Financial support for study delays due to top-level sports: UM Student Support Fund
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UM students who are registered top-athletes may be eligible for financial support from the UM Student Support Fund (formerly known as UM 'Profileringsfonds') for additional study costs due to study delays.
Conditions and regulations
- You are enrolled as a full-time UM student in a bachelor's or initial master's programme.
- Study delay incurred before 1 September 2025\ You perform top-level sports during the nominal duration of your first bachelor's or master's programme at UM.
- Study delay incurred after 1 September 2025\ You perform top-level sports during the nominal duration of your Bachelor's programme (counting from your first enrolment in a bachelor's programme at UM or the academic year thereafter (4th year of bachelor's programme) or during the nominal duration of your master's programme.
- You have top-level sports status: AS, SelecS, IT, NT, Bel, BS, RS and Q and have been active as a top athlete in the academic year in which you are delayed in your studies.
- You have incurred a study delay of at least five ECTS.
- You must submit your application in time: within six months and no later than 1 March after the end of the academic year in which you incurred a study delay (if you graduate or cease your studies earlier, the application must have been submitted at least two months before de-enrolment).
\ Read more:
In case of study delay incurred after 1 September 2025: Studentenondersteuningsfonds (StOF) regulation
In case of study delay incurred before 1 September 2025: Regulation UM 'Profileringsfonds'
Application procedure
To be eligible for financial support, a top-level sports status is required. UM works with Coöperatie Limburg Sport to provide this status. After receiving top-level sports status, register with UM as a top athlete via the online registration form. You can only complete this step if you are enrolled in a programme at UM.
More information on applying for top-level sports status with Coöperatie Limburg Sport and registering with UM as a top-athlete can be found on the UM website: Topsport - Maastricht University
If you need help with this or have any questions, please send an email to the Topsport coordinator UM Sport: umtopsports@maastrichtuniversity.nl
The application can be submitted after the end of the academic year in which the study delay occurred. Only then can the extent of your study delay be determined. Submit the application form to the Student Services Centre (SSC) via the Secretariat Student Support Fund: stof@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
If an injury, illness or other personal circumstances occurred during the academic year of your application, you will need to enclose a (medical) statement.
Your application must be submitted no later than six months after the end of the academic year in which you have incurred study delay. So always before 1 March following the delayed academic year andy, in any case, at least two months before you de-enrol from UM.\ \ Therefore, if you de-enrol before the end of the academic year (because of graduation or because you are going to stop your programme), you do not have to wait until the end of the academic year.
Download the UM Student Support Fund application form 2024-2025
Decision
The Director of the Student Services Centre will decide on your application after advice from the student dean.
Depending on your top-level sports status and the study delay incurred, you may be eligible for a maximum of three or five months of financial support (€ 345,50 per month) per academic year. You can receive a maximum total of 12 months of financial support for the entire period you are enrolled at UM.
Your application will be rejected if you do not meet the general conditions for being eligible for financial support from the UM Student Support Fund, or, for example, because the study delay amounts to less than five ECTS.
Within eight weeks, you will receive a written response to your Student Support Fund application from the director of Student Services Centre.
Assistance needed or questions?\ Please contact the Secretariat Student Support Fund via email: stof@maastrichtuniversity.nl