Summary
Describes the process for granting permission for students to graduate in the master's degree programme.

The process for granting permission to graduation has 3 facets, which interact and require a smooth process.

1. The lead time required for the student to find a graduation company and final assignment;
2. The requirement that the student must have completed all educational activities -except graduation-, which can only be finally determined relatively late;
3. Not burdening companies with applicants for final assignments that end up not coming.

For many students, the time when it can be definitively determined whether all education (excluding graduation) has been completed is so close to the time when graduation may actually be started that finding a final assignment without study delay is practically impracticable.â Therefore, we allow students to start acquiring a final assignment earlier, estimating for themselves whether they will meet the requirements in due course. Students should indicate to a company when applying themselves that it is not yet final that they will actually be allowed to graduate.

1. The first semester has been completed (30 credits obtained);
2. The student has an assignment approved by Fontys ICT and the graduation company.

The student may start preparing for graduation if he is expected to pass the first semester (reference date: week 10 of the first semester).

• Reference date: week 1 of each moment when graduation can be started;
• Student may graduate if the starting conditions are met.