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Enschede · Netherlands · Technical university

University of Twente

A campus university on parkland outside Enschede near the German border, and the technical university that has always mixed engineering with social science — psychology, communication and management sit alongside mechanical engineering…

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3 programmes
City
Enschede
Apply via
Studielink
Next deadline
15 Jan 2027

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. 30 April 2027, 23:59 CET*

    Technical Computer Science registration closes (University of Twente)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Twente: "Make sure to complete your registration before 30 April at 23:59 CET", a day before the national 1 May. The page still gives the 2026 intake's date (30 April 2026); the 2027 one is taken to be the same day.

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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 (3 more)

  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.

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  2. 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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  3. 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

  • Open entry

Advanced Technology

BSc · 3 yrs · Enschede

Needs Maths HL · Physics HL +1 more

Engineering

What it asks of IB students

  • Recognises the IB Diploma
Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

Twente states outright that it will not publish 2027-2028 admission requirements until October 2026: "The University of Twente therefore cannot provide any information regarding admission requirements for future intake moments…

All 4 notes
  • Twente states outright that it will not publish 2027-2028 admission requirements until October 2026: "The University of Twente therefore cannot provide any information regarding admission requirements for future intake moments that are not yet open for applications." Every Twente record here is therefore the September 2026 rule, marked needs-review, with a review date rather than a guess.
  • Twente writes requirements three different ways on three programme pages: Advanced Technology in IB terms, Technical Computer Science on the Dutch VWO scale, Creative Technology with no subject at all. So read your own programme's page, not a sibling's.
  • The IBIS school code 001638 is published on Twente's own IB page for requesting results from the IB.
  • Twente's programme pages hold their per-diploma requirements in collapsed panels that a plain fetch does not return. Each was opened in a browser before being recorded.

Sources
  1. Twente admits on a full IB Diploma with no minimum total, publishes its English and Dutch language rules as named IB subjects with minimum IB grades, refuses the IB Career-related Certificate as a direct route, and states that a high SL grade cannot substitute for a required HL subject. — checked 2026-09-23
  2. Advanced Technology requires an international diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO with good grades in at least Mathematics at Higher Level and Physics at Higher Level. — checked 2026-09-23
  3. Technical Computer Science expresses its mathematics requirement on the Dutch scale rather than in IB terms — mathematics comparable to pre-university level, such as VWO Wiskunde B — and names no IB course or level. A matching procedure of an online questionnaire and a matching event is mandatory before starting. — checked 2026-09-23
  4. Creative Technology requires an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma and names no subject requirement at all. — checked 2026-09-23