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Breda · Netherlands · University of applied sciences

Breda University of Applied Sciences

A small hogeschool in the south of the Netherlands that has specialised rather than broadened: hotel and leisure management, tourism, games and creative media, logistics, and applied data science.

G.Lanting · CC BY 4.0

In English
4 programmes
City
Breda
Apply via
Studielink
Next deadline
27 Nov 2026

Deadlines

  1. 15 January 2027, 23:59 CET

    Numerus fixus applications close
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Two numerus fixus programmes at most; medicine, dentistry, dental hygiene and physiotherapy allow one application per programme, so not medicine at two universities. Missing this does not cost you the year, but it does cost you every selective programme in it.

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  2. 1 May 2027*

    Studielink enrolment application closes for a BUas programme with selection
    Hard deadline
    Details

    BUas states: "The official deadline to make an enrolment application in Studielink for bachelor programmes with selection is 1 May." This is BUas's own rule and it is later than the 15 January the national page sets for numerus fixus. BUas does not say which national rule this follows; treat 1 May as the outer limit and apply far earlier, because every BUas programme here fills by rounds.

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  3. 1 May 2027, 23:59*

    Last day to keep your right to a place (programmes without selection)
    Equal consideration
    Details

    Apply by 1 May and you are entitled to admission to a non-selective programme you qualify for. The government says a first application after 1 May may be refused - the programme can still take you, but does not have to. Some institutions set earlier dates of their own, and theirs is the one that binds.

    Studielink closes at 23:59 on 1 May. The government’s rule is what makes it an equal-consideration date: apply by 1 May and you are entitled to admission to a programme you qualify for ("Aanmelding tot en met 1 mei betekent ook recht op toelating"); a first application after 1 May "kan door de opleiding geweigerd worden" - the programme may still take you, but it does not have to. Some programmes close earlier for capacity or matching reasons, and the programme’s own date is the one that binds.

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All dates for this school (10 more)

  1. 27 November 2026, 23:59 CET*

    First portfolio round closes (Creative Media & Game Technologies)
    Priority
    Details

    One of four rounds, not a deadline. BUas says decisions on interview invitations follow within two weeks of each round and that an earlier round secures a place sooner. The year is taken from the regulation's stated academic year and is provisional for that reason.

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  2. 1 December 2026*

    Create your Studielink account
    Your own plan
    Details

    Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.

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  3. 15 January 2027, 23:59 CET*

    Second portfolio round closes (Creative Media & Game Technologies)
    Priority
    Details

    Falls on the same day as the national numerus fixus deadline and is not the same thing: this round is one of four and missing it does not close the programme.

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  4. 5 March 2027, 23:59 CET*

    Third portfolio round closes (Creative Media & Game Technologies)
    Priority
    DetailsSource

  5. 15 April 2027*

    Ranking numbers issued
    Details

    Selection runs between 15 January and 15 April and every applicant receives a ranking number through Studielink. Indicative: Nuffic’s date, not the government’s.

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  6. 4 May 2027, 17:00 CET*

    Hotel Management application complete in My Online Application
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Includes a personal video message for applicants with a non-Dutch diploma. Registering in Studielink alone is not an application.

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  7. 15 May 2027, 23:59 CET*

    Final portfolio, assignment and assessment deadline
    Hard deadline
    Details

    The last round for Creative Media & Game Technologies and Applied Data Science & AI, and the assessment deadline for Creative Business. Interviews for the final round run to the end of May.

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  8. 19 June 2027*

    Creative Media & Game Technologies selection outcome
    Details

    BUas: "The prospective student will be notified by June 19th regarding their selection for the degree program." That is before the IB releases results on about 6 July.

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  9. 1 July 2027*

    Waiting-list decisions confirmed (Hotel Management)
    Details

    BUas: "At the latest on 1 July, we will inform applicants that have been placed on the waiting list whether or not they have been selected for the programme."

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  10. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What you could study here

Creative Business

BA · 4 yrs · Breda

Selected on a written statement · your experience · a test · an interview

Business

Hotel Management

BBA · 4 yrs · Breda

Selected on an interview · a written statement · your experience

Hospitality and tourism

What it asks of IB students

  • Recognises the IB Diploma
Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

BUas publishes no IB subject requirements. Its admission pages (as of 23 September 2026) set out a havo-or-vwo-equivalent diploma and an English requirement, and name no examination subject for any…

All 3 notes
  • BUas publishes no IB subject requirements. Its admission pages (as of 23 September 2026) set out a havo-or-vwo-equivalent diploma and an English requirement, and name no examination subject for any of the four programmes on this site. Mathematics appears for Applied Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, but inside the selection procedure rather than as an entry requirement.
  • BUas's English exemption list names the IB Career-related Programme Certificate alongside the IB Diploma. TU Delft and Rotterdam School of Management both explicitly refuse the CP. The difference is real and it follows the havo/vwo split: the research universities need a vwo-equivalent award, a hogeschool needs a havo-equivalent one.
  • The selection details here come from BUas's admission regulation (PDF).

Sources
  1. Breda University of Applied Sciences requires a diploma equivalent to Dutch havo or vwo, exempts holders of an IB Diploma or an IB Career-related Programme Certificate from the English test outright, and offers a three-year track to applicants whose diploma is comparable to vwo. — checked 2026-09-23
  2. BUas's four selective bachelor programmes are Hotel Management, Creative Media & Game Technologies, Creative Business and Applied Data Science & Artificial Intelligence. The Studielink deadline for a BUas programme with selection is 1 May, and each programme selects on portfolio, assignment, test and interview rather than on grades. — checked 2026-09-23