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With a DigiD you can access online services offered by all Dutch government organisations. You will receive an activation code by letter within 3 working days of your application. Log in to Mijn DUO to apply for student finance.
- Student Travel Product
Applying for HBO or university If you are studying at HBO or...
- Eligibility
If you are studying at MBO (secondary vocational education),...
- Tuition Fees Loan
You are enrolled in a full-time or dual course in higher...
- Borrowing
A supplementary grant becomes a gift if you graduate within...
- Amounts
If you are taking a programme that lasts 4 years or less,...
- Additional Earnings
Additional earnings. From 2020 your income has no effect on...
- Overview
Student finance consists of different components, such as...
- Logging in to Mijn DUO
To log in with your DigiD, your device needs to run on at...
- Student Travel Product
Student finance consists of different components, such as the basic grant, the supplementary grant, the student travel product, the interest bearing loan and the tuition fees loan (for HBO and university only).
The basic grant is a gift if you are in MBO level 1 (‘entrée-opleiding’) or 2. For MBO level 3 or 4, HBO, and university programmes, the basic grant is a ‘performance grant’. This means the basic grant becomes a gift if you obtain your diploma within 10 years.
The Dutch educational system in divided in 2 ways. ⇒ According to age: – Elementary school (till the age of 12) – Secondary school (high school), from the age of 12 to 16, 17 or 18. ⇒ Further education after secondary school (high school): according to level: mbo (ROC), hbo (HAN University of Applied Sciences) or university (Radboud University).
As far as I know, in most European countries a HBO is recognized as a official higher education institution diploma. For example, Germany has a equivalent named fachhochschule, and in Spain some polythechnic universities are also equal to a HBO diploma.
Student finance for students in MBO, HBO and university is funded by the Dutch government. Some components of student finance are grants, others are loans that you have to repay.
HBO institutions receive funding from a variety of sources, including government grants, tuition fees and revenues from contracts with third parties (primarily to provide education). Nearly 92% of the total government grant is paid as a block grant that the institution may spend as it sees fit on personnel, material and housing costs.
