions around admission can be sent to the Admissions Committee of the Master's programme of your choice.

On several occasions throughout your studies, you may need permissions from the Board of Examiners (e.g., extra testing provision, exemptions, etc). Please contact your study advisor, to receive guidance on how to get in touch with the relevant Board of Examiners (this is often the Board of Examiners of the Bachelor’s programme).

If you hold a chemistry (or similar) bachelor degree from a Dutch university of Applied Science you are only eligible for admission to the Nanomaterials Science Master's programme once you have successfully passed the Pre-master's programme of a maximum of 30 EC.

In parallel to the 30 EC Pre-master's programme you can perform your HBO 'afstudeeropdracht' (of 30 EC) during your fourth year at the Debye institute.

Students with an academic bachelor’s degree are only admissible with a maximum deficiency load of 15 EC. These deficiency courses are stated in the admission letter and taken up during the master’s programme as secondary electives.