ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme

The Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation is pleased to announce the offer of partial scholarships to a limited number of applicants with a very good academic track record. These academic scholarships are designed for students exhibiting as a high-skilled geospatial professional.

What is expected of you?

ITC expects applicants to score an average mark for the ITC study programme that falls in the 10% highest mark range obtained by their regular students. As such, only academically excellent applicants will be selected for the award of these scholarships.

Before the end of the first academic year, a progress appraisal will be made to determine if the candidate is making satisfactory progress and if the ITC Excellence Scholarship funding may be continued to the second year. For the continuation of the fellowship into the second academic year of the programme, the student should have obtained at least all but 7EC (study points) ie. 53 out of the available 60 EC, before the start of the second academic year.

Scholarship value

As this is a partial scholarship, admitted applicants must be able to show that additional funding for the two-year Master's programme is available to complement the funding through this scholarship (i.e. covering all remaining fees and costs, € 17,000, before the payment deadline).

FINANCIAL SUMMARY (IN EUROS)  

_{* The tuition fees for year one are € 21,700, and the estimated tuition fees for year two are € 22,250.
** 23 months}

Application deadline

• 1 February 2026
• 1 April 2026

Application requirements

Application for the ITC Excellence Scholarship programme is a procedure separate from the application for course entry at the University of Twente. Before applying for the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme, you first should apply for the:

1. Master's in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation 
2. Master's in Spatial Engineering

through our online application system to become academically accepted.

Applicants are requested to submit the (conditional) admission letter for one of the Master's at ITC.

Additional requirements

• Residing in and being a national of a country listed as eligible
• Have been (conditionally) admitted into the Master's Geo-information Science and Earth Observation or Spatial Engineering
• Having completed a Bachelor’s degree from a well-acknowledged university outside the Netherlands
• Academic performance among the top 10%
• English overall score: IELTS 6.5
• Relevant background for the intended field of study
• Not eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans
• Comply with the conditions for obtaining an entry visa in the Netherlands
• First-time enrolment at the University of Twente
• This scholarship cannot be combined with other UT/Dutch scholarship programmes (with the exception of the NL scholarship) and not with any full external scholarship funding
• When applying for the ITC Scholarship Programme the applicant confirms to be in the position of paying the costs of the own contribution before the payment deadline.
• To maintain the ITC Scholarship for the second academic year, awardees should have obtained a minimum of 53 credits points by the end of the first academic year.

Detailed deadline information

Please note that there are two application rounds.

As the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme only has limited awards available, we advise candidates in need of funding to apply for as many (external) scholarships as possible to ensure timely payment for the selected Master's programme. Applicants may also want to consider a study loan.

How to apply

First, the applicant must have applied for the Master's in Geo-information Science and Earth Observation or the Master's in Spatial Engineering through the online application system and have received an academic acceptance letter.

If subsequently, you are interested (and eligible) to apply to the ITC Excellence Scholarship Programme, you will have to submit the completed application form via the "Apply" button below.

Please note that we will not accept incomplete submitted documents.

Questions?

Contact us at esp-itc@utwente.nl. We will get back to you within five working days.