Your MSc or Premaster application may be denied if it does not meet the minimum admission requirements. Below are the most common reasons and what you can do next.
If you still believe the decision is incorrect after checking the FAQ and providing any additional information, you may submit a formal appeal within six weeks of receiving this decision. Information on the appeals procedure can be found here.
| Category | Reason for denial | What you can do next |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient or missing tests (GMAT, GRE or English) | • GMAT/GRE not submitted, too late, or below the minimum score (GMAT 565 / GRE 316 with 160 Quant). • English test missing, expired, or (sub)scores below minimum. | If the programme is still open and the deadline not passed: retake the test and upload the official score report in OLAF. |
| Curriculum | • Too few relevant business administration courses (finance, strategy, marketing, supply chain). • Too few research methods or statistics courses. | If you believe your courses meet the requirements, send detailed course descriptions or syllabi. Without these, we can only judge based on your transcript. |
| Degree level | • Some international degrees (e.g. 3-year bachelors) are evaluated as equivalent to the level of universities of applied sciences, rather than research universities. • Degrees from non-recognised universities may not qualify. • Applied sciences degrees do not give direct access to MSc programmes. • Often a premaster is required; in some cases admission is not possible at all. | If premaster admission is possible, this option will be included in your denial message. If the education level is too different, a premaster is not sufficient and admission is not possible. |
| GPA | • GPA did not meet the minimum (7.0 or 7.3, depending on the programme). • GPA rounding is not applied (e.g. 7.44 ≠ 7.5). | • GPA requirements are applied strictly. Even small differences lead to denial. • If you believe your GPA was calculated incorrectly, send an official GPA statement. |
| Documents & deadlines | • Required documents (transcript, test scores) were missing at evaluation. • Documents submitted after the programme had already reached capacity. | Unfortunately we cannot make exceptions. Deadlines are clearly stated on our website and in OLAF. |