Financial support UU during study delay

The application procedure consists of four steps.

1. Submit application form in Osiris Case
   Log on to Osiris Studentand select the tab Cases. Go to Start a new case (yellow circle with a plus sign) > Financial Matters, Verification and other documents . If you received a basic grant from DUO during 2025-2026, you select Application financial support in cases of circumstances beyond one’s control (FinSCO) 2025-2026. The deadline to submit the digital application form is 31 January 2027.
2. Upload supporting documents
   After you submit the digital application form, you should also submit (upload) several additional items of supporting information via Osiris Case. This will enable the university to assess whether you meet the conditions. You must submit these documents via Osiris Case within three weeks of submitting the digital application form.
3. Assessment of the application by a student counsellor
   One of the student counsellors will look at your application form and supporting documents. The student counsellor then forms an advice for the Director of Student and Academic Affairs.
4. Formal decision
   The Director of Student and Academic Affairs will decide on behalf of the Executive Board. You will receive this decision in OSIRIS Case.

You can follow the status of your application in Osiris Case. The Executive Board will decide on your application within eight weeks after the receipt of your supporting documents. However, this deadline can usually not be met due to the large number of applications submitted just before the January 31 deadline.

Submit a FinSCO request after the end of each academic year in which you experienced study delays due to circumstances beyond your control and received student finance in the form of a basic grant. This also applies if your study delay is compensated through an extension of your performance grant via DUO. When you apply for FinSCO, the number of months’ study delay you have accumulated is recorded by Utrecht University. If you are eligible for an extension of your performance grant (DUO), the first 12 months of recorded study delay will be compensated by DUO.

In case of study delay due to a disability*, the student counsellor will review your FinSCO request to determine whether you are eligible for an extension of your performance-related grant period (extension of the performance-related grant period with 12 months) via DUO. This extension is a preliminary provision: if you are eligible for this, this provision will be requested (first). The student counsellor will contact you about this. 

Of course, you are welcome to schedule an appointment first to discuss your situation. In that case, keep an eye on the deadline for submitting a FinSCO request (January 31st). 

* In practice this is broadly interpreted by DUO as a (temporary) medical circumstance on the part of the applicant. Within the UU, a request for extension of the performance-related grant period to DUO in case of temporary medical circumstances is only supported when there is a three-month (15 EC) consecutive study delay.

Read more about financial provisions for students with a disibility in case of study delay.  

To be eligible for financial (FinSCO) support, you must meet several conditions. The following criteria apply to all international students:

• You were enrolled as a full-time student at Utrecht University (incl. University College Utrecht and University College Roosevelt) during the circumstances beyond your control.
• You must be able to prove the circumstances beyond your control.
• Your studies were delayed as a result of these circumstances beyond your control.
• You have consulted with a study advisor, student counsellor or student psychologist (within 3 months of the start of the circumstances beyond your control) about limiting your study delay or temporarily discontinuing your studies if your delay is more than 3 months. If you did not report your circumstances on time, you can still submit a request. In this case, not all your study delay may be reimbursed.

• You must have been delayed in your studies during the nominal duration of your degree programme. This is three years for a Bachelor's degree programme, and one, two, three or four years for a Master's degree programme, depending on the programme in question. Earlier enrolment years (in an equivalent degree-type: bachelor or master) in Dutch higher education will be deducted from this period.
• You must be under the age of 30 when starting your programme at UU in accordance with Article 9.b. of the Regulation.

• Financial support is limited tot the months in which you received a basic grant from DUO
• During the period of circumstances beyond your control, you paid the statutory tuition fees.
  • If you are a Pre-Master’s student: you were enrolled as a Pre-Master’s student at Utrecht University during the period of circumstances beyond your control and paid a Pre-Master’s fee.