NL Scholarship

The NL Scholarship is for students of Utrecht University who are:

  1. Going to study, conduct research or follow an apprenticeship at one of the strategic partners of Utrecht University (Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Sydney, University of Toronto).
  2. Going to non-EEA (non-Erasmus, or SEMP for Switzerland) partner destinations and meet the scholarship conditions (SEMP is primarily intended for study, applying for an internship may be quite challenging). Remaining scholarships will be raffled among this group of students.

    The scholarship consists of a one-time amount of € 2,500 and is a contribution to your study costs.

Conditions

  • You are enrolled as a full-time bachelor or master student at Utrecht University.
  • Your will go to one of the above-mentioned partner destinations in the academic year 2025-2026 for a minimum duration of 7 weeks and will earn you a minimum of 10 ECTS.
  • Your study, internship or research will not take place in your home country.
  • You have (almost) no study delay.
  • The courses you follow abroad will count towards your bachelor’s- or master’s programme (this means your study programme should have at least 22,5 ECTS free elective space, so the courses can be incorporated in the curriculum or that your internship/research is approved and registered in Osiris).
  • Your average study progress is 52,5 ECTS per year. The International Office will check this on April 1st, 2025. Grades for block 3 and 4 (2025) will not be included in the calculation.
  • If you are planning an exchange or internship in Semester 1, your stay abroad should last until at least November 1st.
  • You have an approved ‘Abroad’ process in Osiris for an internship or research or for an exchange.

If you apply, but do not meet these conditions, please refer to this arrangement in the Student Support Fund (formerly: Profiling Fund): English version, Dutch version.

How to Apply

Students who have been selected for an exchange to eligible destinations will be informed via e-mail in the week of March 3rd with instructions on when and how to apply in Osiris. Students that are going abroad for research or an apprenticeship will also be included in the selection if they have an approved stay abroad registered in Osiris. The deadline to apply for the NL Scholarship 2025-2026 was on March 30th, 2025 at 23.59. All applications that were submitted on time are being reviewed and the result will be shared at the end of April / beginning of May.