{"id":166974,"date":"2024-04-24T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=166974"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:18","slug":"part-time-masters-in-business-administration-alumni-may-still-receive-refunds-for-their-high-tuition-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/04\/24\/part-time-masters-in-business-administration-alumni-may-still-receive-refunds-for-their-high-tuition-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Part-time Master\u2019s in Business Administration alumni may still receive refunds for their high tuition fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 133 former students of the part-time Master\u2019s in Business Administration may still be eligible for a refund of a considerable portion of their \u20ac34,000 tuition fees. Repayment could mean an additional blow of about \u20ac4 million for the university.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-1600x1060.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-1600x1060.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-300x199.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-875x580.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-1280x848.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-150x99.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571-225x149.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/04\/21131310\/DSC_6571.jpeg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139210 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure><p>The 133 alumni are demanding reimbursement of their tuition fees because the programme is funded (receives funding from the government). The law stipulates that universities cannot charge more than the statutory tuition fee of around \u20ac2,000 for such programmes. EUR was asking around \u20ac17,000 a year for the two-year master programme.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the Education Inspectorate already concluded that the higher tuition fees violate the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW). The Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) nevertheless maintained that the arrangement was legal. The costs were always clearly communicated, and moreover, the course offered more luxuries than a normal funded course. The academic director of the programme explained the higher costs by citing \u2018catering, sandwiches, biscuits, lecturers teaching small classes in the evening and a trip abroad\u2019, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the university did already pay out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2020\/12\/11\/te-hoog-collegegeld-bij-rsm-master-kost-universiteit-maximaal-8-miljoen-euro\/\">a total of 3.7 million<\/a> euros to alumni who had taken the master\u2019s programme in the past three years, \u2018out of goodwill\u2019. Former students who had been with the programme for more than three years were excluded and therefore filed a lawsuit against Erasmus University.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/04\/13\/incensed-rsm-alumni-take-university-to-court\/\">Incensed RSM alumni take university to court<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/05\/28\/no-tuition-fee-refund-for-rsm-alumni-as-judge-declares-case-inadmissible\/\">No tuition fee refund for RSM alumni as judge declares case inadmissible<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/12\/11\/overcharged-tuition-fees-for-rsm-master-costs-university-a-maximum-of-8-million-euros\/\">Overcharged tuition fees for RSM Master costs university a maximum of 8 million euros<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/07\/15\/rsm-masters-students-to-have-their-tuition-fees-partially-refunded\/\">RSM master\u2019s students to have their tuition fees partially refunded<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrong court<\/h2><p>With the Inspectorate\u2019s conclusions in hand, some former students turned to the court. Those proceedings have been running for years and are now before the Supreme Court, but they started in 2021 in the civil court in Rotterdam. There, the students lost their case because that court ruled that it was inadmissible. According to the judge, they should have gone to the Higher Education Appeals Tribunal (now disbanded) instead of the civil court, and therefore he did not want to hear their case. They were ordered to pay legal costs.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Right court, but still no entitlement to reimbursement<\/h2><p>Two years later, in an appeal, the Court of Appeal overturned the Rotterdam District Court\u2019s ruling of the students\u2019 inadmissibility. At the same time, the Court of Appeal ruled that the students were not entitled to reimbursement because the university had adequately informed them. According to the Court, the university had made it clear enough what the programme entailed, what the tuition fee was and why it was higher. The EUR could assume, according to the Court of Appeal, that the former students already knew or did not consider relevant that it was a publicly funded programme. However, the students did not give up and appealed to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Still misinformed <\/h2><p>At the Supreme Court, things are looking more promising for the group of alumni. The advocate general (a kind of prosecutor at the Supreme Court) has advised the Supreme Court to dismiss the Court of Appeal\u2019s verdict. The advocate general believes that the former students\u2019 complaints are valid. The higher costs are in violation of the law, and unlike the Court of Appeal, the advocate general believes that the EUR did not adequately inform the former students that it was a publicly funded programme. According to the advocate general, the former students were under the impression that they were enrolling in a privately funded programme, which has different rules regarding tuition fees.<\/p>\n<p>The advocate general argues this misunderstanding was partly due to how the EUR presented the programme. He refers, among other things, to the complex organisational structure of the university: the programme was not provided by RSM but by a commercial entity with the same name, RSM BV. Therefore, he argues, the students were indeed misled, and the Court of Appeal\u2019s judgment cannot stand. Incidentally, the advocate general does agree with the Court of Appeal\u2019s conclusion that the case belongs in the civil court, and not the appeals court for the higher education sector, as the court had previously ruled.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court will make a decision on the advocate general\u2019s advice on 4 October. If the verdict is in the students\u2019 favour, the Supreme Court will refer the case to another court for a new decision, and the students will be refunded the legal costs already paid.<\/p>\n<p>In a written response, an RSM spokesperson let it be known that the advocate general\u2019s advice \u2018did not change the university\u2019s position\u2019. 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class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tHousing\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/metro_dicht_voorschoterlaan_april2026_2__esther-dijkstra-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1776684112 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/20\/langere-reistijden-naar-campus-woudestein-door-werkzaamheden-metrostations\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLonger travel times to Woudestein campus due to metro maintenance work\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-20\">20 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 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April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCampus\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 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