Contribution to tuition fees

If you received a contribution to your tuition fees in the 2012-2013 academic year, you continue to be entitled to this contribution every year as long as you continue to apply for it and receive it. As a student in higher education, you receive a sum of a maximum of € 1,147.32 for the 2011-2012 academic year. This sum is equal to twelve times a basic grant (without travel contribution and supplements) for a student in higher education living at home in accordance with the norm of September 2012 (€ 95.61). In principle you can apply for this contribution to tuition fees for a maximum of seven years.

Age

If you reach the age of 30 during your course, you may still be eligible for a contribution. In that case you must comply with a number of conditions:                                     
  • you must have started on a course in the Netherlands before the age of 30 
  • you must have received a contribution to tuition fees or study funding for that course before the age of 30
  • you must apply for and receive a contribution every year
  • you must not interrupt the course in the Netherlands.           

Applications

In order to apply for a contribution to tuition fees, you must complete the form Application for a contribution to tuition fees for students from EU/EEA countries and send it to DUO together with the documents requested. If your address has not changed since the last application, you will be sent the form at home. If you have not received the form, telephone DUO: +31 (0)50 599 77 55. 

Make the application in time. Do you want a contribution to tuition fees as from September 1st 2013? Then apply before January 31th, 2014. If, for example, you do not apply until February 2014 then you are entitled to a contribution to tuition fees from October 1st, 2013 onwards. No contribution is paid for previous academic years. 

Stopping your studies

If you stop your studies in the Netherlands, you must inform DUO by sending a letter to:  
Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs 
Afdeling Klantenservice, EU/EER-vergoedingen 
Postbox 51014 
9702 JA Groningen – the Netherlands.

If you stop your studies and are removed from the register at an earlier date, your contribution will also be amended. In that case you will have to repay a proportional amount. You will be notified of this.