{"id":100156,"date":"2019-06-21T14:01:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=100156"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:22","slug":"strongest-tuition-hike-of-the-past-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/06\/21\/strongest-tuition-hike-of-the-past-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongest tuition hike of the past five years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new fee for the 2020-2021 academic year,\u00a0published\u00a0in the government gazette Staatscourant<\/em>, is linked to the price development of goods and services like clothing, groceries and insurances. The so-called consumer price index published by Statistics Netherlands shows<\/a>\u00a0that over the past three months, prices have risen by nearly 3 percent.<\/p>\n

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In the coming\u00a0<\/i>academic year, 2019-2020, the tuition fee will be increased by a mere 23 euro. Over the past ten years, the situation was quite different: it was quite normal for dozens of euros to be tacked on at a time \u2013 with 2014\u2019s 71-euro increase as a record high. This was not only due to rising price indices but also to an annual surcharge of 22 euro introduced by former Education Minister Ronald Plasterk in 2007. This measure was taken in order to increase the budget for lecturers\u2019 salaries. According to the Minister, there was no reason why students couldn\u2019t chip in too.<\/p>\n

This academic year, 2018-2019, saw the last implementation of this \u2018Plasterk surcharge\u2019. From now on, the only factor determining the fee is the price index. Incidentally, first-year students receive a 50% discount on their tuition fee. This discount is extended for a second year for second-year students in teacher-training.<\/p>\n\n\t

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