Successfully completing a course will provide you with a certificate.
You can find more information on the courses in the study guides on our website
Contract students take classes alongside regular students and may sit the final examination. Classes will mostly take place during the day.
Contract students may not register for theses, work placements and skills courses (Academic Skills, language test). Both pre-master's and part-time courses are not available for contract students.
The costs are €100 per ECTS credit, for which you will receive an invoice. Please pay this invoice within 30 days. If you fail to pay within this period, you will be deregistered and you will still be obliged to pay. Payment in instalments is not possible. You will automatically receive an invoice regarding the courses you have enrolled in. If you are taking courses in various periods and you wish to spread the costs, you may decide to re-enroll for your chosen courses ahead of each new period. These costs cover participating in classes, being supervised by a lecturer, using computer facilities and taking interim and final examinations or resits resulting in a single final mark and receiving a certificate of participation.
The contract applies to the academic year in which the course is offered. Participants who wish to achieve a passing final mark by retaking the course in a following year must conclude a new contract and pay the corresponding costs. You may cancel your enrollment no later than ten working days before the start of the course. After this date, you will no longer be eligible for a refund of the course fee. If you cancel in time, you will be charged €50 in administrative costs.
Please note: since the Dutch government does not regard contract students as regular (Studielink) students, you are not eligible for a study loan and/or public transport card from the Dutch government for the duration of the requested courses.
People my enroll by completing the registration form and sending it to the email address stated on the form together with the required attachments. They will receive an invoice as soon as the application has been received.
The deadline for signing up for contract education runs concurrently with the registration periods for courses. These can be found on the site of the registration and deregistration deadlines.
As a contract student, you cannot enroll for courses yourself. Instead we will do this for you after the invoice has been paid.
The invoice must be paid before the registration deadline of the course period. After that it is no longer possible to participate in courses in that period.
Semester 1 contains periods 1,2 and 3.
Semester 2 contains periods 4, 5 and 6.
| You must hold one of the following qualifications: | |
| 1st Bachelor's year | Pre-university (VWO) diploma |
| First-year higher professional education (HBO) diploma | |
| Old-style Dutch postgraduate (doctoraal) diploma | |
| Bachelor's degree | |
| Master's degree | |
| 2nd Bachelor's year 3rd Bachelor's year | Some courses from the second and third Bachelor's year require you to have prior knowledge of the course (admission requirements) in addition to the qualifications mentioned above. Read more in the study guide. |
| Master's programme | To take Master's courses, participants need to hold a relevant Bachelor's or Master's degree. |
The Master's programme in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics (STREEM) taught in English presents a comprehensive view of spatial, transport and environmental topics from an economic point of view. It is possible for professionals to take core courses from this Master's programme separately. The STREEM courses deal with the economic analysis of issues involving key spatial, transport or environmental factors.
If you would like more information, please contact admissions.sbe@vu.nl
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