Student Finance
Full time EU/EEA students may be eligible for student finance from DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs). Eligibility depends on your nationality or residency status, your age, and your course (study programme). You must be younger than 30 on the day your student finance starts. Student finance can contribute towards the cost of your studies as well as living costs. It consists of the following:

• A basic grant
• A supplementary grant
• A student travel product
• A loan
• (optional) tuition fee loan

Basic grant
In order to be eligible for a basic grant as an EU/EER international student, you will have to work in the Netherlands for at least 32 hours per month, with an official contract. The basic grant becomes a gift if you obtain your diploma within 10 years. If you do not obtain your diploma within 10 years, you will need to repay the full amount, plus interest.

The benefit of a basic grant is that in case your parents have a low income, you might also be eligible for a supplementary grant. The supplementary grant also becomes a gift if you obtain your diploma within 10 years.

Please check the maximum amounts per month and find more information including a calculator tool on the DUO website.

Student Travel Product
The student travel product (student OV chipcard) is also part of student finance. When applying for the student travel product, you choose a weekday or a weekend subscription. Depending on your subscription, you can travel on public transport for free or at a discounted rate.

Keep in mind that the basic and supplementary grant, as well as the student travel product are only converted into a gift if you graduate within 10 years. If you fail to obtain your degree on time, you must pay back the basic, supplementary (if eligible) and student travel product.

Loan
You can also choose to take a loan from DUO on top of the basic grant and student travel product. Do keep in mind that you always must pay back the loan. For more information on borrowing from DUO click here.

Tuition fee loan
If you are studying HBO or university, you can apply for a tuition fees loan, even if you fail to meet the nationality requirements for student finance.

How to apply for a tuition fees loan, depends on whether or not you are eligible for student finance. The tuition fee loan always always be paid back to DUO. For more information click here.

EU/EEA students who are older than 30 years old when they start studying at the KABK can apply for a lifelong learning loan with DUO.

For more information, click here.

Non-EU/EEA students are expected to be able to fund their study programme by themselves. The only possible fund is the NL Scholarship, but they provide for only a very small amount of the total study and living costs for the full programme of four years.

Non-EU/EEA students could work as a freelancer or try to find a job. In case you would like to work besides the study, your employer will need to have a special Work Permit (tewerkstellingsvergunning), meaning that it might be hard to find a job. Also, due to the study load of the programmes, it turns out to be a tricky combination in practice, working, and studying at the same time.

The NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship) is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and 48 Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences.

This scholarship is only meant for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) . International students from Switzerland and Suriname cannot apply for this scholarship either.

The scholarship is € 5,000 and is awarded once (only the 1st year of study). Please note that this scholarship covers living expenses and does not cover tuition fees.

The NL Scholarship is exclusively available to new students who have not studied in a Dutch higher education institution before. Due to the limited number (five in total) of available scholarships, these scholarships will exclusively be awarded to new students of exceptionally high level.

For more information visit www.studyinnl.nl

Applications need to be submitted before the 1st of May.

Please send your application to international@kabk.nl including the following:

1. Name
2. Student number (studielink)
3. Department applying to or have been accepted
4. Motivation letter for scholarship

Please include in your motivation letter the following:
- What other funding are you applying for?
- How will you study in The Hague if you do not get the scholarship?
- What will be your contribution to the KABK learning community?

The VSB Fund awards 165 scholarships to talented students every year. Of these, the University of the Arts The Hague receives two scholarships and a reserve grant. The amount awarded ranges between €7,000 and €10,000 per scholarship. Additional costs are covered in the case that the scholarship is awarded to a student with a disability.

Students who have a Dutch nationality or can prove that they are permanent citizens of the Netherlands, are invited to apply for a VSBFonds scholarship. This scholarship is specifically meant for following a master or carrying out research abroad. One of the most important selection criteria is, “How will the Dutch society benefit from your study abroad? What are you giving back to the society?”

Application deadline is 1st of March.

For further information, please contact Aparajita Dutta, Head of International Affairs, University of the Arts The Hague.

You may be eligible for one-time financial support (max €2.500) from the Student Financial Support Fund (Profileringsfonds) of the University of the Arts The Hague in case you experience a study delay due to exceptional circumstances and are unable to complete your studies within the period for which you are eligible for a student grant or loan. You must be or have been eligible for a student grant or loan for the program in question.

Non EU/EEA students who are not entitled to a student grant or loan may, under certain conditions, receive financial support in the event of exceptional circumstances.

For more information please read:
Profiling Fund Implementing Rules

The Interfaculty School for Young Talent cares that talented students are not prevented from attending school because their parents cannot afford the tuition. There are funds and institutions that can provide financial aid to help defray the cost of their education.

For more information and eligibility criteria please see: School voor Jong Talent > Practical Matters > Funding