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If you are enrolled as a student in university, HBO, or MBO, you can apply for student finance. Apply in time, preferably 8 weeks before your student finance is due to start, so you don’t miss out on any money.
- 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.
You can also use this tool (in Dutch) to calculate the amount you are entitled to. How can I apply for studiefinanciering? The application is done online via the DUO portal. You’ll need: A DigiD (if you don’t have one, you can apply online and receive it in under a week; our page shows you how)
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.
All students in the Netherlands who are going to study full-time at an officially recognized study program (not a private education or course organization) can borrow money from DUO to study. You can apply for a student loan from DUO.
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.
