Tuition fees
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:
| 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Full time EU/EEA, Surinamese or Swiss students (statutory tuition fee) | € 2530 | € 2601 |
| Part time EU/EEA, Surinamese or Swiss students (statutory tuition fee) | € 2248 | € 2311 |
| Non-EU/EEA students (institutional tuition fee)* | More information Institutional Fees Bachelors (pdf) | More information Institutional Fees Bachelors (pdf) |
Please note that as a non-EU/EEA student, you are eligible for the statutory fee if you:
- receive a UAF grant (for refugee students in the Netherlands), or if you
- meet the nationality requirement for a government study grant from DUO.
Exceptions
There are a several situations in which the required tuition fee differs from the fees above:
- If you applied to University College Utrecht, University College Roosevelt 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 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. Summary of Institutional Fees for Bachelor’s Programmes 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 (pdf, 82 kB). 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.