You need to have graduated from your Dutch Bachelor’s degree and filled out the graduation form below by 31 August 2023 at the latest. This applies to UvA students as well.

It may take several weeks for your university to register your graduation. Have you completed all courses of your Bachelor's programme, but is your graduation not yet registered and are you afraid that this will not happen before 31 August 2023? Then ask a representative of your university to send a graduation statement to certifieddocumentsma-fgw@uva.nl.

Without proof of graduation, your enrolment cannot be finalised and you will not be able to start your (pre-)Master’s programme in September.

If you obtain or have obtained your Bachelor's diploma at a non-Dutch university, you need to submit the following certified documents:

• Certified copies of both your original and translated higher education diploma(s).
• Certified copies of both your original and translated final transcript(s).

Please note: You have to send in certified documents of all previous (Bachelor and/or Master)degree programmes that you applied with.

Deadline: 1 May 2023

This deadline applies to applicants who require a residence permit for study. Please send us:

• your certified diploma or graduation statement issued by your home university stating that you completed your degree with an exact date of graduation which should be before 1 September; and
• certified final transcript(s) of records.

Important: Please note that students who need a residence permit and entrance visa for the Netherlands, will need to have submitted their certified documents before 1 May 2023.

Deadline: 1 August

If your diploma will not be issued before 1 August, please send in an official graduation statement before 1 August. In this graduation statement, your university needs to declare that you have fulfilled all graduation requirements and have graduated from your (Bachelor's or Master's) degree programme, stating your exact graduation date. This date cannot be later than 31 August 2023. The graduation statement needs to be signed and stamped by your home institution.

It is important to note that we do not accept graduation statements that mention an “expected” or “provisional” date of graduation. It has to be a firm and final graduation date.

We accept certified documents sent to us through a secure portal, like Parchment, Digitary, Hear, E-Script or Gradintelligence. t You can send these documents to the following e-mail: certifieddocumentsma-fgw@uva.nl. Please note: we can only accept certified documents sent by students if they are submitted through a secure portal.

Unsure whether your university's secure portal is accepted? Contact us.

We accept certified documents sent to us by an authorised official at your home institution (such as the Registrar’s Office).
Documents should be sent to certifieddocumentsma-fgw@uva.nl. 

Important:  We do not accept digital documents sent to us by students and/or from a student email address.

If you are not able to send us your certified documents digitally in the manners described above, you can send us your certified graduation statement, diploma and final transcript of records by post:

University of Amsterdam
Graduate School of Humanities, Admissions Office
PO Box 93055
1090 BB Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Please note that certified documents sent via registered post or courier cannot be sent to our PO Box.  If you are sending your certified documents via registered post or courier, use this address instead:

University of Amsterdam
Graduate School of Humanities, Admissions Office
Turfdraagsterpad 15-17
1012 XT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

If your documents are not properly certified (for example plain photocopies), we cannot accept them.