Admission

Pre-Master Philosophy
Campus woudestein in summer

The Pre-Master Philosophy is tailored to talented and motivated students with a strong passion for philosophy. Your background may be in any discipline, from social sciences or humanities, to beta studies.

Diploma requirements

You can apply if:

You have a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. At least a Dutch ‘hbo’ degree (Dutch Higher Vocational Education) with a good overall result, or an equivalent higher vocational qualification from an international institution (university of applied sciences / arts academy).

Students who have not yet obtained their degree may already apply if they expect to graduate before starting with this pre-master.

Additional admission criteria

  • you completed at least 60 EC of courses in English in your bachelor degree.
  • you obtained at least 7.0/10 as a final grade for English in high school (VWO or equivalent).
  • you are a native speaker.

Or:

  • IELTS Academic (International English language Testing System) with a minimum score of 7.0 overall. All sub scores should at least be 6.5.
  • TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a minimum score of 100. All sub scores should at least be 23.
  • ITP-TOEFL (Institutional Testing Programme) offered by the Language & Training Centre at the EUR, or any other Dutch University. Minimum requirement: 627.
  • Cambridge C1 Advanced or Cambridge C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of at least 185.

        Only one of the options above needs to be met.

Promising candidates who do not meet all entry requirements, can contact philosophy@esphil.eur.nl  to discuss possibilities of enrolment.

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