Utrecht University Netherlands Excellence Scholarships for International Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Utrecht University Netherlands Excellence Scholarships for International Undergraduate and Graduate Students

BENEFITS

Selected students are awarded a scholarship that covers the maximum tuition fee and €11 000 living expenses per year. However, students should be aware that the grant is not necessarily a full scholarship, and that it may be necessary to find additional funding to be able to finance study and stay completely.

As one of the requirements for being granted a residence permit in the Netherlands, students from abroad must prove to the IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Office) that they have sufficient financial means.

Selected students receive a scholarship for the duration of the degree programme, which is a maximum of two years for a Master's degree and three years for a Bachelor’s degree. The scholarship will only be renewed for the second (and third) year if the student is making satisfactory progress towards the degree.

Total of about 55 grants are awarded each year for undergraduate and graduate studies. 20-25 graduate scholarships are available for 2017-2018, divided over the 6 Graduate Schools

DEADLINE

Applications for the 2017-2018 academic year will open in November 2016.

Prospective Bachelor's students in Economics and Business Economics who wish to be considered for the scholarship should apply for admission before April 1 every year. Different procedures apply for Liberal Arts & Sciences. See official website for more.

Prospective Master's students who wish to be considered for the scholarship must apply before February 1. Your application for a scholarship will only be processed if you have submitted an application for a Master’s programme as well. Please note that in some cases you may need to apply before December 1; check the ‘When to apply’ section under Admission and application of your master’s programme.

PLEASE NOTE:
The selected candidates will be offered a Utrecht Excellence Scholarship in May of the academic year.

CRITERIA

The applicant must meet the eligibility criteria in order to be considered for this scholarship. The applicant should:
Not have the Dutch or an EU/EEA nationality;
Hold a non-Dutch secondary school diploma;
Have been admitted to an International Master’s programme within one of the Graduate Schools mentioned above, the Bachelor’s programme in Economics and Business Economics or to University College Utrecht;
Hold a relevant Bachelor’s degree (for a Master’s programme) or secondary school diploma (for a Bachelor’s programme), or an equivalent thereof;
Be able to comply with the conditions to obtain a Dutch visa;
Failure to meet one or more of these criteria automatically means the student is not eligible for this scholarship.

Selection criteria:
Eligible candidates are selected for a scholarship on the basis of the following criteria:
Their academic excellence and promise in the proposed field of study;
The academic quality and results of the preceding education, as evidenced, for example, by grades, test scores, publications, letters of recommendation;
The quality and relevance of the motivation letter (academic content, intercultural and communication skills, personal motivation);
The quality and feasibility of the financial plan in the application;
The quality of the application itself (completeness, accuracy, consistency).

http://www.uu.nl/bachelors/en/utrecht-excellence-scholarships