• Extension of the exam time.
• Exam papers in larger font size.
• Exam can be done in a separate room at the faculty.
• Use of a computer/laptop to do the exam.

• Extension of deadline for papers, essays or assignments.
• Adaptations to teaching material offered if available (for example, course books and readers can be obtained in a digital or spoken form during the tutorial groups/lectures).
• Adaptations to teaching material offered: course books, readers and additional teaching material supplied during the tutorial group/lecture can be obtained in an adapted form (A3 instead of A4).

• Extension of the exam time.
• Exam papers in larger font size.
• Exam can be done in a separate room at the faculty.
• Use of a computer/laptop to do the exam.
• Use of a special/adapted chair and/or table for doing the exam.
• The possibility to move around/stretch outside the exam room (e.g. for students with chronic back pain, other musculoskeletal complaints or problems sitting for long periods).

• Extension of deadline for papers, essays or assignments.
• Adaptations to teaching material offered: course books and readers can be obtained in a digital or spoken form.
• Adaptations to teaching material offered: course books, readers and additional teaching material supplied during the tutorial group/lecture can be obtained in an adapted form (A3 instead of A4).
• Adaptations to material offered: literature list for each subject available (on request) to the student concerned well in advance (preferably at least one block period beforehand).
• Adapted schedule: specific arrangement with respect to times of tutorial groups and lectures.
• Adapted pace of courses to be followed.
• Upon request sheets from lectures, tutorial groups, presentations and the like can be made available to the student beforehand.
• Within the faculty building there is a computer workstation for educational use especially designed for students with a disability. The computer has a large screen: enlargement software is present on the computer and the workstation has been set up in an ergonomically responsible manner.
• The recording of lectures and tutorial groups.
• Extra support for internships or study periods abroad (for example, for the placement, required programme and duration of stay, including written support from UM for facilities to be supplied by the host university).

• The tutorial group and lectures take place in specially allocated rooms that satisfy the requirements for basic and integral accessibility and use requirements (for example, presence of a hearing induction loop).
• Use of a disabled parking place on the faculty grounds.

• Extension of the exam time.
• Exam papers in larger font size.
• Exam can be done in a separate room/different location.
• Use of a computer/laptop to do the exam.
• An alternative exam form.
• Possibility to exercise outside of the exam room (for example, for students with chronic back complaints or other complaints of the musculoskeletal system, or if a student has difficulty in sitting for a long time).
• Extension of deadline for papers/essays/ assignments.

^{This list is not comprehensive}

• Adapted timetable: specific arrangement with respect to times of tutorial groups and lectures.
• Adjusted individual study plan
• The tutorial group and lectures take place in specially allocated rooms that satisfy the requirements for basic and integral accessibility and use.

• Use of disabled parking place on the faculty grounds.

How to arrange your payment

Once you have applied for your programme of choice in Studielink, you will receive an email with payment details and instructions.

Deadline payment handling fee
Maastricht University must have received your handling fee payment at the latest on the application deadline for the study programme you are applying for. We recommend that you pay the handling fee well in time before the application deadline. Applications with late handling fee payments will not be processed.

The application deadline for the study programme of your choice is listed on the Admission requirements page (for bachelors and masters) and the general study programme page (for pre-masters/bridging programmes).

Exemptions

In some cases, applicants who received their previous education in a non-EU/EEA country* do not need to pay the handling fee. This is the case if you belong to one of the following exemption categories:

• You have previously paid a handling fee to UM
• You were previously enrolled at UM for a bachelor 's programme, master's programme, pre-master's/bridging programme, Foundation Programme, Center for European Studies (CES) course or as an exchange student
• You completed your previous education in one of the countries of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) or in Switzerland
• You are applying for a bachelor's programme and hold a pre-university (VWO) diploma obtained in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Maarten or Suriname
• You are applying for a bachelor's programme and have completed an International Baccalaureate or European Baccalaureate
• You have already had your admissibility assessed by a foreign university in the context of a UM double-degree programme
• You have been granted refugee status in the Netherlands/are a recognised refugee in the Netherlands
• You have a valid residence permit for refugees in the Netherlands (Foreign Nationals Identity Document, W-document, type III or IV)
• You are financially supported by UAF (Foundation for Refugee students)
• You are Ukrainian and have the displaced persons status under the Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EG)

You will only receive a request to pay the handling fee if, according to our information, you do not belong to any of the abovementioned exemption categories. If you receive a request to pay the handling fee, and you feel that you do belong to one of the exemption categories, you can notify us. More information about how to do so is provided in the email with the handling fee payment request.

*All countries except the following:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

Refund handling fee

Once you have started your studies at UM, the handling fee will be refunded to you (excl. bank costs). The refund of the handling fee (excl. bank costs) can only be transferred to a SEPA bank account.

Note: a refund is only made if you start your studies at UM in the academic year for which the handling fee was paid. If you are entitled to a refund of the handling fee, we will let you know by email and ask you for the necessary bank details (in October for students who start their studies in September, and in March for students who start their studies in February).

You can apply for an original BBC from the Student Services Centre (SSC) to submit to the other institution via study@maastrichtuniversity.nl Please mention your name and your student number and to which other Dutch University you want to send us the BBC to.

More information about the Certificate of Registration

If you have paid the statutory tuition fee at the other institution and wish to register at UM in a second study programme, please request a BBC from the other institution.

The other Dutch institution will send this directly to the UM.

Re-enrolling

For students who are re-enrolling, the payment deadline is 15 August.
 

First-year enrolment in a bachelor's or master's programme

If you are enrolling in a bachelor’s or master’s programme for the first time, you are required to pay your tuition fees or to submit the authorisation form for payment by direct debit (in instalments or a single lump sum) by 31 August.

First-year enrolment in a bachelor’s or master’s programme 

If you are enrolling in a bachelor’s or master’s programme for the first time, you are required to pay your tuition fees or to submit the authorisation form for payment by direct debit (in instalments or a single lump sum) by 31 January.

• Are you an international student and unable to pay your tuition fees on time? Please contact the Student Services Centre (SSC).
• Have you received a payment reminder from UM? Please make sure you meet the payment deadline indicated in the reminder and pay your fees using the method you selected in Studielink.
• Payment reminders and warning notices concerning payment of tuition fees are sent to your private email address.
• Have you submitted a (digital) authorisation form to pay your tuition fees in instalments? Click here for the dates on which UM debits the instalments from your bank account.

Payment methods for tuition fees

After you submit a registration request in Studielink, you will be notified when it is time to declare your payment details and method.

1. Go to Studielink  and log in.
2. To fill in your payment details, select the option <Enter your payment details> under <My To Do list>.
3. Fill in the required data on the form <Enter payment details>.

In Studielink, you can choose one of two payment methods:

1. Payment via digital (direct debit) authorisation
2. Other method of payment (via bank transfer)

1. Payment via digital (direct debit) authorisation

By submitting a digital (direct debit) authorisation form, you give consent to UM to debit the tuition fee from your bank account (only with a SEPA IBAN bank account):

• in eight instalments if you start with your study 1 September;
• in four instalments if you start with your study 1 February;
• as a single lump sum.

Studielink step-by-step plan   

Dates of direct debits
When to pay your tuition fees

2. Other method of payment (via bank transfer)

Via this method, you pay the tuition fees via a bank transfer.

Please make sure that you pay your tuition fee on time. See our webpage ‘When do you have to pay?’

Please note! When making payments, always state your student ID number, consisting of an ‘i’ and seven digits (e.g. i2345678).

Account name: Maastricht University
Bank name: ING
Account number: NL 91 ING B 0654 89 49 49
BIC: INGBNL2A 
Bank address: Postbus 1800, 1000 BV Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Studielink step-by-step plan    

When to pay your tuition fees

If you are studying at two institutions at the same time, and you are eligible for the statutory tuition fee, you only have to pay tuition fee at one of the two institutions.

You are studying at a different institution than UM and you are going to study at UM as well
If you have paid the statutory tuition fee at the other institution and wish to register at UM for a study programme, please request a proof of tuition fee payment ('Bewijs Betaald Collegegeld' - BBC) from the other institution. The other Dutch institution will send this BBC directly to UM.

You are studying at UM and you want to start a study programme at another institution as well
Apply at the UM Student Services Centre (via study@maastrichtuniversity.nl) for an original proof of tuition fee payment ('Bewijs Betaald Collegegeld' - BBC) for the other institution. Please mention your name and your student number and to which other Dutch higher education institution you want to send us the BBC to.

Read more about 'proof of payment of tuition fees (BBC)'.

Are you a student and are you organising a student activity via a student organisation? Then you may be eligible for a Promotion Fund subsidy.

The subsidy is an amount of at least € 100 and at most € 750. The size of the subsidy depends on the nature of the activity.

During the assessment of your grant application, the following factors count in favour of your activity:

• it is important for the social, economic and cultural position of students in Maastricht and in particular the students of UM
• it promotes internationalisation at UM
• it reflects positively on UM and makes a positive contribution to student life in Maastricht
• it is innovative and does not yet exist
• it promotes active participation of students
• it is open to all UM and university of applied sciences (HBO) students
• it is aimed at students from several faculties
• it receives sufficient publicity
• it supports UM's objectives. You can find all of the objectives in UM's Strategic Programme

The Promotion Fund does not provide subsidies for:

• sports activities (for these you can apply to Sportraad MUSST)
• activities organised by faculty student associations
• parties, drinks, dinners or lunches
• activities of national associations
• participation in study trips, congresses, etc. by individual students

• The UM Promotion Fund awards subsidies for as long as there is budget.
• You can receive a Promotion Fund subsidy for a maximum of three years for the same type of activity. The UM believes that after three years, the activity must be able to continue independently, for example through income from its operational activities or through a structural subsidy.
• If you have already received a subsidy but the activity does not take place, you need to refund the subsidy.
• All promotional material must contain the following: ‘possible due to financial support from the UM Promotion Fund’.
• Promotion Fund subsidy might be a guarantee subsidy. Payment will only take place after you have submitted a financial overview.

If you are a student at UM and you set up a student association or foundation with a direct link to the UM, you can apply for a Promotion Fund subsidy up to a maximum of € 750. You must submit a report within three months after the student organisation is established. The student organisation must satisfy the conditions stated above, which apply to the activities as well.

Student organisations (no faculty student organisations) with at least 200 members that want to organise a general meeting can be eligible for a subsidy for letting a room plus any associated costs. You can apply for this up to twice per calendar year for a maximum amount of € 800 per calendar year. As evidence you must be able to submit the invoice for the costs incurred.

Do you want to apply for a subsidy for an activity? Make sure to submit your application on time, no later than six weeks before the start of the activity.

Download the application form for the Promotion Fund and fill it out completely. Don't forget:

• the (contact) details of the person or organisation applying
• a description of the activity including the objective, content, target group, publicity plan and timetable
• a budget
• to mention any contribution by a faculty or any other contributions

Send the application form with the documents stated on the application form to the Promotion Fund Secretariat via stimuleringsfonds@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Do you want more information? Contact the Promotion Fund Secretariat via stimuleringsfonds@maastrichtuniversity.nl or 043 388 5212.

The director of the Student Services Centre (SSC), who is advised by the Promotion Fund Committee, will make a decision on the allocation of the Promotion Fund subsidy within six weeks. The Promotion Fund Committee consists of two student members from the University Council, an employee of Studium Generale and a student dean. This committee meets once per month with the exception of July and August.

Student organisations can be eligible for a fixed annual subsidy if they meet certain conditions. In most cases, the size of the subsidy depends on:

the number of student members of an association or the number of students involved in the activities of an organisation
what the subsidy will be used for
the own financial resources

A student organisation can possibly receive a subsidy if:

• it 

  exists for at least two years

• it is a fully recognised legal entity
• it is open to all university and university of applied sciences students in Maastricht
• it actively contributes to a positive student life in Maastricht
• it provides guarantees for a good financial administration and – if it concerns an association – membership administration
• it provides assurances for continuity
• it asks participating students for a relevant financial contribution (where relevant)
• it has an annual programme with at least two open activities (that are open to all students)
• it has insufficient financial reserves
• it does not initiate any activities that bring the good name of UM, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and Maastricht as a student city into disrepute

Associations must have a minimum of 50 student members of which at least 35 are UM students.

Would you like to request a fixed annual subsidy for your student organisation and/or need more information? Contact the Promotion Fund Secretariat via stimuleringsfonds@maastrichtuniversity.nl or call +31 (0)43 388 5212.

The subsidy is awarded per calendar year. The application period runs from 1 to 30 September. Submit the application with the requested documents before 1 October of the current academic year to the Stimuleringsfonds Secretariat via stimuleringsfonds@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

The allocation of a fixed annual subsidy is decided by the director of the Student Services Centre (SSC), who is advised by the Promotion Fund Committee. The Promotion Fund Committee consists of two student members from the University Council, an employee of Studium Generale and a student dean.

A subsidy awarded in previous years does not guarantee subsidy in a subsequent year.

A starting student organisation that does not (yet) satisfy the criteria for a fixed annual subsidy may be eligible for a Promotion Fund subsidy if an association or foundation is established with a direct link to UM.
In addition, financial support is possible for student activities organised by student organisations. Click on the link in the adjacent block for more information and the required conditions.