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For higher professional education (HBO) or university, use the Application student finance higher education form. For secondary vocational education (MBO), use the Application student finance MBO form.
- Student Travel Product
You are eligible for a student travel product if you are...
- 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...
- Overview
Student finance consists of different components, such as...
- Logging in to Mijn DUO
Is it not possible for you to log in to Mijn DUO? Then use a...
- Student Travel Product
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.
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).
Then you will not need to apply for student finance again: Add your new degree programme outside of the Netherlands by going to Mijn DUO and choosing the tab ‘Mijn studies en diploma’s’. Apply for your public transport allowance using the ‘Wijzigingen student hoger onderwijs buitenland’ form.
In principle, you can apply for studiefinanciering if you are enrolled in university, higher professional education (HBO), or secondary vocational education (MBO). What doe s studiefinanciering contain?
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.
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.