Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (DUO) is, among other things, responsible for the distribution of Dutch student grants.
DUO can provide financial support to international students as well, through grants or loans.
Scholarship value
- Loan
- Supplementary grant (depending on parental income)
- Student travel product
- Tuition fees (loan)
Please note: You always have to pay back the loan. The student travel product and supplementary grant are converted into a gift if you graduate within 10 years. Otherwise you will have to repay them as well.
Spatial context is relevant to challenges in all kinds of fields. In this joint degree, you will deepen your knowledge of cartography and geovisualisation at four different universities.
Contribute to solving some of the world's most pressing challenges by mastering the acquisition, analysis, and processing of geo-information data.
Learn how to use advanced geospatial data and modern technology to find solutions to challenges in urban planning, agriculture, and natural ecosystems.
Want to study geo-information management in a flexible programme? In this joint degree by four Dutch top universities, you will use spatial data and analysis to solve real-world challenges.
Want to study geo-information management in a flexible programme? In this joint degree by four top Dutch universities, you will use spatial data and analysis to solve real-world challenges.
Natural disasters, poverty, food shortages, epidemics, and climate change: learn to tackle society’s complex challenges through urban design, urban planning, socio-economics insight and spatial data.
Countries eligible for this scholarship
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Application requirements
You must:
- have been living in the Netherlands for 5 consecutive years or more. Or if you (or your non-Dutch parent or partner) are working in the Netherlands for at least 56 hours per month.
- Do you not have the nationality of an EU/EEA-country or Switzerland? Then you still qualify for student finance if you have a residence permit type II, III or IV. Check the Nationality chart for more information.
- be under the age of 30 when you apply
- registered in full-time or dual education for an accredited course at a funded or recognized institute of higher education or university. Take a course in the Netherlands that qualifies for an allowance or a grant.
- have a citizen service number (in Dutch: burgerservicenummer) in the Netherlands
- have a bank account, other than a savings account, in the Netherlands
Please note: Exchange students are not eligible for a tuition grant.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
At least one month before first payment.