In short
If you don’t have a senior general secondary (in Dutch: havo), pre-university (in Dutch: vwo) or a level-4 secondary vocational (in Dutch: mbo) education diploma and you are aged 21 or over, you can sit a 21+-entrance examination, also known as colloquium doctum.
Signing up for the 21+ entrance examination in the 2023-2024 academic year is no longer possible. Registration for 2024-2025 opens on 1 October 2024.
If you are aged 21 or over, you can sit an entrance examination: the 21+-entrance examination, also known as colloquium doctum. This entrance examination is intended to establish whether you have the skills and knowledge required to complete a degree programme at a university of applied sciences.
How does the 21+-entrance examination work?
The 21+-entrance examination comprises two stages:
- during the first test round, you will sit one or more subject tests;
- if you pass the subject test(s), you will sit one or more language tests in the second round.
See the 21+-admission requirements per degree program to find out which subject en language tests you will need to sit.
Condition of participation
- If you want to start in September: you need to be aged 21 or older on October 1.
- If you want tot start in February: you need to be aged 21 or older on February 1.
Please note:
- Participation in the 21+-entrance examination does not entail exemption from the Study check.
- Participation in the 21+-entrance examination is unrelated to your enrolment in a degree programme. Consult the degree programme page for the deadline for registration and the procedure.