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The outgoing cabinet has earmarked an extra 8.5 billion euros to cushion the impact of the coronavirus crisis in the educational sector. Students will be compensated, too, but some will get more than others. You can check to find out.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s been a strange academic year and many students have suffered due to the coronavirus crisis, even if only because of losing a part-time job. The problem of study delays<\/a> may not be so bad, but there is some doubt about whether students have learned as much as they would have in the classroom. There is a huge difference between online learning and face-to-face teaching on campus.<\/p>\n

In order to make up for this set-back, students will be receiving a 50 percent discount on their tuition fees which total<\/a> 2,168 euros for the next academic year (2021-2022). But not every student will benefit in the same way. We outline here the support measures for students. First tuition fees, then student financing.<\/p>\n

Tuition fees<\/h2>

First-year students and second-year students in teacher training programmes<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We can keep this brief: nothing has changed for these students. They will only have to pay half of their tuition fees anyway. And in the government\u2019s proposal, this isn\u2019t going to be half of half in the next academic year.
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Update Tuesday 16 March:\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>This turns out to be different<\/a>:\u00a0First-year students will only be paying 542 euros in tuition fees next year That\u2019s only half of half. The same applies to second-year students in teacher training programmes.<\/p>\n

Final year students<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Will you be graduating from a university Master\u2019s programme or a university of applied sciences programme (HBO Associate Degree, Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s) this academic year, without going on to do further studies? Then you will be getting three months\u2019 worth of tuition back, which is 535 euros. Minister Van Engelshoven created this support measure last year<\/a> and recently extended<\/a> its term. A 50 percent discount on tuition fees therefore won\u2019t mean anything to you: this government support package only starts in 2021-2022.<\/p>\n

Update Wednesday March 17:<\/strong> This refund is only intended for graduates who were also enrolled for at least one month in publicly funded education in the previous year. So if you took a year out<\/a> you are not entitled to this payment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t

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