You must pay tuition fees for each year that you study. There are two types of fees; depending on your situation, you will pay either the statutory tuition fees or the institutional tuition fees.
On this page you will find the tuition fees for our Master’s degree programmes. General information about the payment of your tuition fees can be found here.
If you meet all the conditions as stated on the website of DUO, you will pay the statutory tuition fees for academic year 2027-2028.
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 and dual | €2.771 |
If you do not meet all the conditions for the statutory tuition fee, you will pay the institutional fee for a programme at VU Amsterdam. This also applies to students who take a second funded master's programme after their first master's programme funded by the Dutch government. We also call this the 'second degree rate'.
The same fees apply to full-time, part-time and dual programmes.
See the overview of institutional tuition fees for Master’s programmes 2027-2028.
The fees for a pre-master's programme are equivalent to a fee equal to a maximum of a proportional part of the statutory tuition fee. The fee is € 46,20 per EC and € 1.386 for a 30 EC programme.
Additional information
For a 2nd study, you will pay the institutional tuition fee rate equivalent to the statutory tuition fee rate if you:
Please note: If you were enrolled for multiple Masters' programmes in the same academic year, each enrolment counts. Even if you were enrolled for a (few) months. The nominal duration + 1 is calculated from the date of first enrolment year of the programme; interruptions are also taken into account.
For example: in academic year 2025-2026 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 2026-2027, then it will be your third programme. In this case, the regulation does not apply to you.
Or;
have completed a master's degree in Medicine or an undivided degree in Medicine, are doing PhD research at the VU or UvA, have a written letter of intent from the Department of Oral, Maxillofacial and Maxillofacial Surgery at Amsterdam UMC, and are taking the master's degree in Dentistry.
Important information:
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.
Transitional arrangements for pre-Master’s institutional tuition fees for 2026
Students for whom the full institutional rate is payable for a Master’s programme that follows a pre-Master’s programme for which they were registered on 1 September 2025 pay the institutional tuition fees for the 2025-2026 academic year for said Master’s programme for the official duration of study plus one academic year, counted from the time of their admission on 1 September 2026. The tuition fees are index-linked every year.
Institutional fees are indexed on the basis of the indexation rate for statutory tuition fees, as set by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. For institutional tuition fees, indexation is applied one year in arrears, as the rate for the following academic year is not yet known at the time the institutional fees must be set. Where the indexation rate for joint programmes differs from the indexation rate applied by the partner institution, the rate of the lead institution shall apply.
Refugees and undocumented migrants
Refugees pay the institutional fee equivalent to the statutory fee when:
Residence permits
There are 8 types of residence permits with which you pay the statutory tuition fee, subject to conditions:
The Student Administration will assess your eligibility for tuition fee reductions after you upload a copy of your residence permit (front and back in PDF format) via this form.
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 and dual | €2.694 |
If you do not meet all the conditions for the statutory tuition fee, you will pay the institutional fee for a programme at VU Amsterdam. This also applies to students who take a second funded master's programme after their first master's programme funded by the Dutch government. We also call this the 'second degree rate'.
The same fees apply to full-time, part-time and dual programmes.
See the overview of institutional tuition fees for Master’s programmes 2026-2027
The fees for a pre-master's programme are equivalent to a fee equal to a maximum of a proportional part of the statutory tuition fee. The fee is € 44,90 per EC and € 1.347 for a 30 EC programme.
Additional information
For a 2nd study, you will pay the institutional tuition fee rate equivalent to the statutory tuition fee rate if you:
Please note: If you were enrolled for multiple Masters' programmes in the same academic year, each enrolment counts. Even if you were enrolled for a (few) months.
For example: in academic year 2025-2026 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 2026-2027, then it will be your third programme. In this case, the regulation does not apply to you.
Or;
Important information:
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.
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.
Transitional arrangements for pre-Master’s institutional tuition fees for 2026
Students for whom the full institutional rate is payable for a Master’s programme that follows a pre-Master’s programme for which they were registered on 1 September 2025 pay the institutional tuition fees for the 2025-2026 academic year for said Master’s programme for the official duration of study plus one academic year, counted from the time of their admission on 1 September 2026. The tuition fees are index-linked every year.
Institutional fees are indexed on the basis of the indexation rate for statutory tuition fees, as set by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. For institutional tuition fees, indexation is applied one year in arrears, as the rate for the following academic year is not yet known at the time the institutional fees must be set. Where the indexation rate for joint programmes differs from the indexation rate applied by the partner institution, the rate of the lead institution shall apply.
Refugees and undocumented migrants
Refugees pay the institutional fee equivalent to the statutory fee when:
Residence permits
There are 8 types of residence permits with which you pay the statutory tuition fee, subject to conditions:
The Student Administration will assess your eligibility for tuition fee reductions after you upload a copy of your residence permit (front and back in PDF format) via this form.
Please contact the Student Desk.
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