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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
* The basic grant for students living away from home is...
- 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
Digid app. With DigiD you can also log in outside the...
- 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. ⇒ Further education after secondary school (high school): according to level: mbo (ROC), hbo (HAN University of Applied Sciences) or university (Radboud University).
Basic grant reinstated in higher education. The basic grant has been reinstated in higher education (HBO and university) from 1 September 2023. The basic grant is a performance-related grant and will remain a grant if you obtain your degree within 10 years. More information.
The Dutch education system is complicated enough as it is. Already international students do not understand whether to go to HBO or uni. But also, internationally seen, a WO bachelor's/master's degree comes with certain expectations, namely, that you had some form of classical research courses.
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.
