Admission non-TU/e Bachelors

If you have completed a Bachelor program at Delft University of Technology or University of Twente, you may also take a Master program at TU/e.

On the Flow Matrix (doorstroommatrix in Dutch) you will see whether you can be admitted directly to a Master program, or whether you first need to follow a number of courses from the BSc Industrial Engineering program. Note that the Flow matrix is not run by our university and can only be used to get an indication.

If you have completed a BSc program from another university in the Netherlands than Eindhoven, Delft, or Twente, your potential for admission to the Innovation Management program is assessed on an individual basis.

The general requirements for admission to our MSc program for students with a Bachelor degree from a university outside the Netherlands are:

• A relevant Bachelor's degree (or equivalent), based on a program of sufficient academic level and quality to be able to complete the Innovation Management Master program. Specific requirements per country can be found here.       
• A Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 75% of the scale maximum.      
• Sufficient mastery of the English language.

See below.

On the Flow Matrix (doorstroommatrix in Dutch) you will see whether you can be admitted directly to a Master program, or whether you first need to do the Pre-Master program OML. (Note that the Flow matrix is not run by our university and can only be used to get an indication).

Students with a degree certificate from a BSc WO program who request registration for a pre-Master program the Departmental Admissions Committee shall assess what the level of deficiency is of the student.

All applicants must provide TU/e with a full application package before any decision can be taken on admission to the master program. It is not possible for TU/e to give an indication of eligibility without first receiving a full application package.

For a deficiency that exceeds 30 credits, the students shall not be admitted to a pre-Master program and shall be advised to enrol in the preparatory Bachelor program. For a deficiency with a maximum of 30 credits, the students must register for a regular pre-Master program. For students with previous university training who have a deficiency of 15 credits or fewer, the departmental Admissions Committee determines whether they are directly admissible to the Master program and must remedy the deficiencies within the Master program. (See art. 2 of Appendix 4 of MSc PER 2021-2022 according to the Graduate School).

Further, to be admitted to the Pre-MSc program, you must meet the requirements for Mathematics and English.

On September 1, 2012, the TU/e introduced the Harde Knip (Bachelor before Master) rule. You will only be allowed to the Master program once you have successfully taken the final examination of the Pre-Master program because of the Bachelor before Master rule.

You can apply for a pre-Master program at Studielink before May 1.

In case you have any further questions regarding admission, please contact admission.ieis@tue.nl.

If you have completed a Bachelor program at a Dutch HBO (university of Higher Professional Education also called University of Applied Sciences), this does not qualify you for direct admission to our MSc Program.You will first need to follow the Pre-Master program of our MSc OML program.

In the Flow Matrix (or Doorstroommatrix in Dutch) you can find a 3TU overview of Bachelor programs (WO and HBO) which grant access to different Master programs by means of a Pre Master Program. Note that the Flow matrix is not run by our university and can only be used to get an indication.

Students with a degree certificate from a hbo program, as stated in the Flow Matrix , who request registration for a pre-Master’s program are directly admissible.

If the hbo program is not listed in the Flow Matrix  or the students have a prior university background the Departmental Admissions Committee shall assess what the level of deficiency is of students.

For a deficiency that exceeds 30 credits, the students shall not be admitted to a pre-Master program and shall be advised to enroll in the preparatory Bachelor program.

For a deficiency with a maximum of 30 credits, the students must register for a regular pre-Master program. For students with previous university training who have a deficiency of 15 credits or fewer, the departmental Admissions Committee determines whether they are directly admissible to the Master program and must remedy the deficiencies within the Master program. (See Appendix 4, MSc PER 2021-2022 Graduate School).

Further, to be admitted to the Pre-MSc program, you must meet the requirements for Mathematics and English.

On September 1, 2012, the TU/e introduced the Harde Knip (Bachelor before Master) rule. You will only be allowed to the Master program once you have successfully taken the final examination of the Pre-Master program because of the Bachelor before Master rule.

You can apply for a pre-Master program at Studielink before May 1.

More (Pre-Master TU/e) information

See Pre-Master (tue.nl).

Further questions?

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