BSc Civil Engineering

About the course

A practical, career-focused civil engineering degree at a university of applied sciences, with practicals at the Joint Research Center Zeeland. Students with a pre-university (VWO) diploma or international equivalent can take a 3-year track that skips the third-year internship and minor.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• HZ lists the Irish Leaving Certificate (LC or LCVP) as an admissible diploma, but it assesses each applicant individually and does not publish minimum grades, points or a number of Higher Level subjects. Contact admissions to confirm.
• You need a good level of Mathematics and Physics; HZ does not publish a required grade. Applicants without maths can still apply after an online preparatory course.
• English at a level equal to IELTS 6.0; applicants who finished school in Ireland do not need to take an English test, provided their English grade is sufficient.

How to apply

1. Apply on StudielinkRegister for BSc Civil Engineering on Studielink by 1 August 2027 (31 December for February entry); HZ advises applying before 1 May.
2. Upload documentsSubmit your school results, passport or ID and other documents in HZ’s International Application System (ias.hz.nl).
3. Study choice checkComplete the study choice check (where you can also say if you want the 3-year track); this can include a conversation with a study coach.
4. DecisionOnce your file is complete HZ aims to tell you within one week; you get a conditional acceptance until your final Leaving Cert results are in.

Costs

• Standard Dutch EU fee: €2,694 (2026/27). The 2027/28 fee is set by the Dutch government each year (expected to be close to €2,800). HZ estimates study costs at about €300 for the whole programme. If you start in February you pay 7/12 of the first year’s fee.
• EU students may be eligible for a Dutch tuition-fee loan (DUO).

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