Costs
Costs
The tuition fees indicator helps you to determine the tuition rate for your situation. The information and tuition rates from this indicator are without engagement.
go to tuition fees indicator 2025-2026Statutory tuition fees and institutional tuition fees
A distinction is made between statutory tuition fees and institutional tuition fees. Only if you satisfy all statutory requirements regarding your nationality and if you have not yet been awarded a degree, will you be eligible for statutory tuition fees. Via the tuition fees indicator, you can secure an indication of the type of tuition fees that will be applicable in your situation. To do so, please make use of the indicator above.
Distinctions are made between the following types of Institutional Tuition Fees:
- Low institutional tuition fees
- High institutional tuition fees
Different types of tuition fees and Exemption Regulations
These different types of tuition fees and the Exemption Regulations are fully detailed in the:
The amount to be paid may vary in accordance with the following situations:
- If you have enrolled in more than one course programme (at Fontys and/or elsewhere), it is possible that you may only be obliged to pay one set of statutory tuition fees.
- If you believe that you may be eligible to pay only the statutory tuition fees on the basis of information that may be unknown to us, please report this to your Course Department.
- If it later transpires that you do not meet the requirements for statutory tuition fees, you will be obliged to pay the (higher) institutional tuition fees and if this is the case, you will be notified accordingly.
Some Fontys study programmes offer the NL scholarship to their students. Check out the link to see if this study programme participates and for more information.
Information about NL scholarshipYou might also be eligible for other scholarships not provided by Fontys. These can be found on the Study in NL website.
Go to StudyinNLScholarships
Are you a talented student with a non-EU / non-EEA nationality and do you wish to study at Fontys Academy of the Arts?
We have 2 NL Scholarship (formerly known as Holland Scholarship) available for our Master program Performing Public Space.
The NL Scholarship is only eligible for non-EU students, and amounts to a € 5.000 grant to be received during the academic year.
NL Scholarship
The NL Scholarship provides a partial scholarship for your one year of study within our Master program Performing Public Space. The scholarship of € 5.000 is financed by Fontys University of Applied Sciences and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
General application criteria NL Scholarship
• Your nationality is non-EU / non-EEA
• You are applying for a full-time bachelor’s or master’s at one of the participating Dutch higher education institutions
• You have never before studied at an education institution in the Netherlands
• You have read the general conditions of the NL Scholarship Programme*
• You are aware that your application details may be shared with EP Nuffic and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Additional program criteria NL Scholarship
• You have registered for the Fontys Master Performing Public Space at www.studielink.nl
• You meet the general admission requirements of the programme of your choice (to be determined by the admission board) and the application deadline for Non-EU Nationalities: March 31, 2025.
• Students that want to be considered for the NL Scholarship will be asked to motivate (+/- 500 words) how they plan to use this scholarship for the Master Program Performing Public Space.
The application for the NL Scholarship for the academic year 2025-2026 will open around November 2024.
You can find an application form here
Paying in instalments
Collection will occur in a maximum of ten equal instalments on or around the 26th of the month. Depending upon the processing time required after your enrolment, the direct debit may need to be moved to the following month. If so, the amount outstanding will then be divided and added to the remaining instalments to be executed until and including the June instalment.
If paying the full sum in a single payment
If you commence your studies on 1 September, the direct debit pertaining to your Tuition Fees will be executed on or around 25 September. If you commence your studies after 1 September, the direct debit will be executed on or around the 26th of the month in which you commence your studies.
Non-EU students
Incoming non-EU students will receive a payment letter from their study department, which must be paid before the deadline. In the following academic years, payment can be made by direct debit.
Non-SEPA
If you have a Bank account number of which the bank is not situated in one of the SEPA countries, and you are a national of a country outside the EEA without an address in The Netherlands, then you will receive a payment letter from Fontys via your course department.
Before starting your study at Fontys, you must find suitable housing. Unfortunately, it is not easy for international students to find accommodation in the Netherlands due to the housing crisis. Start your accommodation search early. Please be aware that finding a place to live is your own responsibility. However, we are happy to assist in any way we can.
More information about accommodation