Country-based financial aid for international students
As an international student, figuring out how to finance your studies abroad is an important part of deciding where to study. At Maastricht University (UM), we facilitate a range of country-based financial aid programmes to help you make a well-informed decision regarding your future education.
Please see the following table to find out if we facilitate financial aid options for your nationality and/or place of residence.
If you are accepted to one of these financial aid programmes, please email a copy of your acceptance letter as soon as possible to scholarships@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
| North America | |
| U.S. Direct Loans | Read more |
| Sallie Mae student loans | Read more |
| Veterans Affairs GI Bill | Read more |
| StudentAidBC (British Columbia) | Read more |
| Ontario Student Assistant Program (OSAP) | Read more |
| CONACYT (Mexico) | Read more |
| Quebec Loans | Read more |
| South America | |
| CONICYT (Chile) | Read more |
| Colfuturo (Colombia) | Read more |
| South-East Asia | |
| LPDP (Indonesia) | Read more |
| IISma (Indonesia) | Read more |
| Europe | |
| Student Loans Company (United Kingdom) | Read more |
| Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (Germany) | Read more |
Financial aid or scholarship?
Financial aid should be seen as loan programmes. Each financial aid programme comes with different requirements, sorts of application procedures and/or interest rates. They can support your time abroad while studying until the moment you are meant to pay this aid back.
A scholarship is an opportunity for students in need of financial support, however these tend to be limited and come with specific requirements. The financial amount attached to each grant does not need to be paid back. Scholarships are typically earned upon academic merit, however they can also ask for only one specific nationality.