Matching procedure Spatial Planning and Design

If you wish to apply to the bachelor programme Spatial Planning and Design, you need to do this before May 1, 2025 in Studielink. This deadline is a statutory requirement. When you have applied, you have to complete a matching assignment to be admitted to the programme.

After finishing the matching assignment, you will receive an email with an advice regarding your match with Spatial Planning and Design. This advice is not binding; it is meant to support you in (re)considering your choice and motivation and to help you make sure that the programme you have chosen is right for you.

Apply before May 1st

You need to apply in Studielink on May 1, 2025 at the latest. Below you find exceptions that might apply to you, only in these cases will your application be accepted after May 1st.

The mandatory matching procedure applies to Spatial Planning and Design. After your application in Studielink, you will be able to log on to the Matching Portal after activating your student account. Here you will find more information about the two matching steps you need to complete to be admitted to the programme. Here you will find more information about the matching assignment you have to complete to be admitted to the programme.

Exceptions for application after May 1st

After May 1, 2024 admittance to the programme is only possible in the following exceptional cases :

• if you have been enrolled in the same Bachelor's degree programme before;
• if you were not selected to a programme with a numerus fixus and/or selection;
• i f you have applied for another Bachelor's degree programme before May 1, 2025 for the academic year 2025-2026;
• if you have received (or expect to receive) a negative binding study advice (BSA) for your current bachelor programme this academic year;
• if you can prove with supporting documents that you could not have applied by May 1, 2024 at the latest on the grounds of compelling circumstances.

If you think that one of the above situations applies to you, please contact us as soon as possible via study.advice.fss rug.nl.        

If the exceptions mentioned above do apply to you, then you need to apply in Studielink on July 31, 2025 at the latest. Applications after this date will not be accepted.

Please note: when you apply with a non-Dutch diploma, a different deadline may apply. When you are applying after the deadline, you cannot be admitted to the programme anymore and you can neither participate in the matching procedure.

Deadlines

When you are applying after the deadline, you can not be admitted to the programme anymore and you can neither participate in the matching procedure.

• If the exceptions mentioned above do not apply to you, then you need to apply in Studielink on May 1, 2025 at the latest.
• If the exceptions mentioned above do apply to you, then you need to apply in Studielink on July 31, 2025 at the latest.

More information

For questions regarding the matching procedure, please contact study.advice.fss rug.nl .