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Amsterdam Merit Scholarship (AMS)

University of Amsterdam · University of Amsterdam

Award

A tuition contribution; the amount differs per faculty and programme

Awards

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Eligible

Outstanding students from outside the EU/EEA

Deadline

See official site

Overview

The Amsterdam Merit Scholarship is the University of Amsterdam’s award for outstanding non-EU/EEA students starting a master’s there. It is run per faculty, with very few awards: the Graduate School of Psychology, for example, awards it to one student for the master’s tracks and one for the Research Master, and Amsterdam Law School awards a single scholarship a year for four named LLM programmes.

Eligibility

You need a non-EU/EEA passport, a first-time application to a UvA master’s programme and a plan to enrol full-time. Selection leans heavily on earlier academic results. Deadlines and amounts differ by faculty: as of October 2026 Amsterdam Law School states 15 January at 23:59 CET each year, and says the amount for 2027–2028 is still to be announced. UvA also lists separate faculty scholarships for Economics and Business, Humanities, Law, Science, and Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Benefits

A tuition contribution; the amount differs per faculty and programme

How to apply

Tick the UvA scholarship question in the online admission request, then follow the extra steps on the page for your faculty.

Frequently asked questions

Who is eligible for the Amsterdam Merit Scholarship (AMS)?

You need a non-EU/EEA passport, a first-time application to a UvA master’s programme and a plan to enrol full-time. Selection leans heavily on earlier academic results. Deadlines and amounts differ by faculty: as of October 2026 Amsterdam Law School states 15 January at 23:59 CET...

What does the scholarship cover?

A tuition contribution; the amount differs per faculty and programme

How do I apply?

Tick the UvA scholarship question in the online admission request, then follow the extra steps on the page for your faculty.

Apply on official site

Official source: https://www.uva.nl/en/education/fees-and-funding/masters-scholarships-and-loans/scholarships-and-loans.html

Scholarship & funding guides

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Application Guides How to Apply to a Dutch University: Studielink, Deadlines and What Comes After Most applications run through Studielink, with 1 May as the general deadline and 15 January for numerus fixus programmes. Rankings & Comparisons Research University or University of Applied Sciences? WO and HBO Explained Dutch higher education has two main routes, WO and HBO, and the difference is in how the degree is taught, not in how good it is. Scholarships Scholarships for the Netherlands: What Exists, What Has Ended and When to Apply The NL Scholarship pays €5,000 and the big university awards close between December and May for a September start.

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