Overview Residence permit & study progress (MoMi)

At the start of the academic year, you will receive a letter which states the MoMi requirements. Each academic year there will be several moments when you'll be informed by your programme about your study progress, to be able to notice any study delay in time. You are responsible for timely informing your study adviser/Fainco about any circumstances that may cause a study delay. At the end of the academic year, the MoMi Committee will inform you about your obtained sufficient credits in that academic year. This is the final notification.

You will have to meet the MoMi requirement each academic year.

Deviating from the regular MoMi standard (50%), a preparatory year / pre-master / transition year must be completed successfully (100%) within 12 months, to be admitted to the main (master) programme. If you're not enrolled and admitted to the master programme before the end of the 12 months, the IND must be notified.

If you experience a delay - or think you will experience a delay - in the progress of your study based on personal circumstances, you must contact your Fainco (Faculty Internationalisation Coordinator) or study adviser immediately to draw up a study plan. If you are in doubt whether your circumstances are justifiable grounds for delay, you or your study adviser can always consult a student counsellor.

If there are personal circumstances, agreements will be made in writing between you and the program to ensure that timely graduation is not compromised. There will be no mention on your diploma of any matters that you discuss with a study advisor, a student counsellor or a student psychologist. 

You should do this as soon as the study delay occurs (before 1 July). This is mandatory. The student counsellor can advise you and help formulate the problem, as well as provide you with advice regarding (financial) regulations that might be applicable. You are advised to consult the student counsellor well in time.

You should do this as soon as possible (before 1 July of the current academic year). Your case will be dealt with confidentially. Please note that gathering the necessary evidence to support your application might take some time, hence it is advised to consult a student counsellor well in advance about the evidence needed (e.g. a medical certificate). The evidence that is required is stated in the application and can also be found on the website of the CPO.

A medical certificate from a Dutch doctor or BIG-registered psychologist is required.

A certificate from your midwife or gynaecologist is required.

You are advised to submit supporting statements or documents. This can be everything, like medical proof or a death certificate in case of the death of a family member. If nothing is possible, please contact cpo@utwente.nl and explain why you can't submit supporting documents.

A membership of University Council, Faculty Council, Programme Committee or board as mentioned in FOBOS Regulations, Appendix B, Basic list for allocation of activism grants. It's required to attach the MoMi Activism Form to your application.

Lodge with supporting documents/statements.

Other special circumstances are determined by the board of the institution, for example, Top-level Sports or Top-level Arts. In the case of Top-Level Sports or Top-Level Arts, recognition from UT Committee Topsports and Topculture is required.

If you have insufficient study progress without a recognized personal circumstance, you can’t continue your study at the UT. If you want to restart your programme or start another programme at the UT the next acacdemic year, you must first go to your home country. From there you can enroll for the programme next academic year (start in September). You need to supply the UT with information in time for us to start the process of obtaining a visa/residence permit. Also note that you can not re-enroll for the next three years if you are a first year Bachelor's student with a negative binding recommendation (BSA).

Deviating from the regular MoMi standard (50%), a preparatory year / pre-master's / transition year must be completed successfully (100%) within 12 months, in order to be admitted to the main (master's) programme. If you are not enrolled and admitted to the master programme before the end of the 12-month period, the IND must be notified. You can only use one preparatory period to follow the main course. If you have your bachelor's degree and want to do a master's programme, then you may use an extra period of 12 months to prepare for your master's programme.

If you enrol later on in the academic year, you must achieve 50% of the ECs that can be obtained in the remaining part of that academic year. For example: from February to September, 30 ECs can be obtained. In that situation, you must achieve a minimum of 15 ECs.

All points may be added together. In principle, all credits that are formally registered in Osiris count to meet the MoMi standard.

Also in academic years with an internship or graduation, you must obtain a sufficient amount of ECs. If you know that your ECs will be awarded too late, for example in the next academic year, you can fill in the MoMi Study Progress form which explains that you have sufficient study progress. Please note that the form also must be signed by your study advisor and supervisor or programme director.

You can do another programme within UT, as long as you meet all requirements, including the MoMi standard of study progress. You must inform UT about your switch as soon as possible.

If you study the same programme in the Netherlands and abroad, all obtained credits count. You need to have permission from your study programme to complete your studies abroad. The credits must be traceable to the programme. If you would like advice, please contact your study adviser.

The points obtained can be added together to meet the MoMi standard. The credits must be traceable to the programme.

• You can stay in the Netherlands for the duration of your study plus three months (maximum five years including preparatory year/transition year, excluding extension).
• You may work a maximum of 16 hours per week next to your study. Instead of these 16 hours you can do seasonal work in June, July and August. Your employer can apply for a TWV (employment permit) for you at UWV (Employee Insurance Agency).
• You don’t need a TWV for an internship that is relevant to your study program, but you must have signed an internship agreement with the internship company and UT.
• You must have sufficient study progress.
• You have an obligation to provide information: you need to inform UT and the IND about changes in your personal data.
• You must provide important information about your stay and about your residence permit to the IND and UT.
• You must provide correct and complete information to the IND and UT.
• You must be registered with an educational institution that is recognized as a sponsor (if you are no longer enrolled, UT must report this to the IND).
• You must pay tuition fees on time and have sufficient means of existence.
• You must have a valid passport.
• You must be insured against medical expenses in the Netherlands.
• You must be examined by the GGD (Municipal Health Services) for TBC.

In some cases, family or family members can also get a residence permit. If it is part of the study, you can go abroad (out of the Netherlands) for a maximum of 12 months without your main residence being changed. The residence permit won’t be withdrawn when you obtain sufficient credits in that academic year to meet the standard.