Admission requirements

To apply for this master's programme, you will need a bachelor's degree. Relevant fields include leisure, events, tourism, sport, hotel or facility management, creative business, culture, business administration, marketing or economics - though applicants with a degree in another discipline are equally welcome to apply.

In addition to your educational background, the following additional requirements apply:

• You have specific knowledge of the events industry.
• You have relevant work experience in or related to events.
• You are professionally engaged with events through, for example, employment, freelance work or a traineeship.
• You have demonstrated research skills at bachelor’s level (e.g. research methods and techniques, abstract and critical thinking).
• You have a well-founded motivation for pursuing a career in events management.

According to Dutch law, non-EU students are unfortunately not permitted to attend a part-time or executive degree programme in the Netherlands. Do you have any questions about this or are you not sure if you will be permitted to join the programme? Please send an e-mail to [email protected].

Flowchart admission process 

This flowchart of the admission and selection process  (pdf) shows how BUas handles the applications of international students.
  

English language requirements

You will also be required to demonstrate sufficient results on one of these tests:

• Cambridge English Qualification results (B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency): minimum total score 169, and minimum sub score of 169 for speaking
• IELTS academic test: minimum overall band score of 6.0, and minimum sub score of 6.0 for speaking
• TOEFL iBT test: minimum overall score of 4,5 internet-based, and minimum sub score of 4 for speaking (old scoring system 80/20)
• Pearson PTE academic test: minimum overall score of 61, and a minimum sub score of 61 for speaking
• LanguageCert academic test: minimum total score of 65, and a minimum sub score of 65 for speaking

Please note: Tests must be taken at an official test center; home edition tests are not accepted, except in cases where regular language testing is unavailable or inaccessible/closed, for example due to unsafe conditions. In such cases, only the TOEFL Home Edition will be accepted. Please contact Student Office before scheduling your test date to confirm whether a home edition test would be accepted given your specific circumstances.

Exemptions from taking the English test

You do not need to submit an English test if:

• You graduated from Dutch havo or vwo or mbo 4
• You hold an International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, Career-related Programme Certificate of the IB, US High School diploma, GCE A(S) levels, or European Baccalaureate certificate (English Language 1 or 2)
• Your previous education (completed secondary school or university) was taught in English in a native English-speaking country (Australia, Canada [except Quebec], Ireland, New Zealand, UK, USA)
• You hold a diploma listed by Nuffic with English as one of the exam subjects. Check the list of diplomas (pdf).

Overview Master Strategic Events Management (part-time)