Tuition fee

Source: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/admission-and-application/bachelors/tuition-fee Parent: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/admission-and-application/bachelors/admission-requirements

The amount of tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors. These are your nationality, your study programme and whether you have already obtained a Dutch higher education diploma.

Your nationality, study programme and previous Dutch higher education qualifications determine the amount of tuition fee you have to pay. There are four categories of tuition fee:

• The statutory tuition fee
• The institutional tuition fee for students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland.
• The institutional tuition fee for a second Dutch degree programme

Consult our Tuition Fee Calculator and find out what the tuition fee is for the programme in which you're interested.

Statutory tuition fee

The statutory tuition fee applies if you are going to follow a government-subsidised study programme, which is not a second degree programme, and you are are a national of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden or Switzerland.\ \ The statutory tuition fee applies if you are going to study full time or part time.

Academic year 2026-2027

• First year bachelor studentsThe statutory tuition fee of the academic year 2026-2027 for first-year bachelor students is: €2694,-.
• For students who have already started a bachelor's programmebut starting a new study programme, the statutory tuition fee for the academic year in 2026-2027 is €2694,-
• Students following the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme at Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) pay an additional institutional tuition fee of: €2990,- (2026-2027 academic year)

Students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland

If you are not a national of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland, you generally have to pay an institutional tuition fee. However, if, on the basis of your Dutch residence permit, you are eligible for student finance from the Dutch education agency (DUO), you are entitled to pay the statutory tuition fee. Information on qualifying residence permits can be found on the site of DUO.

If you do not qualify for Dutch student finance and you are not a national of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland, you can find the amount of tuition fee you are required to pay for your study programme here. These tariffs apply for both full-time and part-time study.

Please note! If you are going to study at Leiden University via a cooperation agreement, the tariffs stated in the agreement apply.

Institutional tuition fee for students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland

Second Dutch bachelor’s programme

If you are taking a second Dutch bachelor’s  programme, you will generally have to pay an institutional tuition fee that is higher than the statutory tuition fee.\ \ If you obtained a bachelor's diploma, doctoraal, ingenieurs or HBO-diploma (bachelor’s from a university of applied sciences) from a Dutch educational institution after 1991, and you are a national of an EEA country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), Suriname or Switzerland, the following institutional tuition fees apply.

Institutional tuition fee second Dutch bachelor’s programme

\ Please note! Other tariffs apply for students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland. Please refer to the information in the section ‘Students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland’.

Exceptions\ In some cases, nationals of EEA countries, Suriname or Switzerland may be permitted to pay tuition fees set at the same amount as the statutory tuition fee for their second degree programme.

• Legal transitional arrangement for second bachelor's or master's degree: student pays the statutory tuition fee when:
• Student has already obtained a bachelor's or master's degree but is starting a programme in the field of education or healthcare for the first time.
• The student has already started a second bachelor's or master's programme before the first programme was completed and remains registered for it uninterruptedly.
• Institutional transitional arrangement for a second bachelor's or master's degree: student pays the institutional tuition fee equal to the statutory rate) when:
• Student has already obtained a bachelor's or master's degree, but is starting a teacher training programme.
• After completing a bachelor's or master's degree at Leiden University, a student will subsequently start a second programme (in academic years).