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 and dual

  €2.694

• Institutional Fees 2026-2027

  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

• Fees for pre-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

  • If you follow a bachelor's or master's programme at the statutory rate in addition to your pre-master's programme, you will pay the full statutory tuition fee once.
  • You can pay the fee with a Proof of Paid Tuition Fee (BBC) if you pay the statutory tuition fee at another Dutch higher education institution.
  • There is no right to a refund if you terminate the programme prematurely after completing your enrolment.
  • The costs for the part-time pre-master's programme Accounting & Control differ from the standard pre-master's rates. For more information, please see the programme page.

• Second study programme

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

  • started a 2nd master's programme during the 1st master's programme. You take the second master's programme without interruption. Even after you have completed the 1st master's programme (source: Central Government), or;
  • have completed a master's programme and are following a master's programme in the field of Healthcare or Education for the 1st time (source: Central Government), or;
  • are taking a 2nd VU master's programme immediately after having completed a 1st VU master's programme. Tuition fees will apply for the nominal duration of the 2nd VU master's programme +1 year if statutory tuition fees were payable for the 1st VU master's programme. Exceptions are master's programmes with maximum capacity:
    • M Psychology
    • M Neurosciences (research master)
    • M Geneeskunde
    • M Curating Art and Cultures
    • M Tinbergen Institute Research Master in Economics (joint degree)

  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 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 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:

  • the tuition fee amount will be adjusted manually after you graduate from your first programme, no later than mid-September. Only when 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
  Refugees pay the institutional fee equivalent to the statutory fee when:

  • tuition fees are paid by Stichting UAF

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

  • type I: fixed-term regular residence permit (conditional aid);
  • type II: permanent residence permit regular;
  • type III: temporary asylum residence permit;
  • 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 of community nationals.

  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. 

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 and dual

  €2.601

• Institutional Fees 2025-2026

  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 2025-2026

• Fees for pre-master's programmes 2025-2026

  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 € 43,37 per EC and € 1.301 for a 30 EC programme.

  Additional information

  • If you follow a bachelor's or master's programme at the statutory rate in addition to your pre-master's programme, you will pay the full statutory tuition fee once.
  • You can pay the fee with a Proof of Paid Tuition Fee (BBC) if you pay the statutory tuition fee at another Dutch higher education institution.
  • There is no right to a refund if you terminate the programme prematurely after completing your enrolment.
  • The costs for the part-time pre-master's programme Accounting & Control differ from the standard pre-master's rates. For more information, please see the programme page.

• Second study programme

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

  • started a 2nd master's programme during the 1st master's programme. You take the second master's programme without interruption. Even after you have completed the 1st master's programme (source: Central Government), or;
  • have completed a master's programme and are following a master's programme in the field of Healthcare or Education for the 1st time (source: Central Government), or;
  • are taking a 2nd VU master's programme immediately after having completed a 1st VU master's programme. Tuition fees will apply for the nominal duration of the 2nd VU master's programme +1 year if statutory tuition fees were payable for the 1st VU master's programme. Exceptions are master's programmes with maximum capacity:
    • M Psychology
    • M Neurosciences (research master)
    • M Geneeskunde
    • M Curating Art and Cultures
    • M Tinbergen Institute Research Master in Economics (joint degree)

  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 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 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:

  • 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
  Refugees pay the institutional fee equivalent to the statutory fee when:

  • tuition fees are paid by Stichting UAF, or;
  • they are Ukrainian refugees who in academic year 2022-2023 owed the institutional fee equivalent to the statutory rate. The tuition fee applies only for the master's programme started in academic year 2022-2023 and for the nominal duration of the master's programme +1 year.

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

  • type I: fixed-term regular residence permit (conditional aid);
  • type II: permanent residence permit regular;
  • type III: temporary asylum residence permit;
  • 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 of community nationals.

  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. 

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