Student admission

-- Application open until December 15, 2025 --

Check our FAQs if you have questions about the application or admission process. For information on fees and scholarships please check our dedicated page!

Required qualifications

Candidates should have at least three years of higher education (BA, BSc or equivalent) with an emphasis on one or more of the following:

• Speech and language pathology
• Linguistics
• Biomedical sciences
• Psychology
• Special education

In addition, candidates must have a high proficiency in English (see below), as the programme is taught in English.

Required documents

• Completed application form (.doc template)
• Letter of motivation for applying to the EMCL-25 programme
• Copies of your academic curriculum (official transcripts) and a copy of your university degree certificate, plus translations if these are not in English, Dutch, German or Finnish (check the guidelines of the admission office). We accept translations of diploma's and transcripts of records made by the student themselves. You can do this with GoogleTranslate, for example. Authorized translations are no longer required for certified documents.
• Curriculum vitae in EuroPass format, with your photo on the first page. Follow this link to start composing your CV
• Copy of your passport or official ID card
• Language test results or other proof of required English skills (see below)
• Names and email addresses of two referees who will be asked to answer some questions in our portal

Please note that all documents need to be submitted through the portal at the same time. It is not possible to add missing documents at a later stage.

Proof of necessary English skills

Please note that only native speakers (UK, Ireland, Australia, New-Zealand, Canada, USA) do not need to hand in such proof.

• TOEFL iBT: 100 points
• or IELTS of at least 7.0 (each part needs to be at least 6.0)
• or Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency Certificate

The proof of English skills may not be older than 2 years and it needs to be handed in together with the other documents. It is NOT possible to submit it later than the deadline of December 15, 2025.

Application process for admission

Register in our online application portal (link is active from October 20 - December 15, 2025). All documents will need to be uploaded in this portal. More information on scholarships can be found here.

Application form

The application form is available in DOC (Microsoft Word) format here.

Deadline

Applications need to be submitted no later than December 15, 2025.

You can apply for the programme starting October 20, 2025.