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QS #=223Enschede, Netherlands· QS World University Rankings 2027

University of Twente

What stands out

  • Lowest in the Netherlands

    €16,400a year

    Lowest undergraduate Computer Science fee of the 6 universities in the Netherlands we have priced

    For Business Information Technology. The cheapest of the others is Radboud, at €17,809 a year.

    See how it compares ↓
  • Below most in the Netherlands

    €12,300a year, lowest here

    Undergraduate fees below 6 of the 7 other universities in the Netherlands we have priced

    Its lowest-fee course is International Business Administration. The cheapest in the country is AUAS / HvA, at €10,648 a year.

    See how it compares ↓

University of Twente, in Enschede, Netherlands, has 15 undergraduate courses and 6 master's courses listed on StudyPath. International tuition runs from €12,300 to €22,320 a year depending on the course. Twente publishes its own accommodation prices, from €350 per month. 4 of the 21 publish an application deadline. Every figure above was read from Twente's own published pages and last checked on 30 September 2026.

Courses
21
Fees verified
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International tuition across 21 courses

€12,300to€22,320a year

Lowest: International Business Administration BSc and Psychology BScHighest: Computer Science MSc and 5 others
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Een pand van de Universiteit Twente. · Photo: Steven LekCC BY-SA 4.0
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Not set — every fee below is the international rate. Home and EU/EEA rates are often far lower.

courses

21 courses

Technical Computer Science

BSc · 3 years · Computer Science

International tuition

€16,400 per year

~€49,200 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Priced for this course · Non-EU students

University of Twente splits its non-EU/EEA institutional bachelor's tuition into two bands rather than pricing each programme individually: a 'lower rate' (Communication Science, International Business Administration, Psychology, Public Administration) and a 'higher rate' that covers all of its other bachelor's programmes, including Technical Computer Science, confirmed by name on the same page's 'Overview lower and higher rate programmes' table. For 2026-2027 the higher rate is EUR 16,400/year (2025-2026 was EUR 13,000/year). For comparison, the EU/EEA statutory tuition fee, which most EU/EEA nationals pay instead, is EUR 2,694/year for 2026-2027 (up from EUR 2,601/year in 2025-2026), per the same page. A programme-specific page for Technical Computer Science independently repeats the identical EUR 16,400/year 2026-2027 institutional fee figure.

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Intake
September 2026, September 2027
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Taught in
English
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Application deadline
30 April 2026, 23:59 CET (Studielink/Osiris registration deadline for September 2026 entry, ahead of the compulsory matching procedure)
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What you'll study

Not yet added.

Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades

English language

  • IELTS Academic, 6 overall, a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5
Source

Admissions tests

  • Numerus fixus optionalUT states no numerus fixus (capped-place lottery/selection) applies to Technical Computer Science; only Psychology (English track, 250 places) and Technical Medicine (150 places) currently have numerus fixus at UT.
  • Mandatory matching requiredA compulsory study-choice matching procedure (online questionnaire plus a matching event) must be completed before enrolment is final. It is explicitly not a selection test -- grades and prior programming experience do not affect the outcome -- but non-completion blocks enrolment even after conditional admission.
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Academic offer

International secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma, plus proof of mathematics at pre-university level (e.g. VWO Wiskunde B, or 'Mathematik bis Abitur' for German applicants). Dutch VWO applicants need the Natuur & Techniek profile, or any other profile as long as it includes Wiskunde B.
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✓ Word for wordRead 4 Aug 2026
“You are admissible if you have an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO-degree . Please check your country of origin if your diploma matches these requirements . You can even apply even though you have not completed your degree yet.”
Admission requirements Technical Computer Science | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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Creative Technology

BSc · 3 years · Computer Science

International tuition

€16,400 per year

~€49,200 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
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2026/27 · Priced for this course · Non-EU students

University of Twente splits its non-EU/EEA institutional bachelor's tuition into two bands rather than pricing each programme individually: a 'lower rate' (Communication Science, International Business Administration, Psychology, Public Administration) and a 'higher rate' that covers all of its other bachelor's programmes, including Creative Technology, confirmed by name on the same page's 'Overview lower and higher rate programmes' table. For 2026-2027 the higher rate is EUR 16,400/year (2025-2026 was EUR 13,000/year). For comparison, the EU/EEA statutory tuition fee, which most EU/EEA nationals pay instead, is EUR 2,694/year for 2026-2027 (up from EUR 2,601/year in 2025-2026), per the same page.

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Intake
September 2026, September 2027
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Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades

English language

  • IELTS Academic, 6 overall, a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5
Source

Admissions tests

  • Numerus fixus optionalUT states no numerus fixus (capped-place lottery/selection) applies to Creative Technology; only Psychology (English track, 250 places) and Technical Medicine (150 places) currently have numerus fixus at UT. Creative Technology also does not appear on UT's compulsory-matching list.
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Academic offer

International secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma (e.g. good A-level results or International Baccalaureate). Unlike UT's other technical bachelor's, no specific subject-level mathematics or science grade is stated for Creative Technology on its admission-requirements page -- only the general VWO-equivalent diploma and English proficiency.
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✓ Word for wordRead 5 Aug 2026
“You are admissible if you have an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO-diploma : good A-level results or International Baccalaureate.”
Admission requirements Creative Technology | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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Business Information Technology

BSc · 3 years · Information Systems, Computer Science

International tuition

€16,400 per year

~€49,200 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Priced for this course · Non-EU students

University of Twente splits its non-EU/EEA institutional bachelor's tuition into two bands rather than pricing each programme individually: a 'lower rate' (Communication Science, International Business Administration, Psychology, Public Administration) and a 'higher rate' that covers all of its other bachelor's programmes, including Business Information Technology, confirmed by name on the same page's 'Overview lower and higher rate programmes' table. For 2026-2027 the higher rate is EUR 16,400/year (2025-2026 was EUR 13,000/year). For comparison, the EU/EEA statutory tuition fee, which most EU/EEA nationals pay instead, is EUR 2,694/year for 2026-2027 (up from EUR 2,601/year in 2025-2026), per the same page.

Show the fee on the university's site

The published figure is the institutional tuition fee, which Twente says a non-EU/EEA national will usually pay. A lower statutory tuition fee applies to most — though not all — students from EU/EEA countries.

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Intake
September 2026, September 2027
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades

English language

  • IELTS Academic, 6 overall, a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5
Source

Admissions tests

  • Numerus fixus optionalUT states no numerus fixus (capped-place lottery/selection) applies to Business Information Technology; only Psychology (English track, 250 places) and Technical Medicine (150 places) currently have numerus fixus at UT.
Source

Academic offer

International secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma, with English and Mathematics named as required subjects. Dutch VWO applicants need the Natuur & Techniek profile, or any other profile as long as it includes Wiskunde B.
Source
✓ Word for wordRead 5 Aug 2026
“You are admissible if you have an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO-degree . English Mathematics Please check your country of origin if your diploma matches these requirements . You can even apply even though you have not completed your degree yet.”
Admission requirements Business Information Technology | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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Advanced Technology

BSc · 3 years · Engineering (General)

International tuition

€16,400 per year

~€49,200 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Priced for this course · Non-EU students

University of Twente splits its non-EU/EEA institutional bachelor's tuition into two bands rather than pricing each programme individually: a 'lower rate' (Communication Science, International Business Administration, Psychology, Public Administration) and a 'higher rate' that covers all of its other bachelor's programmes, including Advanced Technology, confirmed by name on the same page's 'Overview lower and higher rate programmes' table. For 2026-2027 the higher rate is EUR 16,400/year (2025-2026 was EUR 13,000/year). For comparison, the EU/EEA statutory tuition fee, which most EU/EEA nationals pay instead, is EUR 2,694/year for 2026-2027 (up from EUR 2,601/year in 2025-2026), per the same page.

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The published figure is the institutional tuition fee, which Twente says a non-EU/EEA national will usually pay. A lower statutory tuition fee applies to most — though not all — students from EU/EEA countries.

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Intake
September 2026, September 2027
Source
Taught in
English
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Application deadline
1 May 2026 for applicants with a non-EEA nationality; 1 July 2026 for EEA/Dutch nationality applicants (compulsory matching procedure deadlines, per UT's Mandatory Admission Activities page)
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✓ Word for wordRead 4 Aug 2026
“Bachelor's programme in Advanced Technology Application deadlines 1 May: students with a non-EEA nationality 1 July: students with an EEA or Dutch nationality”
Mandatory Admission Activities | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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What you'll study

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Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades

English language

  • IELTS Academic, 6 overall, a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5
Source

Admissions tests

  • Numerus fixus optionalUT states no numerus fixus (capped-place lottery/selection) applies to Advanced Technology; only Psychology (English track, 250 places) and Technical Medicine (150 places) currently have numerus fixus at UT.
  • Mandatory matching requiredA compulsory study-choice matching procedure must be completed before enrolment is final; non-completion blocks enrolment even after conditional admission.
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Academic offer

International secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma with good grades in Mathematics Higher Level and Physics Higher Level (IB) / equivalent good A-level results. Dutch VWO applicants need the Natuur & Techniek profile, or Natuur & Gezondheid combined with Wiskunde B and Natuurkunde, or another profile including Wiskunde B, Natuurkunde and Scheikunde.
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✓ Word for wordRead 5 Aug 2026
“You can be admitted to Advanced Technology if you have an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch vwo diploma : good A-level results or International Baccalaureate with good grades in at least: Mathematics Higher Level Physics Higher Level”
Admission requirements Advanced Technology | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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Applied Mathematics

BSc · 3 years · Mathematics

International tuition

€16,400 per year

~€49,200 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Priced for this course · Non-EU students

University of Twente splits its non-EU/EEA institutional bachelor's tuition into two bands rather than pricing each programme individually: a 'lower rate' (Communication Science, International Business Administration, Psychology, Public Administration) and a 'higher rate' that covers all of its other bachelor's programmes, including Applied Mathematics, confirmed by name on the same page's 'Overview lower and higher rate programmes' table. For 2026-2027 the higher rate is EUR 16,400/year (2025-2026 was EUR 13,000/year). For comparison, the EU/EEA statutory tuition fee, which most EU/EEA nationals pay instead, is EUR 2,694/year for 2026-2027 (up from EUR 2,601/year in 2025-2026), per the same page.

Show the fee on the university's site

The published figure is the institutional tuition fee, which Twente says a non-EU/EEA national will usually pay. A lower statutory tuition fee applies to most — though not all — students from EU/EEA countries.

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Intake
September 2026, September 2027
Source
Taught in
English
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Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades

English language

  • IELTS Academic, 6 overall, a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5
Source

Admissions tests

  • Numerus fixus optionalUT states no numerus fixus (capped-place lottery/selection) applies to Applied Mathematics; only Psychology (English track, 250 places) and Technical Medicine (150 places) currently have numerus fixus at UT.
Source

Academic offer

International secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma, with Mathematics; Physics at Dutch VWO level is recommended but not mandatory. Dutch VWO applicants need the Natuur & Techniek profile, or any other profile as long as it includes Wiskunde B.
Source
✓ Word for wordRead 5 Aug 2026
“You are admissible if you have an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO-degree : Mathematics Physics on Dutch VWO-level is recommended.”
Admission requirements Applied Mathematics | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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Electrical Engineering

BSc · 3 years · Electrical & Electronic Engineering

International tuition

€16,400 per year

~€49,200 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Priced for this course · Non-EU students

University of Twente splits its non-EU/EEA institutional bachelor's tuition into two bands rather than pricing each programme individually: a 'lower rate' (Communication Science, International Business Administration, Psychology, Public Administration) and a 'higher rate' that covers all of its other bachelor's programmes, including Electrical Engineering, confirmed by name on the same page's 'Overview lower and higher rate programmes' table. For 2026-2027 the higher rate is EUR 16,400/year (2025-2026 was EUR 13,000/year). For comparison, the EU/EEA statutory tuition fee, which most EU/EEA nationals pay instead, is EUR 2,694/year for 2026-2027 (up from EUR 2,601/year in 2025-2026), per the same page.

Show the fee on the university's site

The published figure is the institutional tuition fee, which Twente says a non-EU/EEA national will usually pay. A lower statutory tuition fee applies to most — though not all — students from EU/EEA countries.

Show the source
Intake
September 2026, September 2027
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
Not verified

What you'll study

Not yet added.

Entry requirementsEnglish · tests · grades

English language

  • IELTS Academic, 6 overall, a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5
Source

Admissions tests

  • Numerus fixus optionalUT states no numerus fixus (capped-place lottery/selection) applies to Electrical Engineering; only Psychology (English track, 250 places) and Technical Medicine (150 places) currently have numerus fixus at UT.
Source

Academic offer

International secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO diploma with good grades in Mathematics and Physics (A-level / IB). Dutch VWO applicants need the Natuur & Techniek profile, or any other profile as long as it includes Wiskunde B and Natuurkunde ('Wiskunde D' is also advisable).
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✓ Word for wordRead 5 Aug 2026
“You are admissible if you have an international secondary school diploma equivalent to the Dutch VWO-degree and have good A-level results or International Baccalaureate with good grades in: Mathematics Physics”
Admission requirements Electrical Engineering | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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How Twente compares

Against the other universities in the Netherlands on StudyPath, using each one's verified international fees and its own published housing prices. Universities are only compared with others charging in the same currency (and, for housing, for the same period), so no figure here has been converted. A ~ marks a year worked out from a per-term or whole-course fee.

Twente's lowest undergraduate fee for international students is €12,300 a year, for International Business Administration. Of the 7 other universities in the Netherlands we list with undergraduate fees in EUR, 6 charge more at their lowest, 1 charges less. Their lowest undergraduate fees run from €10,648 (AUAS / HvA) to €19,906 (TU Delft).

Twente's lowest master's fee for international students is €22,320 a year, for Biomedical Engineering (MSc). Of the 6 other universities in the Netherlands we list with master's fees in EUR, 1 charges more at their lowest, 5 charge less. Their lowest master's fees run from ~€11,073 (AUAS / HvA) to €25,633 (TU Delft).

Student housing. Twente's own lowest published rate is €350 per month. Of the 6 other universities in the Netherlands we list that publish housing per month in EUR, 5 charge more, 1 charges less. Their lowest published rates run from €300 (WUR) to €700 (Groningen).

Living costs. The living-cost figure for a student visa to the Netherlands is €1,130.77 per month, on top of tuition (figure for valid from 1 January 2026 up to and including 31 December 2026; read 19 Aug 2026 from ind.nl). The authority attaches conditions that can change this amount; see them in full on student finance.

By subject
SubjectLowest fee hereAgainst other universities in the NetherlandsTheir lowest fees
Business & Managementundergraduate€12,300International Business Administration4 of 5 charge more€10,648 to €18,300
Computer Scienceundergraduate€16,400Business Information TechnologyLowest of 6€17,809 to €19,906
Engineering (General)undergraduate€16,400Advanced TechnologyLowest of 5€18,300 to €19,800
International Businessundergraduate€12,300International Business Administration3 of 4 charge more€10,648 to €14,000
Chemistryundergraduate€16,400Chemical Science & EngineeringLowest of 4€17,701 to €19,800
Mathematicsundergraduate€16,400Applied MathematicsLowest of 4€17,701 to €19,800

Subjects taught at Twente

Each one opens every course in that subject, at every university we hold, with the same verified fees.

Where these figures come from

12 sentences from Twente's own site each back several figures above. Each is quoted once here; every course that uses one still opens it and links to its own source page.

  1. Used for international fee on 13 courses

    “Fulltime higher rate bachelor's € 13,000 per year € 16,400 per year”
    Tuition fees bachelor's | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  2. Used for start dates on 11 courses

    “Start 1 September 2026 1 September 2027”
    The same sentence appears on 10 pagesutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  3. Used for fee on 11 courses

    “Overview of statutory tuition fees for bachelor's programmes 2025-2026 (Sep-Aug) 2026-2027 (Sep-Aug) All bachelor's, except for University College Twente € 2,601 per year € 2,694 per year”
    Tuition fees bachelor's | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  4. Used for cost note on 11 courses

    “If you are a national of a non-EU/EEA country, you will usually pay the institutional tuition fee”
    Tuition fees bachelor's | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  5. Used for entry requirements on 10 courses

    “IELTS (academic) certificate, not older than two years, with an overall band score of at least 6.0, and a minimum score on each section of at least 5.5. The IELTS Online test , IELTS Indicator test , IELTS One Skill Retake , and IELTS General Training are not accepted by the University of Twente.”
    Language requirements for bachelor's programmes | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  6. Used for teaching language on 10 courses

    “Language English-taught”
    The same sentence appears on 10 pagesutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  7. Used for course length on 10 courses

    “Duration 3 years”
    The same sentence appears on 10 pagesutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  8. Used for entry requirements on 7 courses

    “Numerus fixus No”
    The same sentence appears on 7 pagesutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  9. Used for international fee on 6 courses

    “Overview of institutional tuition fees for master's, September intake 2026-2027 (Sep-Aug) 2027-2028 (Sep-Aug) Fulltime lower rate master's € 18,200 per year € 18,720 per year Fulltime higher rate master's € 21,700 per year € 22,320 per year”
    Tuition fees for master's programmes | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 30 Sept 2026
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  10. Used for entry requirements on 3 courses

    “Numerus fixus No, but mandatory matching applies”
    The same sentence appears on 3 pagesutwente.nlread 4 Aug 2026
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  11. Used for application deadline on 2 courses

    “Step 1 | Apply via Studielink and Osiris (deadline 30 April 2026 23:59 CET)”
    Enrolment | Technical Computer Science | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 29 Sept 2026
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  12. Used for course length on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Language English-taught Duration 3 years”
    Bachelor's in International Business Administration | University of Twenteutwente.nlread 19 Aug 2026
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More about Twente

Student body

QS's own figures · QS World University Rankings 2027

Students
11,328
International students
4,022
≈36% of the student body (worked out here)
Faculty
1,309
International faculty
50%

These come from QS, not the university's own pages. Unlike every fee and deadline on this site. QS is the primary source for its own rankings and measurements, which is why it is cited here and rejected everywhere else.

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“Students & Staff Total students 11,328 UG students 58.9% PG students 41.1% International students 4,022 UG students 65.7% PG students 34.3% Total faculty staff 1,309 Domestic staff 50% Int'l staff 50%”
University of Twente : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details | TopUniversitiestopuniversities.com
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About & contact

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Accommodation

€350–€550per month

on-campus housing (Veste Wonen rooms)

Published by the university itself, not a live listings price. Actual cost depends on room type, availability and when you apply.

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“The rent prices depend on the type of accommodation, ranging from €350 - €550 for a room and €600 - €700 for a two-room apartment.”
How to find a room as a student? | University of Twenteutwente.nl
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After you graduate

Rules read 17 Aug 2026. Check the current rules, this may be out of date

What Netherlands's own immigration authority currently publishes. Not a ranking, not a guarantee, and not the same as what any agent or forum will tell you. Whether someone actually obtains residence depends on occupation, points, funds and policy that can change between application and graduation.

Money you must prove before the visa

€1,130.77per month, for a student at a university or hbo (higher professional education) institution — the IND publishes this as a monthly figure and it is stored as one, not multiplied out

Shown as a balance in a bank account. You keep control of it.

Figure published for: valid from 1 January 2026 up to and including 31 December 2026, in the IND's own wording — the table is headed 'Study amounts 2026' and is reissued for each calendar year This amount is revised regularly, so check it again before you transfer anything.

This is the rate for higher professional education (hbo) or university. A student at secondary education or senior secondary vocational education (mbo) level needs less: € 928.58 per month. There is a separate route where someone already in the Netherlands finances the study instead, and then the test is on that person's income rather than the student's savings: for an hbo or university student the financier must have a gross SV (social-security) salary of at least € 3,467.77 per month without holiday allowance (€ 3,654.73 with it) if married, in a registered partnership or cohabiting, or € 2,766.67 without holiday allowance (€ 2,897.54 with it) if single or a single parent — those financier amounts run from 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026, a different validity window from the student amounts above, so the two halves of this rule change on different dates.

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“Study amounts 2026 These amounts are valid from 1 January 2026 up to and including 31 December 2026. Study type Monthly amount Higher professional education (hbo) or university € 1,130.77”
Required amounts income requirements - Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND)ind.nl
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Work during study

An international student holding a residence permit for study purposes at a Dutch university or institute of higher professional education (HBO) may work, but only if their employer first obtains a work permit (tewerkstellingsvergunning, TWV) for them from the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) — the right to work is not automatic the way it is for on-campus work in some other countries. Within that TWV, a student may work up to 16 hours per week during the academic year, or full-time in June, July and August. The Dutch Labour Inspectorate checks compliance, and working more than permitted, or without a TWV, can result in a fine for the employer.

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“The student is allowed to work maximally 16 hours per week, or fulltime in June, July and August.”
Employing a foreign national | INDind.nl
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Post-study work visa

Residence permit for the orientation year for highly educated persons (zoekjaar hoogopgeleiden) . Up to 1 year
A residence permit valid for exactly 1 year that lets a recent graduate look for a job (typically as a 'highly skilled migrant') or start a business, applied for within 3 years of graduating. It cannot be extended, and a person can hold it more than once only after completing a further, later study programme or research project. During the orientation year the holder may work freely — their employer does not need a separate work permit (TWV) — or work as a freelancer or self-employed person. Eligibility requires having completed, within the 3 years before applying, an accredited bachelor's or master's degree at a Dutch higher-education institution (no extra test needed), a PhD, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's, or a master's/doctoral/post-master's programme at a 'designated foreign educational institution' — defined as one placed in the top 200 of the general or by-subject rankings of at least 2 of 3 named publishers (Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, or ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities) at the time of graduation — in which case an IELTS score of at least 6.0 (or an equivalent recognised English test) is also required unless the programme itself was taught in English or Dutch. All foreign diplomas must additionally be evaluated by Nuffic, the Dutch credential-evaluation body.

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“The residence permit for the orientation year for highly educated persons is valid for 1 year.”
Residence permit for orientation year | INDind.nl
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Route to permanent residence

The orientation year permit does not itself lead to settlement, and by IND's own classification it is a 'temporary regular residence permit' (type I) — a category distinct from the 'non-temporary residence purpose' permit that Dutch permanent-residence rules require a holder to have at the time they apply. In practice, a graduate who wants to stay long-term must first move onto a qualifying work route — commonly the national Highly Skilled Migrant scheme, which is gated on a minimum salary set annually (around EUR 5,000/month as of this reading, lower for applicants under 30 or on a reduced-salary criterion) rather than on a specific occupation or shortage list. From there, a person who has held a valid Dutch residence permit for at least 5 consecutive years, kept their main residence in the Netherlands throughout, always renewed on time, met the income requirement, registered in the Dutch population register (BRP), and passed a civic-integration exam at A2 level (or been exempted) may apply for a permanent residence permit — or, on largely the same 5-year qualifying basis, an EU long-term resident's permit. It is not clearly stated on IND's own pages whether time spent under a temporary-purpose permit (such as the orientation year, or study itself) counts towards that 5-year clock the same way time on a non-temporary work permit does, so StudyPath does not assert either way.

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“You have had a valid Dutch residence permit for at least 5 consecutive years. There are exceptions to the 5-year period for permanent residency .”
Permanent residence permit | INDind.nl
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Route to citizenship

Naturalisation (naturalisatie) is decided by the King on the Justice and Security Minister's recommendation, but administered day-to-day by IND, the same service that runs residence permits. The standard route requires having lived in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for at least 5 consecutive years with a valid residence permit, always renewed on time, plus passing a civic integration exam at Dutch language level A2 (unless exempt, e.g. already sufficiently fluent). Shorter routes exist — for example 3 years if married to or the registered partner of a Dutch national and living together throughout, or in some cases naturalising while living abroad. Unlike most of the other countries on StudyPath, the Netherlands' default rule points the other way on dual nationality: IND's own page states plainly that 'Dutch citizens are usually not allowed to have dual nationality' and that an applicant aged 18 or over 'must renounce' their other nationality or nationalities after naturalising. Exceptions exist and are common in practice — including a spouse/registered partner of a Dutch national at the time the Royal Decree is signed, an asylum residence permit holder, someone born and still living in the Kingdom, or a national of a country (IND names Taiwan and the Palestinian Territories) that the Netherlands does not recognise as a state — and the IND will not require renunciation where the applicant's own country's law simply does not allow it.

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“Dutch citizens are usually not allowed to have dual nationality. But there are exceptions.”
Dual nationality | INDind.nl
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Read 17 August 2026. inDemandOccupations is deliberately left null rather than populated with a weak substitute: the Netherlands' main channel from the orientation year into longer-term work — the national Highly Skilled Migrant scheme — is gated purely on a minimum salary threshold (revised every 1 January) rather than on membership of any occupation or shortage-occupation list, confirmed on IND's own background article on the scheme ('The IND checks whether the salary criterion is met, among other things... This salary must be in conformity with the market'). UWV (the Employee Insurance Agency) does publish its own labour-market shortage analyses, but uwv.nl is not the immigration-granting authority and sits outside StudyPath’s allowed domains for the Netherlands, so it was not used. Two collection notes: (1) IND's own English-language pages for both the orientation-year permit and the standard student permit are interactive decision trees that return almost no static text to a plain HTTP fetch (a nationality/situation questionnaire must be answered first) — the orientation-year page was captured with a browser capture after answering it, and its plain-HTTP snapshot is a JS-shell stub-turned-empty result that was overwritten by the browser capture; the 5-year permanent-residence figure and the 16-hour work figure were both found on genuinely static IND pages, so no browser fallback was needed for them. (2) The Netherlands does not appear on StudyPath's university list yet, so this entry is general country-level context, collected the same way New Zealand's was. citizenshipRoute added 17 August 2026, cited to two ind.nl pages: 'Becoming a Dutch national through naturalisation' (2fc3229d3e3a93a3, for the 5-year/A2 standard route) and 'Dual nationality' (5ce95fd234897070, for the renunciation default and its exceptions) — the latter chosen as the primary provenance quote since renunciation is the single fact StudyPath’s brief flagged as most likely to differ sharply from other countries, and it needed its own clean citation rather than being folded into the naturalisation page's own brief mention of the same rule. A third page, 'Renouncing your nationality', was also archived and supplied the specific exception categories (asylum permit holders, RANOV-based residents, those born in the Kingdom, Taiwan/Palestinian-Territories nationals) described in value above. naturalisationStatus set to 'published-route' on 18 August 2026: the authority already cited under citizenshipRoute publishes criteria a foreign resident could actually follow, which is the only claim this field makes. It is deliberately not a judgement about how attainable that route is in practice. Recorded as a published route even though the Netherlands' default rule requires an adult naturalisation applicant to renounce their existing nationality: a renunciation condition is a term of the route, not the absence of one, and collapsing the two would tell a reader the Netherlands never naturalises foreigners, which is false. citizenshipTerms cites a second, already-archived IND page (ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/becoming-a-dutch-national-through-naturalisation) because it states the 5-year period, which the dual-nationality page cited by citizenshipRoute does not. dualCitizenshipAllowed is false: IND states Dutch citizens are usually not allowed to have dual nationality and that an adult applicant must renounce their other nationality, with the named exceptions listed in citizenshipRoute above. studentVisaFunds added 19 August 2026, from the IND's own consolidated 'Required amounts' table, which is the page the IND itself maintains for every income threshold it applies. The monthly figure is stored as published — the IND states no annual total for students, so none was calculated here. Note the two different validity windows on the same page: the student amounts run for the calendar year 2026, while the amounts for a Netherlands-based financier run only from 1 July 2026, so a reader checking one half of this rule is not automatically current on the other.

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