Fees and finances

The yearly tuition fees for EU-students are for a Bachelor or master programme:

More information

For more information you can visit the website of the Dutch government or if you have any questions you can send an email to our student office: csa@hz.nl.

Check below under 'payment information' for important information related to living expenses.

Institutional yearly tuition fees for non-EU students are:

Students who apply as Exchange or Erasmus students in the frame of an exchange agreement between HZ and a partner university do not have to pay tuition fees. Please note that additional immigration fees can be calculated for non-EU exchange students. Read more about study visa and residence permit.

As an EU-student you have two options for the payment of tuition:

1. Direct debit payment of the full tuition amount at the beginning of the academic year
   If you choose this option, the full tuition fee is debited from the specified bank account in one payment. The payment will be made around September.
2. Direct debit payment in ten instalments
   You can choose to pay your tuition fees in ten instalments. Each month a part of the tuition fee will be collected from the specified bank account. The first instalment includes €24 of administration costs.

Digital authorisation
If you have an European IBAN bank account in the SEPA-area, you can pay your tuition fees by digital authorisation from your own personal bank account. Take note: do not fill in bank details of someone else (for example your parents).

Take the following steps for digital authorisation:

• The digital authorisation have to be done in Studielink (as from June)
• Sign in with your DigiD
• Go to 'My to do list' and click 'enter your payment details'. Here you can enter your payment details and
  in how many instalments you wish to pay (one, or ten equal instalments). After you have done this, you will receive an e-mail via Studielink asking you to confirm the digital authorisation. Only upon confirmation have you fulfilled your payment obligation.

Extra costs
While living in the Netherlands you are required to have a health insurance policy. As a foreign student you must sign up for a health insurance and a liability insurance plan.

Payment tuition fee without a bank account within the SEPA-area
If you do not have a bank account within the SEPA area and you still want to pay in instalments, then it is important to open a bank account as soon as possible after your arrival in the Netherlands and to enter the details of this account in Studielink before 1 September. If you fail to do this, the full amount of the tuition fees due for the academic year of that year must have been transferred to the HZ University of Applied Sciences bank account before 1 September. If you do not have a bank account within the SEPA area and you cannot or do not want to apply for a bank account, the tuition fees must be paid in full before 1 September. You can request an invoice for this by sending an email to csa@hz.nl.

Payment tuition fees
Non-EU students will receive an invoice from HZ in June. There are two options for the payment:

• Payment with an IBAN bank account
  Are you a non-EU student, already living in the EU, and do you have an European IBAN bank account in the SEPA-area? Then you can pay your tuition fees by digital authorisation from your own personal bank account. Take note: do not fill in bank details of someone else (for example your parents). Take the following steps for digital authorisation:
  
  The digital authorisation have to be done in Studielink (as from June)
  Sign in with your DigiD
  Go to 'My to do list' and click 'enter your payment details'. Here you can enter your payment details and in how many instalments you wish to pay (one, or ten equal instalments). After you have done this, you will receive an e-mail via Studielink asking you to confirm the digital authorisation. Only upon confirmation have you fulfilled your payment obligation.
  
  
• Payment without a bank account within the SEPA-area
  If you do not have a bank account within the SEPA area and you still want to pay in instalments, then it is important to open a bank account as soon as possible after your arrival in the Netherlands and to enter the details of this account in Studielink before 1 September. If you fail to do this, the full amount of the tuition fees due for the academic year of that year must have been transferred to the HZ University of Applied Sciences bank account before 1 September. If you do not have a bank account within the SEPA area and you cannot or do not want to apply for a bank account, the tuition fees must be paid in full before 1 September. You can request an invoice for this by sending an email to csa@hz.nl.

Extra costs
In addition to tuition, non-EU students should be aware of additional administration and living costs.

• Costs of living & immigration fees (non-EU)
  Costs of living/year: a proof of sufficient means is required by the Dutch immigration services. These amounts are described in our Visa- & residence permit information leaflet which can be found here. However, at each re-enrolment (a student is enrolled for one academic year – from September till August) you may be asked again to provide proof of sufficient funds for the next period of stay.
  
• Health insurance
  While living in the Netherlands you are required to have a health insurance policy. As a foreign student you must sign up for a health insurance and a liability insurance plan.

• Payment default procedure tuition fees
• Payment schedule tuition fees 2023-2024
• Payment procedure tuition fees 2023-2024

To finance your study, you may be eligible for a student loan, for student funding or for postgraduate funding in the Netherlands. To determine if you qualify for financial support to fund your study abroad, you can check the financial aid.

The NL Scholarship is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. The NL Scholarship is for incoming students not originally from the EEA who have not previously studied in the Netherlands, and who plan to attend the HZ University of Applied Sciences in the framework of diploma mobility. The scholarship awarded is not a full scholarship. It has a value of € 5,000.00 and is allotted for one year only.

Please note: Payments will take place by transferring four instalments of each € 1,250. If you drop out before 1 April 2024, the remaining instalments will not be transferred to you.

Conditions for allotment:

• The student is not from the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the EU countries and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
• The student has not previously studied in the Netherlands
• The student has an IELTS of 6.5 (or higher) or an equivalent
• The student wants to enrol in a fulltime (four-year or three-year) bachelor’s or the 1.5 year Master programme at HZ
• The student has already been (conditionally) accepted to the HZ Bachelor’s or the Master programme indicated with his/her scholarship application. See: how to apply for a Bachelors' programme

How to apply for the NL Scholarship

Students can apply for the scholarship by sending an email to study@hz.nl before 1 May of their starting year. In this email, the student should indicate reasons for choosing the particular HZ Bachelor programme of study. The student must also send a copy of his/her CV with the email. The applications will be assessed by a two-member HZ Scholarship Committee, nominated by the academy directors. The HZ Scholarship Committee will award the scholarship based on previous academic results, motivation for choosing programme of study and C.V. applicants will be notified of the decision within 6 weeks after the application deadline of 1 May.

HZ University of Applied Sciences is pleased to announce a Scholarship donated by the Rotary Club Vlissingen/Flushing. The Scholarship is intended for a student who has a strong wish to study in the field of water as offered by HZ UAS and return to his/her home country to help solve water challenges there. The Scholarship amounts to €2,000 and is intended for a student who complies with the conditions as listed below, and is a student of one of the following programmes:

• BSc Water Management
• BSc Civil Engineering
• MSc River Delta Development

Criteria are as follows:

• Applicant must be an international (free moving) student;
• Applicant has already been (conditionally) accepted to one of the relevant programmes;
• Applicant must indicate why this scholarship would be of great financial support AND how the costs for the duration of the whole academic programme will be covered;
• Applicant should express his/her wish, after successful finishing the programme, to contribute to solving water related challenges in his/her home country;
• Applicant should subscribe to show interest in the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
• Applicant is required twice during the year to appear at a Rotary Club Vlissingen meeting and share his/her progress in life and studies;
• Applicant should write and hand in an original essay, in which the points indicated above are made clear;

Please note: payments will take place by transferring two instalments of each €1,000. Should you stop your studies before 1 April 2024 the remaining instalment will not be transferred to your account.

How to apply for the Rotary Scholarship

Students can apply for the scholarship by sending an email to study@hz.nl before 1 May of their starting year. In this email, the student should indicate the above criteria. The student must also send a copy of his/her CV with the email.

An internal HZ committee will be appointed, consisting of a colleague of one of the three programmes (for which the applicant is NOT applying), a member of the HZ International Office and the relations manager.

When you are a student at HZ University of Applied Sciences and you are going abroad for a study or internship outside of the Netherlands, you can apply for a grant or scholarship.

HZ Grant

HZ offers a HZ Grant for students who study or do an unpaid internship outside the EU. As far as we know, HZ is the only university of applied sciences in the Netherlands that subsidies its students with a grant.

NL Scholarship

This scholarship is meant for full-time HZ students who want to study, do research or an internship outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the EU countries and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The Holland Scholarship is a scholarship made available by the Dutch Ministry of Education Culture and Science together with Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. The scholarship amounts to a one-off payment of € 1,250 and is meant as a contribution towards your study expenses.

Erasmus+ grant

If you do part of your study or do your internship at an HZ partner institute, you can apply for this grant. The Erasmus+ is a grant that the European Union has made available in order to stimulate students from its member states to gain experience abroad during their education; to enhance their languages, to become acquainted with other cultures, etc. The grant is a contribution to the expenses you will make, it will most probably not cover all the expenses.

As soon as you are a student of HZ, you will get more information on how to apply for a grant.