Admission and application

Exchange students participating in the ERASMUS or bilateral programme do not have to pay tuition fees. Students that participate in an exchange need to have an educational background in economics and/or business. 

Procedure

There are four steps to complete your registration process:

(1) First, the International Coordinator/Exchange Officer of your university will have to nominate you as a candidate. He or she will need to do so before 1 May (for 1st semester) or 1 October (2nd semester);

(2) Once we have received the nomination by your university, we will then inform the Exchange Officer of your university  about the details for online registration by the student. So this means that you will receive the log in details to register online from your International Coordinator/Exchange Officer;

(3) You will then need to register online a.s.a.p. but certainly before 1 June (1st sem.) or 1 November (2nd sem.);

(4) Once you registered online you will be requested to send us some additional information/documents in order to show you meet our entry requirements for exchange students: besides having an educational background in economics and/or business, we would need to receive proof of your English proficiency and if you want to take MSc/graduate courses, we would need to receive a photocopy of your Bachelor degree. Please refer to information below, points 1 and 2.

We advise all students, but especially students that will need an entry visa/MVV, to make sure that we have their documents a.s.a.p.:

 >> Go to online registration.

 

Documents you will need to send in AFTER submitting your online registration

Please find below which documents you will need to send us for what purpose (step 4):

(1) Language requirements. A pplicants need to submit proof of their English proficiency. We require higher scores for Master/graduate exchange. Find out which test/scores we accept.   An acceptance letter will be sent out as soon as you fulfilled the English language requirement. Please scan your test score and sent it to us by e-mail. 

(2) If you want to take MSc/graduate courses, please send a photocopy of your Bachelor degree to the Exchange office. Please scan the document and sent it to us by e-mail. It needs to be translated into English if the text is in another language.

(3) Faculty registration/Student Card In order to have your student card ready in time, please send the follwowing documents below by regular mail (not by e-mail!) before the deadline: a photocopy of your passport;  two recent passport photos (please write your name on the back). 

(4) Visa application If you need a visa to enter the Netherlands and stay for > 90 days, you will need to have the University of Groningen apply for your visa. More details about the procedure.