Tuition fees

Annual tuition fees of

1.771 Euro (Tuition fees for 2012/2013)

have to be paid in the Netherlands. This applies for Dutch as well as foreign students who come to the Netherlands to study. These fees can be paid in a single lump sum or in instalments. All those, who are older than 29 have to pay so called Instellingencollegegeld. The amount is from university to university different.

One possibility of financing the tuition fees is a Collegegeldkrediet. The students who shall pay the fees of 1.771 € can loan this completely in a form of a credit. This has to be paid back in instalments at the end of their study. The sum is mostly greater than the national tuition fee.

The whole credit will be paid to the students in month instalments. An application for the Collegegeldkrediet has to be made anew every year. Direct application to IB Group: www.ib-group.nl.


Students who are supposed to pay higher fees (e.g.: special english-speaking study programmes, master study programmes or when a student is older than 30 years of age), can thus loan even till fivefold of the annual tuition fees. For the 2012/2013 it would be max. 5 x 1.771,- € = 8.855,- € /year.


For all those, who have started their study before 2007/2008, can the tuition fees under some circumstances be reimbursed (so called Cohortgarantie).

These conditions apply for students who:
- have so far applied for continuous reimbursement,
- are citizens of the EU,
- are not older than 30 years of age,
- have a bank account in the Netherlands,
- do are not financialy supported by the Netherlands.

Therefore, studying in the Netherlands is often less expensive than private or other Euroepan colleges!

Application must be made to Informatie-Beheer-Group (IB-Groep) in Groningen on order to recieve reimbursement.

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