Assessment of Applications (Review Process)

All eligible applications to MARIHE will be reviewed by members of the MARIHE Consortium. In the first step, the reviewers will assess:

• The applicant’s academic quality, judged primarily from the results of prior university studies.
• The applicant’s motivation and justification of the application in relation to prior studies, work experience (if applicable) and future career plans towards the aims of MARIHE, judged from the letter of motivation in combination with CV and the two letters of recommendation.
• The applicant’s personal skills, judged from the results of prior studies and the letters of recommendation.

The three review criteria will be weighed as follows:

• Academic quality = 40% (points are doubled)
• Motivation and justification = 40% (points are doubled)
• Personal skills = 20%

The scores from the first round of the review will be used to form a ranked shortlist. Based on this list, applicants will be asked to submit a further application document within 10 days of notice as a second step. If the applicant fails to submit the document, his/her application will be rejected due to formal reasons.

The document from the second step will be assessed as follows:

• The applicant’s motivation
• The applicant’s communication and presentation skills

This review criterium will be weighed as follows:

• The score from the first round = 90%
• The score from the second round = 10% (5% for each criterium)

The overall scores from both the first and the second round of review will form a ranked list of applications which will be used for student selection by the MARIHE Admission Board. In the event that two or more applications on this ranked list show the same score, the Admission Board will decide on their ranking.

(This information is valid for student intakes 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028.)