International Business Economics

Admission requirements:

• For Dutch students: havo, vwo or mbo-diploma.
• For German students: Fachhochschulreife.
• For students of other nationalities: senior high school diploma/GCE or equivalent (see below!).

For students of foreign nationalities (other than Dutch or German):

• seniorhigh school diploma/GCE or equivalent. Foreign certificates have to bevalidated. This validation takes place between the home-faculty andFontys University of Applied Sciences. Please contact internationaloffice-venlo@fontys.nl for more information!
• For more information, such as language requirements, please go to www.fontys.edu/studying-at-fontys.
• For additional requirements please check www.fontys.nl/campusvenlo.

Language requirements:

We offer the entire four-year IBE-programme in the English, German and Dutch language. This means there are some additional language requirements.

For the German or Dutch variant

Your command of the German language should be at Proficiency level [e.g. Certificate Grundstufe II of the Goetheinstitut or comparable certificates of other language schools] to allow you to interact and participate successfully in coursework.

If you are a foreign student and you wish to register for a programme in Dutch, your command of the Dutch language must be at Proficiency level [Staatsexamen NT2: Nederlands als tweede taal, programma II, hoger onderwijs].

English variant:

This option is open to all non-Dutch/-German residents. 

For all English taught courses a minimum English language proficiency is required according to the following table. The English language proficiency must be proved by submitting an IELTS or TOEFL test result.

TEST:
Minimum score bachelor: 6,0 (no subscore under 5.0)
Minimum score preparatory course 17 weeks: 5,5

IELTS:
Minimum score bachelor: 213
Minimum score preparatory course 17 weeks: 173

TOEFL comp.:
Minimum score bachelor: 79
Minimum score preparatory course 17 weeks: 69

TOEFL iBT:

Tuition fees 2010-2011:

Tuition fee EEA student (each year): 1,672 euro

Tuition fee non-EEA students (each year): 3,700 euro

*Fontys contribution (only once) 45.-

*tuition fee = 7,200 euro minus Fontys Scholarship 3,500 euro.

Fontys University of Applied Sciences is a leading comprehensive European University of Applied Sciences offering higher education from undergraduate to graduate level. Fontys is based in the south of the Netherlands near the border with Germany and Belgium, one of the most dynamic regions in Europe. The two largest of the Fontys campuses are located in the cities of Eindhoven and Tilburg. In Venlo, Fontys has recently established an International Campus. Fontys stresses the importance of the application of theory into practice, thus enabling students to embark successfully on their professional career.

Fontys is a learning community, which means that the key focus of learning is on the development of personal competences in varying, small student groups and in close interaction with society. Fontys therefore maintains close relationships with industry, business and public services. Fontys offers students the invaluable experience of a long-term internship, and keeps its education up to date by closely monitoring developments in the labour market.

Furthermore, Fontys University of Applied Sciences invests in joint research programmes with industry, business and public services, to disseminate applied research results. Fontys encourages its graduates to develop international competences by means of international exchanges and internships via partnerships with hundreds of universities and companies all over the world. The student population from various foreign countries at the Fontys campuses adds to the learning and social experience, with an opportunity to study and interact with students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds.