Tuition fee rates Bachelor's programmes

Tuition fee rates academic year 2026-2027

• Statutory tuition fees 2026-2027

  If you meet all the conditions as stated on the website of DUO, you will pay the statutory tuition fees for academic year 2026-2027.

  Are you in possession of a Dutch residence permit? Please check at heading exceptions below residence permits, if you are entitled to the statutory tuition fee. 

  Full-time, part-time or work-study degree	€2.694
  B Liberal Arts and Sciences	€5.580
  B Philosophy, Politics and Economics	€5.130

• Institutional tuition fees 2026-2027

  If you do not meet all the conditions for the statutory tuition fee, you will pay the institutional tuition fee for a programme at the VU. This also applies to students who take a second accredited bachelor's programme after their first Dutch government-accredited one. We also call this the 'second degree rate'. 

  The same fees apply to full-time, part-time and dual programmes

  Take a look at the overview of institutional tuition fees for Bachelor’s programmes 2026-2027.

• 2nd Study

  For a 2nd study, you pay the institutional tuition fee rate equivalent to the statutory tuition fee rate if you:

  • started a 2nd Bachelor's programme during the first Bachelor's programme. You follow the 2nd Bachelor's programme without interruption. The institutional tuition fee to the amount of the statutory tuition fee still applies after you have completed your 1st Bachelor's programme (source: Rijksoverheid). Or;
  • start a Bachelor's programme in the field of Health Care or Education for the 1st time (source: Rijksoverheid) , or;
  • start a second Bachelor's programme at VU Amsterdam immediately after having completed a 1st Bachelor's programme at VU. Tuition fees apply for the nominal duration of the second VU Bachelor's programme +1 year if statutory tuition fees were applied for the first VU bachelor's programme. You follow the 2nd Bachelor's programme without interruption. Excluded are the following Bachelor's programmes:
    • B Criminologie
    • B Medicine
    • B Law in Society
    • B Liberal Arts & Sciences
    • B Philosophy, Politics and Economics
    • B Psychology
    • B Dentistry

  Please note: If you were enrolled for multiple bachelors programmes in the same academic year, each enrolment counts. Even if you were enrolled for a few months.

  For example: in academic year 2024-2025 you are enrolled for programme A (1) and are enrolled for programme B (2) only during the month of September. You graduate from programme A and enrol for programme C in academic year 2025-2026, then it will be your third programme. In this case, the regulation does not apply to you.

  Or;

  • have completed a Bachelor's degree in Medicine, or an undivided degree programme in Medicine, are doing PhD research at VU or UvA, have a written letter of intent from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Amsterdam UMC, and are taking the Bachelor's degree programme in Dentistry.

  Important information:

  • The tuition fee rate will be adjusted manually after you graduate from your first programme, no later than mid-September. Only if applicable.
  • this regulation concerns Bachelor's and Master's degrees obtained at a Dutch educational institution (HBO and WO). Foreign diplomas do not count in this regulation.
  • this regulation does not apply if the degree was awarded before 1 September 1991.
  • any specialisations that fall under one Bachelor's or Master's programme. These have the same ISAT code (also known as programme number) and are therefore considered the same study programme. Have you obtained a degree, and do you want to continue with another specialisation directly in the following academic year? Then you will pay the institutional tuition fee. 

• Transitional arrangements

  Non-EEA transitional arrangements for institutional tuition fees for 2024

  Students with a non-EEA nationality for whom the full institutional rate is payable and who were registered for any of the following programmes before 1 September 2024 pay the institutional tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year for the official duration of study + one academic year, counted from the time of admission. The fee will be index-linked, annually. 

  • B Artificial Intelligence; B Computer Science. 
  • M Environment and Resource Management; M Health Sciences; M Information Sciences; M Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Sciences; M Behavioural and Movement Sciences; M Artificial Intelligence

  Transitional arrangements for institutional tuition fees for 2025

  Students who owe the full institutional fee and who were enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program on September 1, 2024, will pay the institutional fee of academic year 2024-2025 for the nominal duration of study plus one academic year, counting from the moment of entry. Students who owe the full institutional fee for the master's program that follows the premaster program for which they were enrolled on September 1, 2024, will pay the institutional fee of academic year 2024-2025 for that associated master's program during the nominal length of study plus one academic year, counting from the September 1, 2025 intake moment. The institutional fee is indexed annually.

• Exceptions

  Refugees and undocumented migrants
  The institutional fee in the amount of the statutory fee is calculated:

  • When tuition fees are paid by UAF Foundation
  • When you meet all conditions mentioned on the following page studeren zonder verblijfstatus (alleen beschikbaar in het Nederlands) 

  Residence permits
  There are 8 types of residence permits with which you pay the statutory tuition fee, subject to conditions:

  • type I: temporary residence permit regular (conditions);
  • type II: permanent residence permit regular;
  • type III: temporary residence permit asylum;
  • type IV: permanent asylum residence permit;
  • type V: residence permit for long-term resident;
  • type Article 50 TEU: residence document for (family members of) UK nationals subject to the operation of the Withdrawal Agreement (Brexit)
  • EU/EEA type: residence document for community nationals;
  • EU/EEA family member type: residence document for family members.

  The Student Administration will assess your eligibility for tuition fee reductions after you send a copy of your residence permit (front and back in PDF format) to studentdesk@vu.nl. Is your residence document based on residence with a family member? Then also send the residence permit of the relative in question (front and back in PDF format) to studentdesk@vu.nl.

  Higher statutory tuition fees
  Students for whom paying the higher statutory tuition fees (Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) as referred to in Section 6.7, paragraph 4, of the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) constitutes an insurmountable obstacle to enrolment may submit a request to the director of SOZ for a reduction in the higher tuition fees until the application deadline for that program. The student must demonstrate that they do not have sufficient financial means to pay the higher statutory tuition fees. If the request is granted, the statutory tuition fees as referred to in Section 7.45, paragraph 1, of the WHW will be charged.  

Tuition fee rates academic year 2025-2026

• Statutory tuition fees 2025-2026

  If you meet all the conditions as stated on the website of DUO, you will pay the statutory tuition fees for academic year 2025-2026.

  Are you in possession of a Dutch residence permit? Please check at heading exceptions below residence permits, if you are entitled to the statutory tuition fee. 

  Full-time, part-time or work-study degree	€2.601
  B Liberal Arts and Sciences	€5.400
  B Philosophy, Politics and Economics	€4.990

• Institutional tuition fees 2025-2026

  If you do not meet all the conditions for the statutory tuition fee, you will pay the institutional tuition fee for a programme at the VU. This also applies to students who take a second accredited bachelor's programme after their first Dutch government-accredited one. We also call this the 'second degree rate'. 

  The same fees apply to full-time, part-time and dual programmes

  Take a look at the overview of institutional tuition fees for Bachelor’s programmes 2025-2026.

• 2nd Study

  For a 2nd study, you pay the institutional tuition fee rate equivalent to the statutory tuition fee rate if you:

  • started a 2nd Bachelor's programme during the first Bachelor's programme. You follow the 2nd Bachelor's programme without interruption. The institutional tuition fee to the amount of the statutory tuition fee still applies after you have completed your 1st Bachelor's programme (source: Rijksoverheid). Or;
  • start a Bachelor's programme in the field of Health Care or Education for the 1st time (source: Rijksoverheid) , or;
  • start a second Bachelor's programme at VU Amsterdam immediately after having completed a 1st Bachelor's programme at VU. Tuition fees apply for the nominal duration of the second VU Bachelor's programme +1 year if statutory tuition fees were applied for the first VU bachelor's programme. You follow the 2nd Bachelor's programme without interruption. Excluded are the following Bachelor's programmes:
    • B Biomedical Sciences
    • B Computer Science
    • B Criminologie
    • B Medicine
    • B Gezondheid & Leven
    • B Law in Society
    • B Liberal Arts & Sciences
    • B Philosophy, Politics and Economics
    • B Psychology
    • B Dentistry

  Please note: If you were enrolled for multiple bachelors programmes in the same academic year, each enrolment counts. Even if you were enrolled for a few months.

  For example: in academic year 2024-2025 you are enrolled for programme A (1) and are enrolled for programme B (2) only during the month of September. You graduate from programme A and enrol for programme C in academic year 2025-2026, then it will be your third programme. In this case, the regulation does not apply to you.

  Or;

  • have completed a Bachelor's degree in Medicine, or an undivided degree programme in Medicine, are doing PhD research at VU or UvA, have a written letter of intent from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Amsterdam UMC, and are taking the Bachelor's degree programme in Dentistry.

  Important information:

  • this regulation concerns Bachelor's and Master's degrees obtained at a Dutch educational institution (HBO and WO). Foreign diplomas do not count in this regulation.
  • this regulation does not apply if the degree was awarded before 1 September 1991.
  • any specialisations that fall under one Bachelor's or Master's programme. These have the same ISAT code (also known as programme number) and are therefore considered the same study programme. Have you obtained a degree, and do you want to continue with another specialisation directly in the following academic year? Then you will pay the institutional tuition fee. 

• Transitional arrangements

  Non-EEA transitional arrangements for institutional tuition fees for 2024

  Students with a non-EEA nationality for whom the full institutional rate is payable and who were registered for any of the following programmes before 1 September 2024 pay the institutional tuition fees for the 2023-2024 academic year for the official duration of study + one academic year, counted from the time of admission. The fee will be index-linked, annually. 

  • B Artificial Intelligence; B Computer Science. 
  • M Environment and Resource Management; M Health Sciences; M Information Sciences; M Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Sciences; M Behavioural and Movement Sciences; M Artificial Intelligence

  Transitional arrangements for institutional tuition fees for 2025

  Students who owe the full institutional fee and who were enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program on September 1, 2024, will pay the institutional fee of academic year 2024-2025 for the nominal duration of study plus one academic year, counting from the moment of entry. Students who owe the full institutional fee for the master's program that follows the premaster program for which they were enrolled on September 1, 2024, will pay the institutional fee of academic year 2024-2025 for that associated master's program during the nominal length of study plus one academic year, counting from the September 1, 2025 intake moment. The institutional fee is indexed annually.

• Exceptions

  Refugees and undocumented migrants
  The institutional fee in the amount of the statutory fee is calculated:

  • When tuition fees are paid by UAF Foundation
  • For Ukrainian refugees who owed the institutional fee in the amount of the statutory rate in academic year 2022-2023. The tuition fee applies only to the undergraduate programme of academic year 2022-2023 and for the nominal duration of the undergraduate programme +1 year
  • When you meet all conditions mentioned on the following page studeren zonder verblijfstatus (alleen beschikbaar in het Nederlands) 

  Residence permits
  There are 8 types of residence permits with which you pay the statutory tuition fee, subject to conditions:

  • type I: temporary residence permit regular (conditions);
  • type II: permanent residence permit regular;
  • type III: temporary residence permit asylum;
  • type IV: permanent asylum residence permit;
  • type V: residence permit for long-term resident;
  • type Article 50 TEU: residence document for (family members of) UK nationals subject to the operation of the Withdrawal Agreement (Brexit)
  • EU/EEA type: residence document for community nationals;
  • EU/EEA family member type: residence document for family members.

  The Student Administration will assess your eligibility for tuition fee reductions after you send a copy of your residence permit (front and back in PDF format) to studentdesk@vu.nl. Is your residence document based on residence with a family member? Then also send the residence permit of the relative in question (front and back in PDF format) to studentdesk@vu.nl.

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