Study in the Netherlands

Tuition fees by university: why we do not rank the cheapest

A “most affordable” list would need a fee for every university. In the Netherlands that number does not exist in any open national dataset, and for most students it is the same everywhere.

If you are an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese student

For a first degree, you pay the statutory fee, €2,694 for full-time study in 2026/27, and it is the same at every publicly funded university and university of applied sciences. No institution is cheaper than another. Choose on programme, city and housing. The cost of living differs far more between cities than the fee ever will.

If you are a non-EU student

You pay the institutional fee, which each institution sets, usually above the statutory fee, and which can differ by programme and year. DUO’s data does not contain it, so we do not print one. Use the list below to go to the institution’s own site and look up the programme you want. Compare programmes rather than universities.

Full details, including who qualifies for which fee, are on the tuition fees guide.

InstitutionTypeProvinceOwn website
Aeres University of Applied Sciences HBO Gelderland Find fees
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences HBO Noord-Holland Find fees
Amsterdam University of the Arts HBO Noord-Holland Find fees
ArtEZ University of the Arts HBO Gelderland Find fees
Avans University of Applied Sciences HBO Noord-Brabant Find fees
Breda University of Applied Sciences HBO Noord-Brabant Find fees
Christelijke Hogeschool Ede HBO Gelderland Find fees
Codarts University of the Arts HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Delft University of Technology WO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Design Academy Eindhoven HBO Noord-Brabant Find fees
Driestar educatief HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Eindhoven University of Technology WO Noord-Brabant Find fees
Erasmus University Rotterdam WO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Fontys University of Applied Sciences HBO Noord-Brabant Find fees
Gerrit Rietveld Academie HBO Noord-Holland Find fees
HAN University of Applied Sciences HBO Gelderland Find fees
HAS green academy HBO Noord-Brabant Find fees
HKU University of the Arts Utrecht HBO Utrecht Find fees
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht HBO Utrecht Find fees
HZ University of Applied Sciences HBO Zeeland Find fees
Hanze University of Applied Sciences HBO Groningen Find fees
Hogeschool IPABO Amsterdam Alkmaar HBO Noord-Holland Find fees
Hogeschool KPZ HBO Overijssel Find fees
Hogeschool Thomas More HBO Zuid-Holland —
Hogeschool der Kunsten Den Haag HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Hotelschool The Hague HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Inholland University of Applied Sciences HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Iselinge Hogeschool HBO Gelderland Find fees
Leiden University WO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Leiden University of Applied Sciences HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Maastricht University WO Limburg Find fees
Marnix Academie HBO Utrecht Find fees
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences HBO Friesland Find fees
Open University of the Netherlands WO Limburg Find fees
Pedagogische Hogeschool De Kempel HBO Noord-Brabant Find fees
Protestant Theological University WO Utrecht Find fees
Radboud University WO Gelderland Find fees
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Saxion University of Applied Sciences HBO Overijssel Find fees
Stichting Hogeschool Viaa HBO Overijssel Find fees
The Hague University of Applied Sciences HBO Zuid-Holland Find fees
Theological University Apeldoorn WO Gelderland Find fees
Theologische Universiteit van de Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerken WO Utrecht Find fees
Tilburg University WO Noord-Brabant Find fees
University of Amsterdam WO Noord-Holland Find fees
University of Groningen WO Groningen Find fees
University of Humanistic Studies WO Utrecht Find fees
University of Twente WO Overijssel Find fees
Utrecht University WO Utrecht Find fees
Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences HBO Gelderland Find fees
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam WO Noord-Holland Find fees
Wageningen University & Research WO Gelderland Find fees
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences HBO Overijssel Find fees
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences HBO Limburg Find fees

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Last checked: 5 October 2026. Rules and amounts change; confirm them on the official page before you act on them. This is general information, not legal or immigration advice.

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