for non-EU / EFTA nationals
The MSc programme at Wageningen University is given in the English language and all applicants must provide recent evidence of their spoken and written command of English.
The following qualifications are acceptable as evidence of proficiency in English for entry to the MSc programmes:
Minimum level for all MSc studies,
Social Sciences studies excluded (independent or upper intermediate user):
- IELTS overall grade 6.0 (with a minimum sub-score of 6.0 for speaking)
- TOEFL internet-based 80 (with a minimum sub-score of 20 for speaking)
- Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): pass at grade C or above.
- Cambridge First Certificate (FCE): pass at grade B or above.
- Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) pass at grade C or above.
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Minimum level for Social Sciences studies
(proficient or advanced user)
MSc Applied Communication Science
MSc International Development Studies
MSc Development and Rural Innovation (former Management of Agro-ecological Knowledge and Social Change)
MSc Management, Economics and Consumer Studies
- IELTS Band 6.5 (with a minimum sub-score of 6.0 for speaking)
- TOEFL internet-based 93 (with a minimum sub-score of 23 for speaking)
- Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): pass at grade B or above.
- Cambridge First Certificate (FCE): pass at grade A
- Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): pass at grade B or above.
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Applicants who do not meet the standard level requirement will not be admitted to the programme.
IELTS, TOEFL and Cambridge tests should have been taken no longer than two years prior to the application.
TOEFL test: Test of English as a Foreign Language measures the ability of non-native speakers of English to use and understand English as it is spoken, written and heard in college and university settings. If you are planning to study at college and universities where instruction is in English you will often be asked to take a TOEFL test. The test is administered serveral times a month. More information and registration. Applicants taking a TOEFL test should note that Wageningen University has been assigned a TOEFL code (0542) and that the results are sent directly to us.
Wageningen University does not accept the TOEFL ITP (Institutional Test Programme) test results.
IELTS test: The purpose of the IELTS test is to quantify the English Language proficiency of non-native English speakers who intend to study through the medium of English. The test is administered several times per month. More information available on the IELTS website.
Cambridge exames (CAE and FCE): Cambridge exams are administered by the British council in the Netherlands (Amsterdam). For information and registration see the Cambridge Esol website
Students from China are required to submit an IELTS certificate or a TOEFL-IBT in accordance with the visa requirements. More information regarding the application for a NESO certificate can be found on the website of NESO China.
Exemptions:
Applicants who have completed their Bachelor or Master degree in one of the following countries: Australia, Ireland, Canada (except those educated at universities in Quebec), New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America are exempted from submitting an English proficiency test.
Nationals of Bangladesh, Botswana, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cyprus, Ethiopia*, Eritrea*, Ghana, Guyana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, The Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe are strongly encouraged to submit a sufficient result of an English proficiency test. If this is not possible, a signed statement from the university that the medium of instruction during the complete Bachelor’s programme they followed was English is required.
All other applicants need to submit sufficient result of an English proficiency test as per the requirements.
* PLEASE NOTE: For admission to the master programmes starting in September 2013, nationals of Ethiopia and Eritrea will be required to submit sufficient English language test results (IELTS, TOEFL).
The admission committee reserves the right to request any applicant to submit an English language proficiency test.
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