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Admission requirements

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Master Strategic Events Management

If you want to apply for this master’s programme, you must hold a bachelor’s degree. Preferred fields include leisure, events, tourism, sports, hotel or facility management, culture, business, or economics.

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.

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: B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency). Minimum score of 169 (overall and speaking)
  • IELTS Academic: Minimum score of 6.0 (overall and speaking)
  • TOEFL iBT: iBT Minimum score of 80 (overall), 20 (speaking)
  • Pearson PTE Academic: Minimum score of 61 (overall and speaking)
  • LanguageCert Academic: Minimum score of 65 (overall and speaking)

Please note: All tests must be taken at an official test centre.

Exemptions from taking the English test

You do not need to submit an English test if:

  • You graduated from Dutch havo or vwo
  • 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).

 


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