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:

 2024-20252025-2026
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:

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.