Application is open for the Urban Digital Transformation & Innovation track!
Second round: 1 December 2024 - 28 February 2025
How to apply for the programme
You are welcome to apply for this master track starting from 16 September 2025. On this page, we carefully explain the whole procedure. Before submitting your application, please make sure that you have already consulted the dates below. We recommend applying as early as possible, especially if you need to apply for a scholarship and/or a visa.
Note: In most cases, you need to have already secured your admission to the academic programme before applying for a scholarship. Make sure you plan your application process accordingly to avoid missing the scholarship deadlines.
Need a Quick Admission Decision?
We understand that many candidates plan to apply for scholarships and need to secure their academic admission in advance and we will do our best to provide the outcome in due time.
Based on our experience, most of the candidates who apply for scholarships submit their course application during Round 1 & 2. To maintain a fair admission process, we must assess the applications by the order of the submissions. In most of the cases our candidates receive their application outcome much earlier than the dates mentioned below. However, this cannot be guaranteed if we receive too many applications at the same time. It is therefore strongly advised to submit your application as early as possible if you intend to apply for a scholarship.
Disclaimer: Due to the limited capacity per master track, the admission might be closed earlier than the scheduled deadlines (for both EU and Non-EU applicants) when a master track has reached the maximum number of applicants/participants.
Step by step application procedure
Admission assessment
Your application will be evaluated by the academic selection committee. The criteria used in our assessment include but are not limited to your degree(s), academic records, motivation, and work experience.
The following factors are also equally considered during the assessment :
- The academic performance during your previous higher education
- The authenticity of all the documents
- The originality of the research proposal (Plagiarism & use of AI chatbots not appreciated!)
- Command of English language – the quality of language and grammar used in CV and application
- Presentation of your application package
Life happens and you can no longer participate in the programme this academic year?
That’s no problem! If you have received the admission to the programme but you cannot participate due to personal reasons, you can defer your admission to the next year's intake. You will have the priority for admissions during the next admissions intake. If we don’t have major changes on the admissions requirements, you will receive a new admission letter shortly after the new admissions period is open in the fall of the next year.
Note: An admission offer can only be deferred one time.
Need more admission information?
If you cannot find the information you were looking for, we recommend you to check the FAQs on our Application Service center hereOpens external.
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Enrolment Office
- Email address
- courseinquiries@ihs.nl