De-enrolment & leaving UT

Upon departure, you must arrange your de-enrolment at the UT in Studielink (not applicable for exchange students). If your de-enrolment is not arranged in time, you will continue to be charged tuition fees!

De-enrolment after graduation

If you want to de-enrol immediately after graduation, submit your request in the month of graduation. Your de-enrolment will be effective from the first day of the next month. So, if you request de-enrolment on 1 September, you will be de-enrolled on 1 October. De-enrolment requests in June, July, and August will not be accepted. Your enrolment will end legally from 1 September of the next academic year. Graduating does not mean that your enrolment at UT will also terminate. You need to de-enrol via Studielink. De-enrolment cannot be backdated, so plan accordingly.

If you are leaving the Netherlands, do not forget to de-register at the municipality where you are registered.

Tuition fee refund

If you request de-enrolment in June, July, or August, you will not receive a tuition fee refund for those months. If you de-enrol on 1 December or 1 February and you chose to pay in instalments, a small amount of tuition fee might still be due, as instalments cover specific periods. Check our website for more refund details. 

If you are a pre-master's student you cannot come back to complete this pre-master's after de-enrolment. Check our website for more information on pre-master regulations. You also have no right to a refund in case you terminate your enrolment prematurely.

BSA, de-enrolment, and DUO

Are you considering quitting your bachelor's programme? If you started a programme for the first time this year and are unsure about continuing, you have the following options:

• De-enrolment before 1 February
• De-enrolment between 1 February and 1 March
• No de-enrolment before 1 March

In all cases, take into account DUO's 'first-year rule' and make sure to stop your DUO student products in time, before 1 February. For more information, please visit the BSA webpage.

Continuing your studies

You can start a master's after your Bachelor's in the month after completing your Bachelor's. For example, if you finalise your Bachelor's in April, you can start your Master's programme on 1 May. This is not possible in June and July. The exception is the Master's in Psychology. You can only start the Master's in Psychology in September or February.

Payment of your tuition fee has been arranged before the start of the academic year and covers the entire academic year. This means that when you transfer from your Bachelor's to your Master's throughout the academic year, your tuition fee payment has already been arranged. 

When you transfer from your Pre-master's to a master's programme, you might have to pay an additional amount. This depends on how many ECs are included in your Pre-master's. 

After de-enrolment

After de-enrolment, your student account and email will be withdrawn at the end of the de-enrolment month. For example, if you de-enrol on 1 December, your account will be closed on 30 December. Save any important information from your email account before it expires. This also means that you are no longer entitled to use UT ICT facilities, including your mailbox and documents. This is also to protect your privacy. You will receive an email notification.

STUDy FINANCE

Once de-enrolled, you are no longer entitled to student grants from DUO. This applies to the lending right, the right to public transport and possibly a supplementary grant. Remember to sign off for student finance via MyDUO. Any outstanding debts from receiving student finance without being registered will need to be repaid. See more information here about the refund of tuition fees on de-enrolment.

When you graduate and we cancel your residence permit, the IND grants up to a maximum of three months stay if your residence permit is still valid, or until your permit expires if it is less than three months. This rule is only applicable for students who have completed their study. If this is not the case and you de-enrol for other reasons, you need to leave immediately since the residence permit is for study purposes only.

After the expiration of your residence permit you are no longer allowed to stay in the Netherlands.

If - upon completing your studies - you wish to seek employment within the Netherlands you can apply for a new residence permit for a maximum duration of one year.

International students are allowed to spend a period of up to twelve months in the Netherlands ( ‘zoekjaar’ or ‘search year’) to find a job as a highly skilled migrant ('kennismigrant') after graduation. During this period you have free access to the Dutch labour market.

Read more about the search year

If you were covered by AON's ICS Complete during your study, you can switch to ICS Complete non-student during your search year. You can apply for this yourself. As soon as you find a job, you will need to switch to a Basic Healthcare Insurance.

If you are leaving the Netherlands, or if you are moving to another Dutch city, you must de-register at the GBA (Municipal Register of Enschede). To be de-registered from the municipal register, complete the online form Report your Move on the Gemeente Enschede website. You may register an international address if you still want to be contactable for certain organisations. When you leave the Netherlands you will retain your BSN, and the number will stay the same all your life. Once you return to the Netherlands, you can register again using your DigiD.

Inform your bank of your departure and close your bank account. When moving to another city in the Netherlands, make sure you inform the bank of your new address. In case you are leaving the Netherlands temporarily, it is recommended to maintain your bankaccount.

If you applied for your insurance, please cancel it yourself. If your insurance also covers travel, it is wise to have your home country's arrival date as your insurance's end date. Be sure to file your insurance claims in time and keep your Dutch bank account open until the end of your stay.

Cancel your subscription to clubs, societies, and magazines. If you move to another address in the Netherlands, make sure to inform them of your new address.

Do not forget to return any books you may have borrowed from the UT or public library.