If you do not meet the conditions for the statutory tuition fees, then you pay the institutional tuition fees. This means you pay institutional tuition fees if:
- You are not a citizen of the EU/EER, Switzerland or Suriname
or - You have already earned a similar diploma at another public-funded educational institute in the Netherlands.
Fulltime
| 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | |
| Bachelor's | € 9,730* | €9,975* |
| Associate degree | € 9,730* | €9,975* |
| Master's | € 9,730* | €9,975* |
* There are exceptions for a number of master studies. A different tuition fee applies for these programmes. Below you can find whether your study is one of the exceptions and you can view the corresponding tuition fees.
Master | 2025-2026 |
Master full-time International Leisure and Tourism Studies | €11,995 |
Master full-time Content & Media Strategy | €11,995 |
Master part-time International | €8,304 |
As a student from outside the European Union, you are obliged to provide NHL Stenden with proof that you will be able to finance your stay in the Netherlands. You may do so in one of the following two ways:
- Before arriving for your first year of studying at NHL Stenden a money transfer of € 14,000* should be transferred to NHL Stenden's bank account, which will be refunded upon your arrival after registration at municipality and opening up a Dutch bank account.
- Proof of a scholarship amounting to at least € 14,000.
*Note that this amount covers living expenses only and does not include the annual tuition fees and visa application fee.
Total amount for transfer to the Netherlands:
| Tuition fee | Depending on study programme and nationality. |
| Costs for insurance | € 700 (for a whole year) |
| Residence permit fee | € 243 |
| Extra deposit for visa procedure | € 14,000 (will be refunded) |
| Tuberculosis (TB) test* | € 51 |
If you have a residence permit for study purposes, you must demonstrate/ declare on a yearly basis that you have sufficient financial means to support yourself in the Netherlands.
You will need to fill out a yearly statement as proof that you have sufficient financial means for the coming academic year.
* If you are an international student from a non-EU country, you are required by Dutch Immigration Law to have a tuberculosis (TB) test at a local GGD office (Dutch Health Service).
Setting the institutional tuition fee
The statutory tuition fee is set by the Executive Board. The university of applied sciences no longer receives government funding for students who have to pay the institutional tuition fee and so the fee is normally based on a combination of the statutory tuition fee and the amount of government funding the university would otherwise have received. In this way, the university receives a similar amount of money for these students to what it receives for students who pay the statutory tuition fee.