Transitional arrangement institutional rate 2026-2027

Transitional arrangement for the bachelor programmes

With effect from the academic year of 2026-2027, new institutional rates will be set for the Bachelor’s programmes. The University of Twente wants to compensate students who have started a Bachelor’s programme in or before the academic year 2025-2026 or their preparatory year with the Twente Pathway College in 2025-2026. A transitional arrangement has been set up for this purpose. The transitional arrangement implies that the students who have already started their programme in or before the study year 2025-2026 will pay the old rate with a regular annual increase of €250.

Students are entitled to the transition rate if they started their Bachelor’s programme in  or before academic year 2025-2026. Students who have started a TPC preparatory year in 2025-2026 are entitles to the transition rate as well.
The transitional arrangement applies for the nominal study duration, up to and including academic year 2028-2029. After the nominal study duration, in case of any delay, the renewed rate applies.

A student is not entitled to the transition rate if:

Institutional tuition fee rates bachelor programmes

Do you meet the conditions for the transition rates, then the institutional rates are as follows for the coming years:


2025-2026

2026-2027

2027-2028

2028-2029*

Higher institutional rate - enrolment bachelor's

€ 13.000

€ 13.250

€ 13.500

€ 13.750

Lower institutional rate - enrolment bachelor's

€ 9.750

€ 10.000

€ 10.250

€ 10.500

  • The transition rate for this year is only applicable to students enrolled in the preparatory year with Twente Pathway College in 2025-2026 who are enrolled in Bachelor’s programme from 2026-2027 onwards.

  • Lower rate programmes

    • Communication Science
    • International Business Administration
    • Psychology
    • Public Administration

    Higher rate programmes

    • Advanced Technology
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Applied Physics
    • Biomedical Technology 
    • Business Information Technology
    • Chemical Science & Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Creative Technology
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Health Sciences
    • Industrial Design Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering & Management
    • Mechanical Engineering 
    • Technical Computer Science
    • Technical Medicine

Transitional arrangement for the master programmes

With effect from the academic year of 2026-2027, new institutional rates will be set for the Master’s programmes. The University of Twente wants to compensate students who have started a Master’s or Premaster’s programme in the academic year 2025-2026. A transitional arrangement has been set up for this purpose. The transitional arrangement implies that the students who have already started their programme in the study year 2025-2026 will pay the old rate with a regular annual increase of €250.

Students are entitled to the transition rate if they started their Master’s or their Premaster's programme in academic year 2025-2026. For students who started before 2025-2026 the ‘Transitional arrangement for the increase of the institutional rate 2025-2026’ remains in effect.
The transitional arrangement applies for the nominal study duration, up to and including academic year 2028-2029. After the nominal study duration, in case of any delay, the renewed rate applies.

A student is not entitled to the transition rate if:

Institutional tuition fee rates master programmes

Do you meet the conditions for the transition rates, then the institutional rates are as follows for the coming years:


2025-2026

2026-2027

2027-2028

2028-2029

Higher institutional rate - enrolment master's

€ 18.900

€ 19.150

€ 19.400

€ 19.650**

Lower institutional rate - enrolment master's

€ 15.800

€ 16.050

€ 16.300***

n.a.*****

  • ** The transition rate for this year is only applicable to students enrolled in a Premaster’s programme in 2025-2026 who are enrolled in a 3-year higher institutional rate Master’s programme from 2026-2027 onwards.

    *** The transition rate for this year is only applicable to students enrolled in a Premaster’s programme in 2025-2026 who are enrolled in a 2-year lower institutional rate Master’s programme from 2026-2027 onwards.

    ****  There are no lower institutional rate programmes that last three years, and therefore a transition rate is not applicable for acacemic year 2028-2029 anymore.

  • Lower rate programmes

    • Business Administration
    • Communication Science
    • Environmental & Energy Management
    • Educational Science & Technology
    • European Studies
    • Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society
    • Psychology
    • Public Administration

    Higher rate programmes

    • Applied Mathematics
    • Applied Physics
    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Business Information Technology
    • Chemical Science & Engineering
    • Civil Engineering & Management
    • Computer Science
    • Construction Management & Engineering
    • Electrical Engineering
    • Embedded Systems 
    • Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanitarian Engineering
    • Industrial Design Engineering
    • Industrial Engineering & Management
    • Interaction Technology
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Nanotechnology
    • Robotics
    • Science Education
    • Spatial Engineering
    • Sustainable Energy Technology
    • Systems and Control
    • Technical Medicine
    • Water Technology
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