Admission requirements

To be admitted to a Bachelor's program at Tilburg University, you will need to meet several different requirements:

Diploma requirements
English language requirements
Mathematics requirements - not applicable for BA Liberal Arts and Sciences

All Bachelor's and Master's programs offered by Tilburg University are accessible to students who have received their preparatory training abroad. Requirements for programs taught in Dutch can be found here.

Diploma requirements
These diplomas provide access to a Bachelor's program at Tilburg University:

Country	Entry standard required
The Netherlands	VWO (pre-university) diploma
International schools	European Baccalaureate International Baccalaureate
Albania	Dëftesë Pjekurie
Australia	High School diploma; in some cases an additional academic year is required
Austria	Reifezeugnis/Reifeprüfungszeugnis
Belgium	Diploma Hoger van Secundair Onderwijs, Algemeen Secundair Onderwijs (ASO)/ Certificat de l'Énseignement Secondaire Supérieur, Enseignement Général
Bulgaria	Diploma Za Sredno Obrazovanie (DZSO) + a class grade point average ≥ 5
Canada	High School Diploma + at least 1 year academic education*
Chile	Licencia de Enseñanza Media and at least 1 year academic education
China	Gaozhong and at least 1 year academic education
Czech Republic	Vysvĕdčení o maturitní zkoušce obtained at a Gymnázium
Denmark	Studentereksamenbevis or Bevis for Høgjere Forberedelseksamen
Estonia	Gümnaasiumi Lõputunnistus
Finland	Ylioppilastutkintotodistus or Studentexamensbevis
France	Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement du Second Degré or Baccalauréate Général/Technique
Germany	Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife
Greece	Apolytirio (Genikou) Lykeiou with an average mark of 10 or higher
Hungary	Gymnáziumi Erettségi Bizonyítvány
Iceland	Stúdentspróf
Indonesia	SMA and 1 or 2 years academic education *
Iran	High School and at least 2 years academic education
Iraq	Secondary School Certificate and at least 2 years academic education
Ireland	Leaving Certificate (only if at least six exam subjects were taken and a final higher level result of A, B or C for at least two subjects was obtained)
Israel	Te'udat Bagrut
Italy	Diploma di Superamento dell'Esame di Stato Conclusivo
Japan	High School Certificate of Graduation and at least 2 years academic education
Jordan	Certificate of General Secondary Education and at least one year academic education
Latvia	Atestats par Visparejo Videjo Izglitibu
Lithuania	Brandos Atestatas
Luxembourg	Diplome de Fin d'Etudes Secondaires
Malta	Matriculation Certificate with at least 3 A-levels
Morocco	Attestation du Baccalauréat + at least 1 year academic education
New Zealand	University Entrance, Bursaries and Scholarships/NCEA Lever 3 (NZQF level 3/EQF level 5), with sufficient credits from general level 3 subjects
Norway	Vitnemål fra den vidergåonde skolen/Vitnemål fra den vidergåonde opplaering*
Poland	Swiadectwo Dojrzalosci Liceum Ogolnoksztalcacego / Maturity Certificate from General Secondary School
Portugal	Diploma do Ensino Secundario
Romania	Diploma de Bacalaureat
Russian Federation	Secondary (complete) general education [Attestat o Srednem (Polnom) Obshchem Obrazovanii/Attestat Zrelosti] and at least 1 year academic education
Slovakia	Vysvedcenie o Maturitnej skúske obtained at a Gymnázium
Slovenia	Matura / Spricevalo o Splosni Maturi
South-Korea	High School and at least 1 year academic education
Spain	Titulo de Bachiller + Prueba de Selectividad
Suriname	VWO diploma
Sweden	Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskolan
Switzerland	Federal Maturitätszeugnis/Certificat de Maturité/Attestato di Maturitá
Thailand	Certificate of Secondary Education ("Matayom 6") and at least 1 year academic education *
Turkey	Lise diplomasi and admission to the same program at a recognized university (Ösym, 2 year valid)
United Kingdom	General Certificate of Secondary Education in 3 subjects with marks ranging from A*-C, plus a General Certificate of Education with 3 subjects at advanced level A-D (six different subjects in total)
United States of America	High School with 4 Advanced Placement subjects or High School and at least 1 or 2 years academic education’
Vietnam	Certificate of secondary school graduation ("Bang Tot Nghiep Pho Thong Trung Hoc") + 1 year university studying subjects relevant to the selected program

* The exact value of your diploma may also depend on such factors as the institution from which it was obtained or the contents of your study programme.

English language requirements
If the Bachelor’s program is taught in English, a good verbal and written command of that language is essential. Therefore all applicants must provide an English proficiency test. The minimum requirements are:

Academic IELTS test with an average minimum score of 6.0 and a minimum score of 5.5 on each of the parts.
TOEFL test score with a minimum score of 550 for the paper based version, 213 for the computer based version, or 80 for the Internet based version. The TOEFL Institutional code for Tilburg University is 9860.
Cambridge Proficiency or Cambridge Advanced (grade C).

The certificates have to be recent: not older than two years.

However, an English proficiency test is NOT required if:

you are a citizen of, or have obtained your secondary school diploma in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland or the United States of America.
you have completed your secondary school education (VWO) in the Netherlands.

Mathematics requirements
To be admitted to a Bachelor's program at Tilburg University you must have a sufficient level of Mathematics. The requirements can be found in the table below.

NOTE: The mathematics requirements apply for our Bachelor programs in International Business Administration, Economics, and Econometrics and Operations Research. For applications for the Bachelor programs offered by the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, successful applicants may be required to follow a mathematics course in the first semester, if they do not meet our requirements.
The requirements do NOT apply for the Bachelor program in Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Country	Entry standard required
International Baccalaureate	Mathematics standard level/math. methods SL
European Baccalaureate	Mathematics three hours per week in final two years
Belgium	At least four hours a week in final two years
Bulgaria	Grade 5 or higher
Germany	Grundkurs (Abiturfach)
Ireland	Mathematics HL with grade A, B or C
Malaysia	Grade 4 to 2
Surinam	Mathematics 1 or 2 in final exams
United Kingdom	A-level
Vietnam	Lop chuyen toan/Lop C.T.

Bachelor's programs

Admission requirements