Admission requirements

Your pre-university diploma satisfies the entry requirements for admission to the LLB programme in Groningen if:

• you hold an International/European Baccalaureate (IB/EB); or
• you hold a secondary school or pre-university diploma that is considered to be equivalent to the Dutch University Preparatory Certificate (VWO).

Please look here to clarify your specific country or diploma qualification requirements.

Not graduated yet?

If you have not graduated yet, you can already apply based on the documents currently available. In this case, you need to provide a statement of expected graduation/statement of enrollment. In this stage of the application, if admitted, this admission will be conditional.

Certified copies

You do not have to submit your certified copies of your degree certificate(s) in hard copy with your initial application. You will be asked for these hard copies once/if you have been (conditionally) admitted. Hard copies of these documents are accepted in English, French, German, and Dutch.

Please note that all preliminary documents uploaded and/or submitted should be in English or be accompanied by an official English translation (only the hard copies mentioned above are accepted in the languages listed).

Candidates whose native language is not English must provide adequate evidence of proficiency in English. We accept the following tests:

* We do not accept IELTS Online and One Skill Retake certificates.
** TOEFL MyBest Scores are not considered in the admission procedure.

Exemption possibilities

It is possible to request exemption from handing in an English proficiency test in the following situations:

1. your native language is English;
2. you come from a bi-lingual country; or
3. you are an International Baccalaureate (IB) student from an IB school of which the sole medium of instruction is English; or
4. you are an IB student and have passed Higher Level English A or B (first language) or Standard Level English A; or
5. you are an IB student and have passed English B at Standard level and have scored at least 5 (out of 7) points on English; your total IB-score should at least be 35 in this case; or
6. you are a European Baccalaureate (EB) student with English (L1 or L2); or
7. you are a GCE student and have passed at least three A-levels; or
8. you are a Maltese Advanced Level student and have passed at least 3 Maltese Advanced levels (A-levels) from the MATSEC examination board; or

9. you are a South African student and have completed a Bachelor’s degree at one of the accredited SA Universities fully taught and assessed in English.

In all cases, it is up to the Admissions Board to decide upon all exemption requests.

No test result available yet?

If you don't have your English language proficiency tests result available yet, you can apply without the results. This means your admission decision can, at best, be a conditional admission. Your result can be submitted at a later date, though not later than 31 August. Please do check visa and scholarship deadlines, as mentioned in the item above.

Details of the TOEFL test can be obtained from ETS on their website. Our TOEFL institution code is 7191. Please mention this on your answer sheet when you are taking the test.
Details of the British Council Test are available from the British Council Office in your country or from their website. The test scores cannot be older than two years.

On top of providing the Admissions Board with transcripts and diplomas, you should have an equivalent minimum GPA (Grade Point Average) of 7.0/10 (Dutch grading scale).

Grade Point Average is the average of all the marks of your pre-university education. To note, a score of 6 is a passing grade in the Netherlands.