Entry requirements

UNIGIS offers academic programmes on Postgraduate and Master level. Courses start in Febuary and September of each year. The maximum number of students per intake is 20. If there are more candidates, students with the highest qualifications will be admitted first.
Students need to have obtained an academic level through previous education and/or work experience in order to enter the course. The entry requirements differ for the postgraduate and the master level courses. They are depicted below.

Entry requirements for the Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma Programmes

The formal entry requirements for the Postgraduate Certificate (PgC) and Diploma (PgD) course are:

• A bachelor degree or equivalent in any subject from a recognised university or higher education institution
  AND/OR
• Professional experience and an adequate background in GIS, geography, computing or a related field.

In addition, the course requires sufficient mastering of the English language. The Examination Board can ask the student to provide proof of his/her English language skills (for example in the form of TOEFL-test results).

Master of Science in GIS Programme - Entry Requirements

According to the Dutch Law on Higher Education, a student can only be admitted to the Masters (MSc) programme if he or she has obtained a Bachelor or Master degree or equivalent previously. Please look for the category that applies to you below to determine whether or not you are eligible for admission to the Master programme. The articles are taken from the Classes and Examination Regulations of UNIGIS:

• (Article 7.1) Students with a Bachelor degree from the Vrije Universiteit and any other Dutch university other than the Vrije Universiteit will receive direct admission to the Master’s programme Geographical Information Sciences.
• (Article 7.2) Students who hold a certificate of higher vocational education (HBO or Hogeschool) may be admitted to the Master's programme in Geographical Information Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit on the basis of a decision to that effect taken by the Examination Board of the Master’s programme. The Examination Board will determine whether the higher vocational (HBO) pro-gramme completed by the candidate is sufficiently relevant to warrant ad-mission to the Master’s programme in Geographical Information Sciences. Furthermore, sufficient mastering of the English language is a prerequisite to admission. The Examination Board can ask the student to provide proof of his/her English language skills (for example in the form of TOEFL-test results). The Examination Board may make additional demands of the student before granting admission to the Master’s programme.
• (Article 7.3) Students who hold an equivalent degree obtained at an institution outside of the Netherlands may be admitted to the Master’s programme in Geographical Information Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit on the basis of a decision to that effect taken by the Examination Board of the Master’s programme. The Examination Board will determine whether the foreign qualification in question is sufficiently relevant to warrant admission to the Master’s programme in Geographical Information Sciences. Furthermore, sufficient mastering of the English language is a prerequisite to admission. The Examination Board can ask the student to provide proof of his/her English language skills (for example in the form of TOEFL-test results). The Examination Board may make additional demands of the student before granting admission to the Master’s programme.