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To graduate cum laude, your child must get many high grades. What does cum laude mean? What does your child get from it? What are the requirements? And when does your child graduate cum laude for vmbo, havo, or vwo? Learn everything about graduating cum laude.

When can your child graduate cum laude for vwo?

To graduate cum laude for vwo, your child must meet the following requirements:

• The average final grades are 8 or higher without rounding. This includes the following subjects: the common subjects of the profile, the subjects in the profile part, the subject from the free part with the highest grade, and the combination grade.
• No final grade is lower than 7.
• For subjects without a grade, no insufficient result.

When can your child graduate cum laude for havo?

To graduate cum laude for havo, your child must meet the following requirements:

• The average final grades are 8 or higher without rounding. This includes the following subjects: the common subjects of the profile, the subjects in the profile part, the subject from the free part with the highest grade, and the combination grade.
• No final grade is lower than 6.
• For subjects without a grade, no insufficient result.

When can your child graduate cum laude for vmbo-tl?

To graduate cum laude for the vmbo theoretical learning path, your child must meet the following requirements:

• The average final grades are 8 or higher without rounding. This includes the following subjects: Dutch, English, social studies, the subjects of the sector part, and the subject from the free part with the highest grade.
• No final grade is lower than 6.
• For subjects without a grade, no insufficient result.

When can your child graduate cum laude for vmbo-gl?

To graduate cum laude for the vmbo mixed learning path, your child must meet the following requirements:

• The average final grades are 8 or higher without rounding. This includes the following subjects: Dutch, English, social studies, the subjects of the sector part, and the general subject from the free part or the combination grade.
• No final grade is lower than 6.
• For subjects without a grade, no insufficient result.

When can your child graduate cum laude for vmbo-bb and vmbo-kb?

To graduate cum laude for vmbo basic vocational or vmbo framework learning paths, your child must meet the following requirements:

• The average final grades are 8 or higher without rounding. This includes the following subjects: the two general subjects from the profile part, the profile subject, and the combination grade (the average final grade of the vocational choice subjects).
• No final grade is lower than 6.
• For subjects without a grade, no insufficient result.

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