In academic year 2025–2026, it is not necessary to leave your free elective open in order to go on exchange.
Students that will go on exchange have the choice to either:
1. Leave one free elective (6 EC) open and complete this course abroad at the partner school (minimum of 20 EC in total)*, or
2. Fully complete the MSc programme before the exchange. In this case, the RSM Exchange Office will request a “postponement of active degree issuance” from the Examination Board, so that your studies remain formally open while you go on exchange.
As the Exchange Office will normally confirm your acceptance to the master exchange programme after the elective registration rounds, we strongly advise that you proceed with both the Master Programme Electives round and the Open Elective round of the elective registration anyway in order to be allocated three electives.
Note: Starting from academic year 2026–2027, students would need to have fully completed their Master's programme before going on exchange.