Closing date: 01 October 2025

Student type:  International students  

Level of study: Bachelor and Master

Study area: Any

Scholarship value:  

For Bachelor Applicants

• Han NL Scholarship (HAN Holland Scholarship): For this scholarship, applicants will receive € 2,500 in the 1st semester and 2nd semester. After that, recipients will receive € 2,500 per year for the coming three years of their study. To be qualified for the rest of the years, students should continue earning the required 45 credits each year.
• Honors Scholarship: This one is a different program. Students do not need to apply for an Honors Scholarship; the academic board of the study program will select qualified students with outstanding academic achievements in their first year. The University starts payment with € 2,500 in the 2nd year. After that, students will receive € 2,500 each following year of study.  

For Master’s Degree Applicants

• HAN Holland Scholarship: For this scholarship, applicants will receive € 2,500 in the first and second semesters, for a total of € 5000.
• Honors Scholarship: This is a different program. Students do not need to apply for the Honors Scholarship; the academic board of the study program will select qualified students with outstanding academic achievements in their first year. This scholarship is a one-time payment of € 2,500 in the second semester.  

Description:

HAN Scholarship applications are now open for international bachelor’s and master’s degree applicants in the Netherlands. HAN University offers these scholarships with the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, the Netherlands Association of Applied Sciences, The Dutch Organization for Internationalization in Education, and the Association of Universities, the Netherlands. International applicants from outside the EU/EEA can apply for this opportunity.

To be eligible, applicants should have applied to a full-time English-taught degree program at HAN before October to get a scholarship for the coming year. Also, English language proficiency is necessary for this opportunity.

Eligibility:

• You are a national of a country outside the EU/EEA
• You do not have a degree from an education institution in the Netherlands
• You have not previously been enrolled in a degree at a university or university of applied sciences in the Netherlands
• You have been accepted into a full-time English-taught degree program at HAN
• You have an IELTS score of at least 6.5, a TOEFL iBT score of at least 90 or a Cambridge Certificate (CAE or CPE)

How to apply:  apply online 

More info: https://www.hanuniversity.com/en/study-and-living/scholarships/