Degree from a Dutch university of applied sciences (HBO)

This is a selective Master’s programme. An applicant will be considered for admission to the Master's programme Mathematical Sciences if the applicant holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics or physics or computer science with a strong component in mathematics, comparable with a major part of the Utrecht University Bachelor's of Mathematics. Furthermore, the applicant can demonstrate a high level of knowledge and command of methods and skills in the relevant field.

Additionally we consider:

• Motivation and talent (also on the basis of average grade and past studies progress);
• General high level of professional and intellectual ability;
• Command of the English language (see below).

Applicants should possess:

• A solid basic knowledge of mathematics at the bachelor level, including single-variable and multi-variable real analysis, linear algebra (theory and applications) and probability. Moreover we require more advanced knowledge (comparable with second- and third-year courses in the Mathematics bachelor’s program of Utrecht University) of at least three of the following subjects: differential equations and dynamical systems, complex analysis, probability theory and statistics, numerical analysis, functional analysis, mathematical modelling, geometry and topology, algebra and number theory, discrete mathematics, optimisation and logic.
• The ability to analyse mathematical problems;
• The ability to understand, reproduce and apply mathematical theorems and proofs;
• The ability to communicate findings verbally and in writing, in an appropriate mathematical manner. 

Bachelor programmes that most likely meet the requirements are:

• a BSc with a major in Mathematics
• a BSc with a major in Physics, Computer Science, or Science, with a strong component in mathematics