{"id":114964,"date":"2020-06-22T12:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T10:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=114964"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:59","slug":"students-demand-a-refund-of-tuition-fees-none-of-us-are-getting-the-experience-we-paid-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/06\/22\/students-demand-a-refund-of-tuition-fees-none-of-us-are-getting-the-experience-we-paid-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Students demand a refund of tuition fees: ‘None of us are getting the experience we paid for’"},"content":{"rendered":"

These 1300 students have signed the petition<\/a> of Igor Gukasyan, an International Business Administration student who demands a refund of the tuition fee to students of Erasmus University. According to Gukasyan, it is unreasonable for the students to pay the full price of tuition, given the fact that most education will take place online.<\/p>\n

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With the help of his fellow classmates, he created a petition to visualise the size of the problem and to provide a platform so that people with the same view on the issue can express their opinion. \u201cThe unfair pricing was already discussed a lot in WhatsApp groups among students. This petition shows that the problem exists and that it\u2019s a big problem.\u201d Gukasyan believes that the problem is even bigger than his petition shows. \u201cMost students don\u2019t know about the petition yet. However, I\u2019ve received a lot of support from people at different faculties who are helping to deliver the petition to as many people as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Discount for graduating students<\/h2>

So far, the government has decided that students who graduate between September and January\u00a0 will receive three months\u2019 worth of tuition fees<\/a>. Additionally, Erasmus University offers a sizeable discount on the tuition fees<\/a> of\u00a0 graduating students who are paying the institutional fee and are suffering delays. However, there are no official statements yet on what Erasmus University will do about the tuition fees of non-graduating students for next year. In Erasmus TV, rector magnificus Rutger Engels seemed to hint that there will be no discount<\/a> at all.<\/p>\n\n\t

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