Tuition fees
To study at a university, you are required to pay tuition. How much you need to pay at Maastricht University (UM) depends on a number of factors, such as which study programme you choose, whether you study full-time or part-time, whether you have a nationality* of a EU/EEA-country, and whether this is your first or second bachelor’s or master’s programme in the Netherlands. If you are eligible for the statutory tuition fee, the Dutch government will contribute significantly to the costs of your education. Students who do not qualify for the statutory tuition fee pay for the degree program themselves by means of the institutional tuition fee. If you have an EU/EEA and a non-EU/EEA nationality and you have registered in Studielink with your EU/EEA nationality, make sure that you also register your EU/EEA nationality first when you register with the municipality. Otherwise the institutional rate may still be charged.
* The United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) left the European Union on 31 January 2020. This was followed by a transition period up to and including 31 December 2020. The Withdrawal Agreement states that students who hold the British nationality and were already living in the Netherlands with a BPR-registration before 1 January 2021, are allowed to continue paying the statutory tuition fees as long as they continue to live in the Netherlands with that BRP-registration. British nationals who were already living in the Netherlands before 1 January 2021 and are only starting their studies after 31 December 2020 are also eligible for the statutory tuition fees, provided they have not completed a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the Netherlands already.
British nationals who moved to the Netherlands to study (and reside) after 1 January 2021, are designated as non-EU/EEA nationals. These students require a general residence permit (algemene verblijfsvergunning) for the purpose of study and need to pay the institutional tuition fees.
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