Students with international ambitions and a passion for technology, please apply for one of our exchange programmes. We offer several exchange programmes in English through out the year.
To find out whether your home university has an agreement with us, please consult the list of our partner universities.
The Faculty of Technology offers exchange programmes in English within the following departments (please click on the programme for more information):
If you wish to follow a semester at the Faculty of Technology please read the application process below.
You can start the application procedure by filling in the application form online together with the requested documents.
Autumn semester (first semester or whole academic year): |
1 May |
Spring semester (second semester): |
15 October |
Our application form for the Spring semester 2018-2019 will be available online in September.
Please fill out our online application form (at the bottom of this page) before the requested deadline!
Please send your portfolio (A3 page file/A3 PDF format) with student work and teacher reference with WeTransfer separately (not by e-mail). Please note: make sure you do not send the portfolio before 15 October, as it will be downloaded after the deadline.
Academic calender 2018-2019
Start date |
End date |
|
full year students |
03-09-2018 | 07-07-2019 |
semester 1 students |
03-09-2018 | 03-02-2019 |
semester 2 students |
04-02-2019 | 07-07-2019 |
The Faculty of Technology uses the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), which is based on the workload students need in order to achieve expected learning outcomes. ECTS is based on the principle that 60 credits measure the workload of a full-time student during one academic year. Please read here for more information.
Please note that we expect you to obtain 30 ECTS per semester.
Dutch grades range from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). Grades of 5.5 and higher are passing grades. The highest grade 10 is only rarely awarded to a student's work. An 8 is considered a high mark, a 7 is more common.
ECTS% |
Quality Assessment |
ECTS grade |
Dutch grade |
10% |
Excellent/Very good |
A |
8.0 - 10.0 |
25% |
Good |
B |
7.5 - 7.9 |
30% |
More than satisfactory |
C |
7.0 - 7.4 |
25% |
Satisfactory |
D |
6.5 - 6.9 |
10% |
Sufficient |
E |
6.0 - 6.4 |
Fail |
F |
0.0 - 5.0 |
Within the autumn and spring semester the students have two possibilities to obtain the needed amount of credits: 1 exam and 1 resit. Both are offered within these semester periods.
The programme ‘Airline network planning and terminal layout’ will offer resits in the week after the semester ends.
*Please check our website for the semester dates. These are general faculty dates, the end dates could be different for the study programmes, please check upon arrival with your program coordinator.
We don’t have any scholarship possibilities for incoming students who follow an exchange through our partner network.
At the moment the Faculty of Technology offers the Master program Structural Engineering, however we don't have any exchange possibilities. All our full degree bachelor programs are taught in Dutch. A sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language is required to enter the program, please visit our website for more information. Our exchange programmes are offered in English.
Check what the possibilities are at your home university for an Erasmus+ scholarship.
You must master the English language at a B1 according to CEFR language proficiency levels.
No, our Fulltime Master and Bachelor programmes are offered in Dutch.
Yes, please indicate on the application form whether you want us to arrange housing.
You will approximately spend 800 euro per month.
Yes, we offer a Survival Dutch Course for free! In the survival Dutch course you will learn the basics of the Dutch language, level A1.
You will receive your transcripts of records approximatly 4 weeks after the end of our semester. We will send your Transcript by e-mail.
You will be connected with a Dutch student of your study program, he or she will guide you during your stay in Amsterdam
Yes, we offer Visa facilities for students who come for an exchange through our partner network. Please indicate on the application form whether you need a visa.
Yes, under the Dutch law each person who is planning to live in the Netherlands for more than 4 months must register with the municipality of the town where they live. Please read more information here.
Yes, please check before you come to the Netherlands whether your insurance will cover the complete period of your stay abroad, and what type of coverage you have. Please read more information here.
Whether or not you need a work permit to work in the Netherlands depends on your nationality. Please read more information here.