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If you are enrolled as a student in university, higher vocational education, or secondary vocational education, you can apply for student finance. You must be a Dutch national or have the same rights. This means non-Dutch can also apply for student finance.
- Apply
Applying for past months. You can still get student finance...
- 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
After your education, the interest rate is fixed for 5 years...
- Amounts
* The basic grant for students living away from home is...
- Additional Earnings
Additional earnings. From 2020 your income has no effect on...
- Student Finance
For MBO 1 and 2, the basic grant, supplementary grant and...
- Student Travel Product
If you are studying at MBO 3 or 4, HBO, or university, then...
- Apply
Applying for past months. You can still get student finance for past months, up to the start of the current academic year (1 August for MBO, 1 September for HBO or university). This is called applying retroactively. You cannot apply for a student travel product for past months.
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. If you do not obtain your diploma within 10 years, you will need to repay the full amount, plus interest.
Higher vocational education (HBO) The 43 HBO institutions in the Netherlands together offer 200 programmes in a wide range of disciplines. They provide theoretical and practical training for occupations for which a higher vocational qualification is either required or useful.
The programme includes three different grants: the ‘Teaching Fellow’, ‘Senior Fellow’ and ‘Leadership Fellow’ grants. The grants enable education professionals to put their ideas for educational innovation into practice. Which grant you can apply for depends on your experience.
14 lip 2023 · Students who start their course in the 2022/2023 year will fall under the loan system for one more year and will receive a one-off compensatory payment of €359. Introducing the basic grant is a key priority for the Education Executive Agency (DUO).
27 lis 2023 · Last update: 27 November 2023. Funding of teaching at universities and HBO institutions. Research funding for universities and HBO institutions. Government funding for university medical centres. Financial Autonomy and Control. Fees within Public Higher Education. Tuition fee amounts. Financial Support for Learners' Families. Private Education.
