Coronavirus - international admissions

Information about the application procedure can be found here. If you have any specific questions about your application process, please contact admissionsoffice@uu.nl.

Non-EU/EEA students have until 15 June 2023 (it is not possible to extend this deadline due to visa regulations), and EU/EEA students until 31 August 2023, to send us sufficient test results. As test centers have reopened in many locations, we remain hopeful that it will be possible to take the necessary exams in time.

We do accept TOEFL iBT Home Edition. When applying, please make sure to upload the official score report. If you have been conditionally admitted, you can send the report to admissiondocuments@uu.nl.

Our goal is to minimize study delay as much as possible for all our admitted students. If you are unable to travel to Utrecht due to travel or other restrictions, please contact the programme coordinator in your faculty to explore your options.

You may also consider deferring your application to the next available start date of your programme. Please contact the coordinator of your programme to learn about possibilities for deferral.

It is also possible to cancel your application completely. You can do this even if you have previously accepted the offer of admission in OSIRIS Online Application. Make sure that you cancel your application in Studielink before 31 August 2023 (Bachelor’s) or 1 September 2023 (Master’s). If you authorized a direct debit collection of the tuition fee, this will then also be cancelled automatically. In case you have already paid the tuition fees, we will refund this amount fully (provided you cancelled before 31 August 2023).

Please note that the application fee is non-refundable. However, if you defer your current application or submit a new one for the next academic year, you will not have to pay this fee again.

If you have any specific questions about your visa/residence application process, that are not answered on this website, please contact visa@uu.nl.

At this moment, education is held on campus, and the expectation is that it will stay on location.

No, this is not mandatory. However, do take notice of the rules and requirements set up by the RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment). For current rules please see this checklist for travel to the Netherlands. The Dutch Government also provides this 2 minute check your trip survey to help you prepare. 

On the page about Health, safety and quarantine (for students) you will find information about whether you should go into quarantine after arriving in the Netherlands, how you can support someone in quarantine or if you can attend classes when you are in quarantine. You will also find information about the implementation of the coronavirus vaccination.