FAQ Money Matters

If you are a national of an EU/EEA country you are likely to pay the so-called ‘statutory tuition fee’. This fee is determined and subsidized by the Dutch government. The statutory tuition fee applies to most / but not all EU/EEA countries and/or master’s programmes (also see ‘Institutional tuition fee’).

Check our tuition fee page for more information.

What are the tuition fees when I take longer to finish my studies?

You are required to pay tuition fees for the duration of your enrolment. This means that if you take longer to graduate (i.e. it takes you 3 years instead of 2 years to complete your study programme), you will be required to pay an additional amount of tuition fee. The amount will be calculated based on the duration of your enrolment at UT.

There are several ways in which you can pay the tuition and exam fees. Check our website for more information on the different payment methods.

• Payment by (digital) authorisation in five instalments
• Payment by (digital) authorisation in one instalment
• Single transfer
• Exemption through certification tuition fees paid

Changing your payment method

To change your payment method, go to Studielink and arrange your payment changes.

You may be eligible for transitional institutional fees if you meet certain conditions. Check below to see if you qualify.

If you wish to change your bank account number, please go to Studielink.

Bachelor's

In The Netherlands, when you already obtained a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, a doctoral degree or engineering degree, you pay the institutional rate for the second bachelor's degree. There is one exception to this rule: if you start a second programme during your first.

The law makes an exception to this rule for students who have started a second programme before completing their first, and who follow this second programme continuously. You thus need to have started your second programme while following the first programme. If you continue to follow a second study that started during a first study, you are exempt from tuition fees for your second study during your registration for the first study. After disenrolment from your first study, you pay the statutory tuition fee for your second (continuous) study if you also meet the applicable requirements.

Master's

The statutional fee only applies to a first master programme. If you have obtained a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, a doctoral, or an engineering degree in the Netherlands, you pay the institutional fee for the second master's programme. There are two exceptions to this rule:

Tuition fees for Pre-master's students

There is no fixed tuition fee for a pre-master's programme at UT, since the length and study load of a pre-master's may vary per student. Programmes can vary from 15 to 60 EC. To follow a pre-master's you have to pay an amount per EC. The total amount is based on the number of ECs from your pre-master's.

• The amount per EC is set at €42.17 for the academic year of 2024-2025.
• The amount per EC is set at €43.35 for the academic year 2025-2026.

Two examples (2025-2026)

Your pre-master's is 30 EC: you will pay € 43,35 x 30 EC = € 1.300,50
Your pre-master's is 45 EC: you will pay € 43,35 x 45 EC = € 1.950,75

You will not receive a confirmation from us after you have transferred the tuition fees. There may be several situations applicable.

When you log in to your Studielink account you can see your current status: 

1. If your status says “registered” then your authorization or payment has been received in good order. This is your confirmation, you will not receive another one from us.
2. If your status is not yet "registered" and you have opt to pay by direct debit there is a chance that you have not yet confirmed the direct debit in Studielink. Please go to Studielink and confirm your direct debit authorisation. 
3. If your status is not yet "registered" and you transferred the fee yourself:
   1. chances are that we have received your payment, but you are still in our registration process and your registration has not yet been fully processed by our employees. Your payment is not yet linked, this will happen as soon as we complete your registration.
   2. and we have completed your registration, but the tuition fees are not received, there is a shortage of tuition fees, or we cannot link the tuition fees due to missing name or student number whith the transfer; you are not yet fully registered and you will receive a reminder to pay us. When you do we ask you to contact Student Services when you have already completed the payment. We can then see why the payment is not yet linked.

No, you only pay the tuition fee for one programme. You pay for the programme which charges the highest amount. If, for instance, you want to do a bachelor's along with your pre-master's then you pay for the bachelor's. If you want to do two masters at once, then you pay the tuition fee for one master's.

If we are unable to withdraw (an instalment of) your tuition fee, we will send you a reminder. Regardless whether you yourself pay or another person does this for you. You have two weeks to arrange payment, if we have not received the tuition fee after this time period there will be consequences for your enrolment.

Notice of default

In case we do not receive any payment from you after our reminder, we will send you a notice of default. Regardless of whether you or another person pays. We will then allow a few days to transfer the tuition fee to us still for you to transfer the money immediately upon receipt of the default of notice. If we do not receive the tuition fee at all then you will be disenrolled and the invoice due will be sent to a summoner.