Creative Media & Game Technologies

This guide helps you go through the admissions and enrolment process

• Step 1: Check your eligibility
• Step 2: Check the application deadlines
• Step 3: Collect the required documents
• Step 4: Start your application
• Step 5: Pay your tuition fees
• Step 6: Prepare for your studies

1. Secondary School Diploma 

You must hold a recognised upper secondary school diploma that grants access to higher education in your home country and is equivalent to the Dutch HAVO level (as assessed by Nuffic).

Not sure whether your diploma qualifies? Check the Nuffic diploma database.

Examples of accepted diplomas include:

• Germany: Abitur or Fachhochschulreife
• France: Baccalauréat
• United Kingdom: GCSEs + GCE AS Levels or A Levels
• Italy: Diploma di Esame di Stato
• Greece: Apolytirio Lykeiou (General Lyceum)
• Romania: Diplomă de Bacalaureat
• Bulgaria: Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie
• Poland: Świadectwo Dojrzałości (Matura)
• Turkey: Lise Diploması

If you are not from one of the countries listed above, please check whether your diploma is admissible via the Nuffic diploma database.

2. Mathematics Requirement

• Mathematics is mandatory
• You must have a passing grade in mathematics on your final transcript

If you don't meet the required mathematics level, you can take the OMPT-A mathematics test.

• Minimum required score: 55% (5.5)
• Additional costs apply
  More information about the OMPT-A test: www.omptest.org

3. English Language Requirement 

You need to demonstrate your English proficiency. 

IELTS Academic

• Overall score: 6.0
• No sub-score below 5.5
• Maximum of two sub-scores of 5.5 allowed

Equivalent scores from TOEFL, Cambridge, and TOEIC are also accepted. 
Please consult the General Language Requirements for more details.

Note: An English Language Proficiency Test must be taken in person at a test centre.

4. Mandatory MPT Survey

All applicants must complete the online MPT Survey (Multicultural Personality Test).

You do not need to study or prepare for it. The survey helps us understand your motivation, study behaviour and how you may fit the programme.

After you apply, you'll receive an invitation to complete the survey.

Deadline

• EU/EEA applicants: within 10 working days
• EU/EEA applicants applying between 25 June –1 July: within 5 working days
• Non-EU/EEA applicants: within 10 working days

⚠️ Failure to complete the survey on time may result in rejection. If your answers raise questions, a Study Advisor may invite you for a conversation.

5. Colloquium doctum

Both international and Dutch prospective students, who are age 21 or older at the start of the programme and who do not meet the general entry requirements, can partake in a colloquium doctum.

A colloquium doctum consists of an online meeting with the CMGT Study Advisor. Based on this meeting, the study advisor will decide what tests still need to be taken. An English Language Proficiency Test for international applicants is one of the mandatory tests.

Please contact the study advisor to schedule a meeting and discuss your situation at [email protected].

If you want to apply for the Creative Media & Game Technologies programme, you have to submit your request first in our national registration system Studielink. After this, we will start the admissions process through our own application system 'Hanze Apply'.

The general application deadline:

• for EU students is 15 August
• for non-EU students is 1 June

There are exceptions for whom the deadline may be earlier. You can find the most updated information and exceptions here.

Please note that a Letter of Admission will only be issued after the Admissions Committee and Student Administration have assessed the application in full.

No. You do not need a portfolio or entrance assignment to apply for CMGT.
You do need to complete the MPT Survey as part of the admission process.

The Multicultural Personality Test is an online survey that helps us understand your motivation, study behaviour, and whether you match with this programme.

There is nothing you need to study for.

If your result raises questions, a Study Advisor may contact you for a conversation.

This depends on your nationality and educational background.

In general, you’ll need your secondary school diploma and proof of English proficiency, such as IELTS, TOEFL, Cambridge or TOEIC.

If your diploma is not in Dutch or English, you may also need an official translation.

That's okay. You can submit your final diploma after the application deadline if you have not received it yet.

Submit it as soon as possible so your application can be completed.

Check the Nuffic diploma database find the equivalent Dutch qualification for your diploma.

You need a qualification equivalent to at least the Dutch HAVO level.

Once your application has been fully assessed, you’ll receive a Letter of Admission.

For foreign students who still need to provide their final diploma, admission may initially be provisional. Your admission becomes final once all required documents have been received and approved.

Not at all; we believe everyone has the opportunity to learn to be creative and develop their skills in this industry. The programme is designed so you can also go at your own pace or to challenge you to be better!

That depends on your preference. In the programme we expect you to try everything and to understand the basics of all aspects, but you will later be able to develop the skills you most excel in.

The projects look varied, but they all mostly follow the standard format of having a client, case, or challenge that you work on either individually or in groups.

Each project is assessed using a rubric. Students have access to these rubrics with descriptions of what is expected to reach each grade. After handing in your assignment, there are interviews where students can further share their experience and work effort. Everything is assessed based on the process and result.

The programme is a full-time programme, so 40 hours per week is spent either on campus or in project group work. This varies per week but the schedule is available to each student before the start of each period.