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Radboud University · Netherlands

Artificial Intelligence

AI with a special focus on understanding and simulating the brain, taught alongside the Donders Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics on campus; programming is taught from scratch.

Kai Schreiber from Jersey City, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0

Where
NijmegenNetherlands
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
1 July 2027Housing by 1 May
Admission
Open to all who qualify
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
BSc
Length
3 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 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.

    Source
  2. 1 May 2027

    Apply by this date to join the SSH& housing lottery (EU/EEA)
    DetailsSource
  3. 1 July 2027

    Final application deadline, EU/EEA applicants (non-numerus-fixus programmes)
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (1 more)
  1. 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.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

The programme combines mathematics and computing science with psychology and neuroscience, logic and linguistics, with a special place for understanding and simulating the brain. Programming is taught from the basics at a pace suited to beginners, first-year students get mentoring support, and electives let you shape your own programme or spend part of it studying abroad. The programme works closely with several research institutes. Graduates work in education, research, healthcare, telecommunications, ICT, transport and financial services, and many are hired before they graduate.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 24 points
  • Maths AA HLminimum 4 · If short, a maths test (SAT Maths 600+, OMPT 55%) can make up the gap.
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Radboud

The IB Diploma is assessed individually against the Dutch VWO. English A SL/HL at 4+ or English B HL at 6+ covers English.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on ru.nl

How places are decided

    • Everyone eligible is admitted
    No cap: meet the requirements and you get a place. 2025/26 IB criteria (Maths AA HL 4, 24 points, 3 HL); 2027 not yet published.
Sources (3)
  1. Artificial Intelligence at Radboud — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at Radboud

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