Start during or after your HBO programme

The fast-track programme starts in September. You can already start during the final year of your HBO programme. You will then take the introductory courses of the first year (30 ECTS credits). It is also possible to start after graduating your HBO programme, but then you will have to pay the tuition fee, exceeding the statutory minimum.

Curriculum fast-track programme 2020-2021

First year of study:

Second year of study:

Consult the UvA Course Manual for more information on the courses.

Admission requirements for the fast-track Bachelor’s in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology

First year:

• In order to take the introductory courses (first semester of the first year of study), you must have obtained a minimum of 180 ECTS credits in your HBO programme.

Second year:

• In order to follow the courses of the second year of study, you must have a Bachelor's degree (240 ECTS including the propaedeutic year) and have obtained the introductory courses (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Ethnographic Writing and Philosophy of Science).

Application for the first year of the fast-track Bachelor’s in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology

• Sign up in before 1 May.

• Apply for the Bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (i.e. not for the premaster’s programme or guest/contract student). After you have submitted an enrolment request in Studielink, you will receive an email with your UvA student number (UvAnetID).
• Send an email to the () before 1 August 2020 stating that you have registered for the first year of the fast-track Bachelor’s programme.
• Add the following appendix to this email: an official and recent list of marks (with the stamp of the programme) from your HBO programme.

After registering at the UvA, you must participate in UvA Matching Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. Matching (https://www.uva.nl/en/education/bachelor-s/how-to-apply/uva-matching/uva-matching-for-international-students/uva-matching-for-international-students.html) - in which you check for yourself whether you have made the right choice of study programme - is compulsory. You will receive information about it after registering for the fast-track Bachelor’s programme in Studielink.

Application for the second year of the fast-track Bachelor’s programme

• Arrange your re-enrolment in
• Apply for the Bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (i.e. not for the premaster’s programme or guest/contract student).
• Send an email to the before 1 August 2020 stating that you have registered for the second year of the fast-track Bachelor’s programme and that you want to request for exemptions.

• Add the following appendix to this email:
  • An official and recent list of marks (with the stamp of the programme) from your HBO programme.
  • A copy of your HBO Bachelor's degree or a confirmation of your graduation letter.

Tuition fees

Starting a second Bachelor's programme (including the fast-track Bachelor's programme) after completing another Bachelor's programme can result in tuition fees exceeding the statutory minimum. However, if you start with the fast-track Bachelor's programme during your HBO Bachelor's programme, it may give you an advantage in terms of tuition fees at a later stage. More information about tuition fees can be found here.

Contact

Do you have any questions after reading the information on this page? Please contact the study advisor studieadviseur-ca@uva.nl

or examinations board examencommissie-ca@uva.nl.