When do applications close? If you wish to enrol as an exchange student, submit your application before the given date.
Application Deadline
The application deadline is based on nationality. Check the Dutch government website whether you have an EU/EEA nationality or visa nationality.
Students with a non-EU/EEA (VISA) nationality
The dates below apply if you need a residence permit for the Netherlands / visa when you wish to live and study here. Note, that your current nationality is leading, even if you have a Dutch or European residence permit.
For example: if you have a Mexican nationality and hold a Spanish residence permit, your nationality is Mexican (not Spanish), and the deadlines below apply to you. You can check via the website of the Dutch government if you have an EEA nationality. When your nationality is not on the list, you have a non-EEA nationality.
| September intake | February intake |
Deadline nomination for partner universities to nominate students in Mobility-Online (UT student exchange system) | 15 April | 15 September |
Deadline complete application with all the required uploads (except English language test) in Mobility-Online | 1 May | 1 October |
Deadline English test results uploaded in Mobility-Online | 7 June | 31 October |
Deadline signed UT Learning Agreement by yourself and home university uploaded in Mobility-Online | 24 June | 5 November |
Deadline complete application with all the required documents for a visa in Osiris (UT student registration system) | 30 June | 15 November |
| Before arrival |
Deadline nomination for partner universities to nominate students in Mobility-Online | 3,5 months |
Deadline complete application with all the required uploads (except English language test) in Mobility-Online | 3 months |
Deadline English test results uploaded in Mobility-Online | 2,5 months |
Deadline signed UT learning agreement by your home university uploaded in Mobility-Online | 2 months |
Deadline complete application with all the required documents for a visa in Osiris | 2 months |
Students with an EU/EEA nationality
The deadline below applies if you have a nationality of one of the European Union (EU) or European Economic Areas (EEA).
| September intake | February intake |
Deadline nomination for partner universities to nominate students in Mobility-Online (UT student exchange system) | 15 April | 15 September |
Deadline complete application with all the required uploads (except English language test) in Mobility-Online | 1 June | 15 October |
Deadline English test results uploaded in Mobility-Online | 7 July | 7 December |
Deadline signed UT Learning Agreement by yourself and home university uploaded in Mobility-Online | 28 July | 15 January |
| Before arrival |
Deadline nomination for partner universities to nominate students in Mobility-Online | 3,5 months |
Deadline nomination complete application with all the required uploads (except English language test) in Mobility-Online | 3 months |
Deadline English test results uploaded in Mobility-Online | 2 months |
Deadline signed UT Learning Agreement by your home university uploaded in Mobility-Online | 2 months |