When all marks of all study components (including the research project) are registered in SIS, Master students can apply for their diploma (Master's certificate) by filling in the form on the following website: https://datanose.nl/#graduation

The following issues are important:

• Your personal study plan has to be approved by the Examinations Board. Please use the Study Plan Application (https://acadplan.datanose.nl/) to submit your study plan for approval.
• The report of the Master Thesis has to be uploaded in our database (see Archiving your Master Thesis).
• If you want to participate in the graduation ceremony you have to apply for your certificate before the deadline (see Graduation date).
• Please note that you must be enrolled for the Master's programme on the date of requesting the diploma. This date will be the date on the diploma.
• You can apply for your diploma by filling in the form via the website: https://datanose.nl/#graduation

In case you need a confirmation of graduation letter you can visit the DUO website (www.mijndiplomas.nl) to download a certificate. This is an official document published by DUO.

Archiving your Master Thesis is an essential part of the preparation for your graduation. Your Thesis needs to be uploaded before you can request your diploma. 

Submitting your Master Thesis

Go to the website (via the link mentiond below):

Thesis Submit Wizard

1. Log in with your UvA-netID
2. Fill in your name, discipline and the e-mail address of the UvA-supervisor (being the person who assesses the Thesis and is responsible for the final mark). This approval can only be given by a member of the scientific staff of the UvA.
3. Upload one file (PDF or Word-document) containing the complete thesis.
4. The system will generate an e-mail to the supervisor with a link which will enable the supervisor to look at and check the thesis.
5. The supervisor confirms that this is the right thesis (this means that these are the contents for which the student has obtained a final mark of at least a 6), and that the thesis may be submitted to the files. This check replaces the signature on the hard copy of the thesis.
6. In addition the supervisor indicates whether the thesis may be disclosed to the public.
7. The supervisor has to send the final mark for the research project (dated and signed) to the Education Service Centre, being the same procedure as for the result of an examination.
8. After the supervisor has followed this procedure an e-mail will be generated to the Education Service Centre, so they will be informed that the application of the certificate may be completed.
9. In case there is no reaction from the supervisor the student's application for a certificate will not be completed, and no certificate will be issued.

The system also generates an e-mail to the library, where the thesis will be filed in the archive.
If there are no objections from the supervisor and the student against publication the thesis will subsequently be disclosed.

In case a student objects to publication on the internet he/she, apart from uploading the thesis, has to send an e-mail to the Education Service Centre with the request not to publish the thesis (and the student's name); your thesis will be stored in the archive.

You can find more information about the graduation dates here

The  Examinations Board is an independent committee of which the members are appointed by the Dean of the Faculty. The Examinations Board is responsible for the quality of examinations and for the issue of degrees of the Master's programme. The Board assesses requests and complaints concerning the Education and Examinations Regulations.

The designation of ‘cum laude’ (with distinction) is added to your diploma in recognition of exceptional performance. Such an allocation by the Examinations Board is based on rules stated in the Rules and Guidelines of the Examinations Board.

When did you show exceptional performance as a student?

In order to find out whether you have shown exceptional competence as a student you need to consult the Rules and Guidelines of the Examinations Board. Here you will find the conditions for the designation of ‘cum laude’, such conditions may be: no component is marked with less than a seven (7), the result for the Master’s thesis is at least an eight (8), the weighted average of all Master’s programme components, excluding the Master’s thesis, is at least an eight (8). These conditions vary per study programme.

Article 5.2

Please take a look at article 5.2 of the Rules and Guidelines of the Examinations Board in order to find out what the specific conditions and exemptions for your study programme are.

Please note that this text is only an indication, the specific conditions and exemptions are stipulated in article 5.2 of the Rules and Guidelines of the Examinations Board