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In the Netherlands, there are two types of tuition fee: the statutory tuition fee and the institutional tuition fee. Depending on your situation, one of the two fees applies to you:

Please note that as a non-EU/EEA student, you are eligible for the statutory fee if you:

• receive a  grant (for refugee students in the Netherlands), or if you
• meet the nationality requirement for a government study grant from .

Exceptions

There are a several situations in which the required tuition fee differs from the fees above:

• If you applied to University College Utrecht,  or Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
• If you have enrolled for only part of the academic year. Contact Student Services for more information.
• If you have already paid the statutory tuition fee to another higher education institution in the Netherlands for the same academic year, you may be eligible for a reduction of the tuition fee at Utrecht University. Contact Student Services for more information.
• Students facing exceptionally distressing circumstances who are unable to pay the institutional tuition fee, may apply for a ‘waiver’. If granted, you will only be required to pay the statutory tuition fee. Distressing circumstances include, among others, students coming from conflict and war zones, such as those with Ukrainian nationality. A waiver can be requested via . The decision on whether a waiver is granted is made by the dean of the respective faculty. A waiver for the academic year 2025-2026 can be requested up to and including May 1st 2025. Please note that students from war and conflict zones may also be eligible for support from the (UAF), which can help cover tuition fees.

Students with a Dutch degree

Utrecht University is required to determine the tuition fees for students who have already obtained a degree from a government-funded Dutch university or university of applied sciences (hogeschool) after 1 September 1991. This means that if you have already obtained a bachelor’s degree or a similar degree from a Dutch higher education institution after 1 September 1991*, and you wish to enrol in a second bachelor’s programme, you must pay the institutional tuition fee for bachelor’s programmes. . As an EU/EEA, Surinamese or Swiss student, you must pay the EU/EEA institutional fee. As a non-EU/EEA student, you must pay the non-EU/EEA institutional fee. 

Exceptions

There is an exception for degrees in the fields of education and health: a first degree in one of these fields may result in eligibility for the statutory tuition fee, even if it is the student’s second degree. Contact Student Services/the International Office for more information.

A special allowance has been made for students who started or will start their second programme before finishing their first programme.