Application and Requirements Global Project and Change Management

Before you apply, it is useful to check all kind of practical issues like visa, part-time jobs and taxes, insurance, opening a bank account, options for student finance. You can do that here.

Apply before 1 June through Studielink. This is the national enrolment system. Application opens mid-October. 

Need help? Most questions are answered in the Studielink Guide and F.A.Q on Studielink.nl. If you can't find the answer to your questions, please contact our Student Administration, call +31 88 469 9120 or e-mail studentenadministratie@windesheim.nl.

Once you've applied through Studielink, you'll be asked to send a copy of your passport / ID card within 5 days. In addition, you'll receive an e-mail with detailed information about the Online Matching Test. The mail also tells you what documents you need to submit to complete your application.

The Windesheim application procedure starts in November. If you have already applied through Studielink before that time, you will receive the link to the Online Matching Test from this date.

After application you will be requested to send a copy of your passport or ID card to the student administration within five days. It is important to do this, because otherwise we have to cancel your application. Please note that we don’t send you a reminder!

Checklist of documents to collect:
•Diploma and grade list (predicted if not yet available)
•If your diploma isn't in English, Dutch or German: an official translation
•Where relevant: a copy of both sides of your Dutch visa
•If married to a Dutch citizen: a copy of your partner's passport/ID card
•Two references (one professional, one academic)
•A passport-size photograph
•An admission essay

Important information about your documents
1.The documents need to be PDFs or Word documents; the photos need to be JPEGs.
2.Label the documents correctly: Surname, first name, student number, name of document (e.g. Smith, John 111222 diploma and grade list)
3.Try to get together all (or most) of the documents* before sending in your application. The documents can then be attached to the Student/Programme Matching Test or sent together in one e-mail. 

*At the moment not all documents work in the Online Programme Matching Test. Therefor you can download the format for the recommendations here. When your lecturer/Counsellor/Manager completes this. They can email it themselves to admissions-whc@windesheim.nl
Academic Recommendation  Professional Recommendation

Choose one of the following subjects and write a short essay about it. Your essay should be no more than eight hundred words (two typed pages):

• Option 1: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so significant that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If that sounds like you, please share your story and add a critical reflection of yourself.
• Option 2: Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea e.g. signed a petition, took a stand for cause. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again? Be self-reflective and describe what you have learnt from this. 
• Option 3: Describe a problem you've solved or would like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a social issue, an ethical dilemma or anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you by giving a critical reflection and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.  

Please say which option you've chosen at the beginning of your essay, and give it a title as well. And make sure that the document has your name on it. 

Once you've applied for enrolment on Studielink, you'll receive an e-mail inviting you to take the Online Matching Test. The test provides us with extra information for the interview. It includes a short personal statement. Please note! Studielink opens registration on October 1, 2020 however the Online Matching Test will be send from November 1 onwards.

From November, our online application procedure starts, If you have already registered on Studielink, you will receive a link by email to our Online Matching Test from this date.

What's the difference between a personal statement and an admission essay?
In your personal statement, you explain why you want to study Global Project and Change Management. That means answering questions like: Why would you like to study Global Project and Change Management? What kind of subjects are you interested in and what makes them interesting to you? Do you know what you want to do after you graduate? A personal statement helps the Board of Admissions understand why you want to study Global Project and Change Management, while the assessment of your admission essay helps the Board understand more about you as a person. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers in this test!

Recommendations
To complete your online Matching Test you need to provide us with two recommendations. An Academic Recommendation and a Professional Recommendation. The Academic can be by a (former) lecturer, teacher or head of your school. A Professional one can be from your manager from your (part-time) job, volunteer work, pastoral work or a project you did. When you are not able to provide us with one of each, you are also allowed to hand in two Academic or two Professional Recommendations. Below you can find the format. Your recommender can send it directly to admissions-whc@windesheim.nl.
Academic Recommendation Professional Recommendation

Once you've completed your application and your educational level has been assessed as equivalent to what we require, you will be invited to a selection interview day. During the selection day, you will participate in a group activity and have a personal interview lasting up to half an hour.

Group activity
You start your interview day by completing an assignment with three to six other applicants led by one of our lecturers. One of our current students will also join your activity to lend a helping hand and share their expertise. The activity will be assessed as input for the interview.

Personal interview
You will have a personal interview lasting up to half an hour. The aim is to get to know you better, so we can decide whether you are the right kind of student for our learning community. We will ask you to explain more about your reasons for applying and to tell us what you expect from the programme and the learning community.

Selection interview day dates
We have scheduled a number of dates for selection interview days. Most are in March and April. You willll be invited to come on a date that matches your availability and the availability of our staff. Please contact the Admissions Officer for the available dates and let us know which ones fit in best with your current studies, exam schedule, planned trips, etc. The Admissions Office will try to suggest a date that works out well for you.
N.B. Should you not be able to attend the interview selection day, we also offer Skype Interview sessions, if you for example are living abroad or are away on a Gap Year.

After your interview, the Board of Admissions will make a decision to accept, conditionally accept or not accept your application. Depending on the number of applications we receive and how your application is assessed, you might be placed on a waiting list. The decision will be based on your whole file, including the outcome of your interview.

When will I find out what you've decided?
You'll receive an official e-mail telling you what we've decided no later than 1 May or 15 July, depending on the date of your selection interview day. If you're put on a waiting list, you'll hear before 15 July whether you've been accepted or not. If you are accepted or conditionally accepted, you'll receive more practical information about your enrolment closer to the start of the semester.

What's the difference between being accepted and conditionally accepted?
Conditional acceptance means you have to meet certain conditions before your acceptance is confirmed. The condition(s) might be getting your diploma or getting the required proficiency score in Maths or English. If you're accepted conditionally, but you fail to meet the conditions we've set before 1 July, you won't be able to start the programme.