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Tuition fees in Europe

Netherlands

Country: Netherlands

Population (million): 18.0 (2025)

Area (km²): 41865

Official language: Dutch

Currency: euro (since 1 January 1999)

Dialling code: +31

Internet users (million): 13.3 (2025)

Number of students: 969,491 (2024)

Students as % of population aged 20-24: 40.5 (2024)

Women among students (%): 53.8 (2024)

Students - bachelor's level: 691,025 (2024)

Students - master's level: 195,039 (2024)

Students - doctoral level: 39,528 (2024)

Tuition fees - bachelor's (EUR per year): EU/EEA: statutory fee €2,694 a year (2026/27); non-EU: institutional fee, on average €9,000–20,000 a year

Tuition fees - master's (EUR per year): EU/EEA: statutory fee €2,694 a year (2026/27); non-EU: institutional fee, on average €12,000–30,000 a year

EU/EEA students pay the statutory fee of €2,694 a year for full-time programmes in 2026/27, while non-EU students pay on average €9,000–20,000 for a bachelor's and €12,000–30,000 for a master's. At Maastricht University more than half of the students come from abroad. See what a student spends a month (€1,000–1,500 on average), how to find a room and when a job can qualify EU citizens for student finance.

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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