Welcome to your Premaster Programme

The conditions of your offer are listed in the offer message as well as your admissions statement in the Online Application Form (OLAF). These conditions must be met by the 31st of August as the academic year officially starts on the 1st of September.

The most common condition is the proof of completion your bachelor programme. This means that by the 31st of August all your grades have been processed (including your final thesis) and you are ready to graduate. 

Even if you already uploaded your diploma and transcript to OLAF during the application, you still need to have your unofficial documents evalued. The RSM Admissions office needs to check the authenticity of your diploma and your final transcript from certified hardcopies or the originals. 

Generally, the diploma and final transcript (grade list) will suffice to make your offer unconditional.

• Diploma: In order to verify that you have completed your secondary school programme your admission is based on, RSM needs to see your final diploma.
• Transcript: In order to check that your grades and the subjects you have submitted during the application process are true, RSM also needs your final transcript (i.e. grade list). 
• National entrance exam/state exam: For some diplomas a national entrance exam or state exam may be part of the official diploma. In that case you must also provide a certified hardcopy of the exam results/certificate (in the original language and a translation).
• Translation: If the original documents are written in a language other than English, French, German or Dutch you must provide an official translation by a registered sworn translator in one of these languages. Make sure to always include your diploma and/or transcript(s) in the original language along with the translation! 
  If your school issues the diploma in the original language and in English, you need to send both diplomas.

You must provide either original or certified hardcopies (paper documents) of your secondary school diploma and final transcript (grade list).

I don't have my diploma yet, but I have finished my studies. Which documents should I send? 

If your official diploma is given after the 31st of August, you should request an official statement from your university which explicitly states that you have completed all the requirements of your study. Also include a certified hardcopy of your final transcript.

I want to have the documents sent to RSM by e-mail: Your university must send the documents directly to RSM (msc.info@rsm.nl). The documents will not be accepted if they arrive from your e-mail address. Request your university to send both your diploma /graduation statement AND your final grade list.

If your university does not provide digital copies, you need to obtain a certified copy of your final diploma (or diploma statement) and transcript. Certified copies can be acquired at the institution where you obtained them or at an official notary. Certified means that the document contains the original stamp and signature of your institution (director, course coordinator, registrar) or the official notary. When making your offer unconditional, make sure you send us the original document. Photocopies of a certified copy will not be accepted.

Online verification systems (EU/EEA only): If your university uses an online verification system (for example Bocconi University, or HEAR verification with an online provider such as Gradintelligence in the UK), please notify the admissions office. RSM is not able to verify documents online if it's required that software is downloaded before the verification.

By post: 

RSM MSc Admissions Office
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Mandeville Building T05-01
3062 PA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Some courier services also require a telephone number. In this case please use the general phone number of RSM: +31 10 408 2222

We advise you to send the documents as a tracked delivery. The documents will first be received by the central post room, and will be delivered to the admissions office within 2-3 days. Once the documents have arrived and they have been processed, you will be notified.

By e-mail: 

If you want to send the documents digitally, your university must send the documents directly to RSM ( msc.info@rsm.nl ). The documents will not be accepted if they arrive from your e-mail address. Request your university to send both your diploma /graduation statement AND your final grade list.

In Person: 

If you want to bring my documents to the RSM Admissions Office in person: During the Corona pandemic we advised students to send the documents by post or by e-mail. Under the current circumstances, you can bring the documents to the RSM Admissions Office in person again. The office is located at the Woudestein Campus, on the 5th floor of the Mandeville building, room T5-01.  

RSM will save your documents for one year (until September 2026). It is your responsibility to pick up these documents from the admissions office, if you want them back. The admissions office makes scanned copies of all documents for our digital archive and shreds all paper copies that have not been picked up on time.

Your documents have most likely reached our inbox (or office if you have sent them by post). The RSM Admissions Team will only start processing these documents once all applications have been evaluated and all results have been sent. Usually this is around the end of June / early July. 

Please stay patient. You will be notified via the Online Application Form once your admissions has been made unconditional. 

Currently your enrolment status in Studielink states: "The educational institution has yet to determine whether your previous education level is sufficient”. Once your offer has been made unconditional, the RSM Admissions Office will confirm your enrolment in Studielink & Osiris. 

Also check that before the 31st of August you have paid the tuition fee & uploaded a photo for your Student ID.

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University can not be held responsible for the loss of any documentation during transport or while in storage. Therefore we advise you to only send certified copies of the original documents, or request for the documents to be e-mailed to us by your university. 

RSM will save your documents for one year (until September 2026). It is your responsibility to pick up these documents from the admissions office, if you want them back. The admissions office makes scanned copies of all documents for our digital archive and shreds all paper copies that have not been picked up on time.