{"id":123279,"date":"2021-02-19T14:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=123279"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:24","slug":"this-year-fewer-students-quit-their-programme-before-the-february-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/19\/this-year-fewer-students-quit-their-programme-before-the-february-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"This year, fewer students quit their programme before the February deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, fewer students quit their degree programme before 1 February than previous years. In the current academic year, 8.8 per cent of the first-year students decided against continuing their chosen study. In previous years, this percentage fluctuated around 11.<\/p>\n

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Students in the Polak building follow the advice to wear a face mask.<\/span><\/p>

\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmber Leijen<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Dutch students who have second thoughts about their study can take advantage of the so-called 1-februariregeling<\/em> (1 February Scheme). If you quit before this deadline, you aren\u2019t required to pay back your student grant or season pass for public transport. You will have to repay any student loans you have taken out, though.<\/p>\n