{"id":162456,"date":"2023-12-13T14:52:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=162456"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:06","slug":"international-students-also-apply-for-the-basic-student-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/12\/13\/international-students-also-apply-for-the-basic-student-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"International students also apply for the basic student grant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Approximately 14,500 international students receive student financing in the Netherlands, according to the Dutch Education Executive Agency DUO. This is more than before, which may be partly attributable to the new basic student grant.<\/p>\n

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The radio programme \u2018Nieuws en Co\u2019 requested the figures from DUO, the provider of student financing, and asked NSC party leader Pieter Omtzigt to comment on this during Friday evening\u2019s show<\/a>. Omtzigt expects to see a significant increase in the coming years.<\/p>\n

In 2021, more than 9,000 international students received student financing, and in 2022 this rose to 12,000. The current calendar year is not yet over, but in 2023 the figure is expected to be around 14,500. This corresponds to one in eight or nine international students.<\/p>\n

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Young people from other EEA countries can study here under essentially the same conditions as Dutch students. They pay the lower statutory tuition fees, unlike students from outside Europe.<\/p>\n

They are also entitled to student financing if they work part-time alongside their studies. Previously, they had to work at least 56 hours a month to qualify. After a series of court cases, this was reduced to 32 hours, or 24 hours if they have been working here for a while.<\/p>\n

It was to be expected that international students would apply for student financing more often. After all, September saw the introduction of the basic student grant, which amounts to 275 euros per month for students living away from home (temporarily increased by 164 euros per month this academic year).<\/p>\n\n\t

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