Overview tuition fees

Tuition fees per academic year

Type 1: Statutory Tuition fee

The statutory fee is lower than the institutional fee. If you are a national of an EEA country you are most likely to pay the so-called 'statutory' tuition fee, which is determind and subsidized by the Dutch government. Read more about the statutory tuition fee requirements, because the fee does not apply to all EEA students. When you are a premaster student, please have a look at the special premaster fees. 

Intake moment September

Intake moment February

When you start from February you have to pay for the period 1 February till 31 August

halving tuition fee for first year (Bachelor) students

In the first half of 2018 the Dutch government proposed a bill to introduce halving of tuition fee. The proposal has led to reduced rates per academic year 2018/2019 for freshmen Bachelor students. Check here to see if the halving of the tuition fees applies to you, which conditions you should meet and what the tuition fee will be.

Type 2: Institutional tuition fee

If you do not meet the requirements for the statutory tuition fee, you have to pay the institutional tuition fee.

Intake moment February

When you start from February you have to pay for the period 1 February till 31 August

*Transitional arrangement for increased institutional rates per 2019-2020

Per the academic year of 2019-2020, the institutional rates will increase once more, in addition to the annual regular increase. University of Twente wants to meet students who have started a Bachelor's or master's programme before the study year of 2019-2020. A transitional arrangement has been set up for this purpose. Conditions to be met in order to qualify for the transitional arrangement and the corresponding tuition rates for upcoming study years can be found here.

Explanation regarding the level of the institutional tuition fees

In accordance with changed legislation as of 1 September 2010, students who wish to gain a second degree at the same level as their first one no longer qualify for statutory tuition fees. The Dutch government will fund one Bachelor’s degree and one Master’s degree per student.

Due to the fact that no government funding is available for a second degree at the same level, the institutional tuition fees are set to cover the real costs. For non- technical studies, the fee is lower than for technical studies. This is because studies in the domains of science technology and engineering make more use of expensive research facilities (e.g. labs).

The Executive Board of the University presents the institutional tuition fee rates to the University Council for advice on an annual basis. The institutional tuition fees are adjusted annually based on inflation rates.

programme in the field of education at the level of statutory fee

From the academic year of 2019-2020, each programme in the fiel of Education within the UT shall be entitled to the institutional rate at the level of the statutory fee, irrespective of the number of degrees previously obtained. Provided that the student meets the conditions for the statutory rate as mentioned in our Enrolment regulations.

Pre-master tuition fee

Premaster amount per EC

To follow a premaster programme you have to pay an amount per EC.
Academic year: 2018-2019    Amount per EC: €34.34
Academic year: 2019-2020    Amount per EC: €34.72

The total amount you have to pay depends on the number of EC’s from your premaster programme

Exemption tuition fee: (proof of payment tuition fee)

• If you are enrolled as a student at another Dutch university and have paid the statutory fee, a certificate of payment of tuition fees (BBC) will be accepted when registering at the University of Twente. As a student, you will be asked to provide an original proof of payment of tuition fee (BBC) with your (re-)enrolment in good time.
• If you are a student at another Dutch university and have paid the institutional fee, you cannot be registered as a student with a proof of tuition fees (BBC). As a student you have to pay tuition fees at the University of Twente.

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