Admission & Application

Diploma name

• Standard XII diploma (academic stream): All India Secondary School Certificate (Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE))

• Standard XII diploma (academic stream): Indian School Certificate (Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE))
• Migration Cum Transfer Certificate Senior Secondary Certificate (National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS))
• Higher Secondary Certificate (State Boards)

General requirements

• academic stream with at least 5 independent general/academic subjects. Not accepted are non-academic or vocational subjects such as Physical Education (PE), Home Science, Fashion Studies, Tourism, Fine Arts (Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Applied Art), Performing Arts (Music, Dance, Drama), Design and Technology, Textile Science, Environmental Education, Moral Science and Yoga.

Mathematics requirement

• You must take a mathematics exam. 

English language requirement

• You must take an English language test 

Selection points

• You will be granted selection points if you have a Grade Average of 80% or higher. If your grades are below this, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking. 

For applicants in the final year of high school: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year). 

For graduated applicants: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the exam grades. 

Additional requirements

• You must provide your Standard X diploma and statement of marks. 

• You must include the RSM diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required. 

• Mention in the diploma statement from which Board you will receive your diploma: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), or the State Board. 

• In the application you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations. 

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Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• Ijazah Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) 

Mathematics requirement 

• You must take a mathematics exam

English language requirement

• You must take an English language test

Selection points

• You will be granted selection points if you have a Grade Average of 7.0 or higher. If your grades are below this, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking. 

For applicants in the final year of high school: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year). 

For graduated applicants: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades achieved during your final year and/or your school exam grades, if applicable. 

Additional requirements

• You must include the RSM diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required.

• Graduates must provide the Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA), senior high school transcript and a Certificate of Graduation
• If you have obtained your diploma before 2019 you must, next your SMA and final year transcript, also include the Surat Keterangan Hasil Uljian Nasional (SKHUN)
• In the application, you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations. 

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Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• International Baccalaureate (IB) 

General requirements

• Only the full IB Diploma is accepted.

• IB certificates and IB Career-related programme are not accepted.

Mathematics requirement

• Mathematics Analysis & Approaches SL minimum grade 5 OR Mathematics Analysis & Approaches HL minimum grade 4 OR Mathematics Applications & Interpretation HL minimum grade 5 

• (IB curriculum until 2019) Math SL minimum grade 5 OR Math HL minimum grade 4
• If you do not meet any of the above requirements, you must take a mathematics exam

English language requirement

• The entire IB programme is taught in English. 

• If the IB programme is not entirely taught in English, then you need to fulfill either English A SL with a minimum score of 5 OR English A HL with a minimum score of 4 OR English B HL with a minimum score of 5  
• If you do not meet any of the above requirements, you must take an English language test.

Selection points

• ​You will be granted selection points if you have a total of 33 points based on the 6 exam subjects (excluding TOK and EE) or higher. If your grades are below this, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking.

For applicants in the final year of high school: 

• Your Total IB points will be calculated based on the grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year). Predicted grades are not used for the evaluation. 

For graduated applicants: 

• Your Total IB points will be calculated based on the final exam grades (excluding TOK and EE).  

Additional requirements

• Predicted grades are not used for the evaluation.

• You must include the diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required. 
• Ensure that the levels of all subjects are clearly indicated (HL, SL, A or B) including Mathematics and languages on the diploma statement. 
• Clearly indicate if the entire IB programme is taught in English.
• If you follow multiple education systems and obtain more than one diploma (for instance, International Baccalaureate (IB) and American High School Diploma or the International Baccalaureate (IB) and your home country’s diploma), your application will be evaluated based on one diploma type. Also note that if you have or obtain both an IB diploma and a diploma from your home country that is not equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma, your application will be assessed using the requirements for the IB diploma.  
• In the application you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations.
• If you have not received your official IB diploma yet, RSM can verify your IB exam results online via the IBO website. This verification process can only be done if you have granted permission to Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), using the institute code: 034892. 

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Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.

Diploma name

• New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) at level 3 ​

General requirements

• a total of 80 credits including 60 credits on level 3 and 20 credits on level 2; with at least 3 general/academic ´approved´ NCEA subjects Achieved with Merit (M)

• Applied/Practical subjects are not accepted 

Mathematics requirement

• You must take a mathematics exam

English langauge requirement

• You are exempt from the English language test if you have followed your entire secondary school in New Zealand and the language of instruction is English.  

• If you do not meet this requirement, you must take an English language test. 

Selection points

• You will be granted selection points if you have a Grade Average of M (Merit) or higher. If your grades are below this, you will not earn selection points for your final ranking. 

For applicants in the final year of high school: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades of your penultimate year (the year before your final year). 

For graduated applicants: 

• Your Grade Average will be calculated based on the grades achieved during your final year and/or exams 

Additional requirements

• You must include the RSM diploma statement in your application. This statement must be filled in by your school counselor or school representative. If you have already graduated at the time of applying, the statement is not required.

• Graduated applicants must provide NCEA Level 3 and their Record of Achievement stating their University Entrance (UE) 
• In the application, you must submit official grade lists signed by your mentor or school representative. Screenshots or self-made Word/Excel documents with your grades will not be accepted. Ensure that RSM can clearly understand how the grades were determined if your school uses a different grading system or calculations. 

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Disclaimer: These requirements are subject to change without prior notice. No rights may be derived from this publication. Please note that the RSM Admissions Office ultimately decides if the level and content of your education is sufficient and comparable to the Dutch secondary school system.