Payment tuition fees
In addition to tuition, non-EU students should be aware of additional administration and living costs. Non-EU students will receive an invoice from HZ in June. The invoice will include the required amount for 'living expenses'. Once you have arrived in the Netherlands and have opened a Dutch bank account HZ will transfer this amount back to you (if necessary, the cost of accommodation will be deducted if you choose this option and rented a room with housing corporation APV or l’escaut).
Digital authorisation
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.
Costs of living
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.
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.
