Erasmus University NL Scholarship | 2024

The Erasmus University Rotterdam Scholarship is made for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who wish to study a bachelor or master’s degree in the Netherlands.

The Erasmus University Holland Scholarship is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and Erasmus University Rotterdam. The European Economic Area (EEA) includes the EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, hence students from these countries are not eligible to apply. The scholarship is worth 10,000 euros.

Details:

• The Erasmus University Scholarship will be provided only if the candidate begins the same programme for which he or she applied and was admitted. Switching programs after receiving a scholarship is not possible.
• Applicants granted the Erasmus University Holland Scholarship should be aware that it applies to only one academic year and he/she can only receive the scholarship once.
• The number of applications each year exceeds the number of available scholarships. No rights can therefore be derived when the above-mentioned minimum application criteria are met.

Eligibility Requirements:

To be considered for the Erasmus University Scholarship, applicant must:

• be a national of a country that is not part of the European Economic Area (EEA).
• have never been enrolled before as a full degree student at an educational institution in the Netherlands.
• be selected for one of the following programmes*:
• Bachelor International Econometrics and Operations Reseache
• Bachelor International Economics and Business Economics
• Double bachelor BSc2 in Econometrics and Economics
  have registered for one of the above-mentioned bachelor programmes at Erasmus School of Economics in StudielinkOpens external, as well as having submitted the application documents in the EUR Application Portal before 1 March in order to be considered for the scholarship.
• complete the mathematics entrance exam in either February or March with a sufficient result, if found math deficient during the bachelor application procedure.
• have achieved excellent study results during his/her secondary school education. This means an average final result of at least grade 8.5 on a grading scale of 1-10.
• be able to demonstrate the reason why this scholarship will enlarge his/her opportunity to study at Erasmus School of Economics by including a detailed financial statement, describing your financial situation and how you plan to finance your studies (i.e. cover your tuition fee payment as well as the remaining living expenses), in case you will receive the Erasmus University Holland Scholarship.
• have completed the immigration application before 15 May. Completing the immigration procedure entails having submitted the immigration application documents, as well as having transferred the remaining tuition fee + the remaining part of the living fee deposit + the IND handling fee before 15 May. For more information, please see the section ‘amount and payment’ below and the website on immigration procedures for prospective students.
• Eventually be enrolled no later than 1 September of the academic year for which the scholarship is being requested.

Benefits

The Erasmus University Holland Scholarship of € 10,000 is divided into two parts: € 5.000 is utilized as a tuition price reduction, and the remaining € 5.000 is received by the student in 10 monthly payments. The student will get € 5.000, which can be utilized as part of the needed living charge deposit for the immigration procedure.

Requirements

To apply, interested candidates must be submit the following documents:

• Motivation letter: stating your motivation to study at Erasmus School of Economics, showing evidence of being an excellent student and demonstrating why the scholarship would enlarge the opportunity to study at Erasmus School of Economics (max. two A4).
• Financial statement: describing your financial situation and the reason and need to receive the scholarship.
• Budget plan: overview explaining how you plan to finance your studies in case you will receive the Erasmus University
• Certified copy of your (most recent) academic transcript.
• Certified statement from your educational institution confirming your obtained GPA. The GPA template document below can be used for this. You can also a statement provide by your home University, but it is important that this statement contains the –
• same information as our standard statement.

How to Apply

The outcome of the scholarship application will be sent on the 18 March 2024. All applicants will be officially informed via e-mail about the outcome of their scholarship application. If you are awarded the NL Scholarship Erasmus University, you will receive further details in the nomination email.

Apply here

Deadline: February 1, 2024

Best Wishes.